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A24550-1
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- 1946-11-18 (Creation)
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In November of 1946, Milroy's Service Company was located at 1145 Broadway, between Selden's Home Furnishings and the Hamilton Photography Studio. Earlier city directories had placed the business at 1146 Commerce. Leon D. Mills was Milroy's owner. Milroy's sold home appliances, such as stoves, refrigerators, furnaces and radios. From the looks of this photograph, they also maintained a shop to repair their appliances. At least one employee is working a drill press while another uses a lathe. One of their most popular and affordable items was the portable cylindrical Coleman GI stove at $10.95, with "1,000 uses afield and at home." Other Coleman products sold at Milroy's included gas furnaces like the ones on the left. The Coleman Co. is still going strong over a hundred years after its inception at the turn of the last century. They still produce lanterns, stoves, coolers and even backpacking gear. (www.coleman.com)
Milroy's Service Co. (Tacoma); Workshops--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery;