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D10099-1
Date(s)
- 1940-08-04 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Two unidentified women and a child sit on a blanket at the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. company picnic held in August of 1940 at Five Mile Lake in south King County. The women are protecting themselves from the sun with giant sun bonnets. The Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. facility in Tacoma was founded in 1939 by Todd Seattle Dry Dock Inc. to bid on vessels being built by the U.S. Maritime Commission. In 1939, they were awarded a contract to build five C-1 type motorships at a total cost of $10,635,000. [Also dated 08-07-1940.]
Five Mile Lake (Federal Way); Parks--Federal Way; Bonnets; Picnics--Federal Way; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);