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A120524-20
Date(s)
- 1959-04-07 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Studio set up of fireworks for Zebra Fireworks Co. The display includes sparklers, Black Cat firecrackers and aerial display models. Pat Moriarty, then 14 years old, began his fireworks business near the end of WWII by reselling fireworks confiscated from relocated Japanese Americans. In 1946, Pat along with his mother Elizabeth and brother Jim assembled fireworks in their home for sale. In 1947, their company, Zebra Fireworks, was formed. From these humble beginnings, the company grew to a multimillion dollar fireworks enterprise, renamed in 1973 Pyrodine Corporation. TPL-9384
Fireworks--1950-1960; Zebra Fireworks Co. (Tacoma); Firecrackers--Tacoma--1950-1960;