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A925-0
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- 1925-06-27 (Creation)
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This June 1925 view looks north up McKinley Avenue which is decorated for the upcoming McKinley Hill Improvement Celebration. The McKinley Avenue Improvement Club held an outdoor evening celebration in June of 1925 which started with a concert and ended with a street dance held on McKinley between Division and Harrison, a summer tradition still honored by the McKinley Hill neighborhood. Both sides of the business district on McKinley are lined with small local businesses. A streetcar runs down the avenue, where banners for the celebration wave overhead; the track turns following a jog in the street. On the right can be seen signage for the Miles Neff Grocery Store (3517), and on the left Curran Drug Store (3512) and the Park Theater (3510). The area had 8,000 residents at the time. The thriving neighborhood contained the Northern Pacific Hospital, 3 grade schools, 5 churches, 15 grocery stores, 6 butcher shops, 2 hardware stores and a drugstore. (WSHS) (TNT 6/26/1925, pg. 9- picture; TDL 6/27/1925, pg. 2)
McKinley Ave. Improvement Club (Tacoma); Celebrations--Tacoma--1920-1930; Business districts--Tacoma--1920-1930;