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Title
A7196-2
Date(s)
- 1938-04-19 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Five hundred of the specially minted memorial half dollars celebrating the Oregon Trail, given to the Washington State Historical Society by the Oregon Trail Memorial Association, are being deposited for safe keeping in the National Bank of Washington on April 19, 1938. Pictured left to right are W.H. McCormick, president of the Society, Guy T. Pierce, vice president of the bank, and W.P. Bonney, secretary of the Society. The coins will be sold and the proceeds used to erect a tribute at the grave of Northwest pioneer and author Ezra Meeker. (T. Times 4/20/1938, pg. 10) (filed with Argentum)
McCormick, W.H.; Bonney, William P.; Washington State Historical Society (Tacoma); Pierce, Guy T.; Coins;