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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
A6014-2
Date(s)
- 1937-06-30 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts and adult leaders off to the National Scout Jamboree in Washington D.C., June 30th to July 9th, 1937. The 17 boys and leaders came from Tacoma, Puyallup, Olympia, Centralia and Chehalis. The group left early, and made side trips to Yellowstone, Chicago, Niagara Falls and New York City on their way to the Jamboree, which was expected to draw around 30,000 Scouts. While the scouts were in the national capital, there was a laundry strike. Tacoma dads received telegrams imploring, "Dad, I'm broke. Laundry strike. Send me ten please. Rush." (see A6014 image 1 for names)
Boy Scouts (Tacoma)--1930-1940; Sea Scouts (Tacoma);