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Item
Title
A35046-1
Date(s)
- 1948-09-07 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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New construction at Rhodes Brothers, Smith & Murray, Perkins Building, Bill Smith. Workmen have begun laying rods of rebar across the roof of the building being expanded by Rhodes Department Store. Rebar is also rising upwards from the supporting columns from the floor below. The Tacoma tideflats can be seen in the distance over the tops of Tacoma's downtown. The addition to Rhodes Brothers Department Store was to rise five stories on the Market Street side. (TNT, 2/15/1949, p.C-13)
Rhodes Brothers Department Store (Tacoma); Construction industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Construction workers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Reinforced concrete construction--Tacoma; Progress photographs;