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Item
Title
A9801-1
Date(s)
- 1940-05-28 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
The Mahncke & Co. jewelry store at 919 Broadway was completely re-modeled in early 1940. Not a single vestige of the original building remained visible inside or outside. The entire facade was covered with wine colored Carrara structural glass tiles. Only the old street clock in front of the store remained the same. Frank Mahncke opened his first jewelry store in Tacoma in 1883. The Mahncke store was taken over by Friedlanders in 1956. (TNT 6/2/1940 p.A-8)
Mahncke & Co. (Tacoma); Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Electric signs;