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Name and location of repository
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Item
Title
A9841-6
Date(s)
- 1940-05-29 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Dick and Gwyne Bevington opened this resplendent, modernistic Triple XXX Barrel curb-service restaurant in 1940. With 19 employees and 75 parking spaces, the Bevington's provided prompt service at curb, booth and counter. Coast Neon Displays designed a symphony of neon lights, shown in this night-time view, to grab the attention of drivers on the Seattle-Tacoma Highway. The orange and black root beer drive-in featured giant root beer barrels on its flat-top roof. Although dramatically altered, the diner remained in service as Marilyn's until it closed in 1999.
Fast food restaurants--Tacoma; Bevington's Triple XXX Root Beer Restaurant (Tacoma); Electric signs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobiles--Tacoma--1930-1940;