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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
A70595-1
Date(s)
- 1952-11-14 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
John B. McKinney was the owner and operator of the Marshall-Wells store on Sixth Avenue. It was basically a hardware store that carried paint, plumbing supplies, hardware, housewares, sporting goods, and even tricycles. By the time of the 1953 City Directory, the store's name had changed to include McKinney Electric & Hardware. View of storefront; lighted interior shows variety of items for sale in a photograph taken on November 14, 1952.
Hardware stores--Tacoma--1950-1960; Marshall-Wells Stores (Tacoma); McKinney Electric & Hardware (Tacoma); Storefronts--Tacoma--1950-1960; Signs (Notices); Electric signs--Tacoma--1950-1960;