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D101994-2
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- 1956-10-10 (Creation)
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Washington State Restaurant Association; lunch at the Elks Club. These are members of the Culinary Alliance and Bartenders' Union, Local #61 and staff and students of Tacoma Vocational School that served and prepared the meal. The free meal was offered to over 500 business, labor and political leaders to kick off National Restaurant Month. The annual hospitality luncheon was intended to give a clear impression of the gigantic strides made each year by Tacoma area restaurants in the preparation and serving of food. Over 17 billion dollars would be spent nationally in restaurant meals in 1956. The lunch consisted of baked ham, candied sweet potatoes, string beans, green salad and Bartlett pear pie. (TNT 10/4/1956, pg. D-3, 10/9/1956, pg. B-1, 10/11/1956, pg. A-4 photo- see caption for names.)
Cooks; Restaurant workers--Tacoma--1950-1960; Waiters--Tacoma--1950-1960; Washington State Restaurant Association (Tacoma); Culinary Alliance Union Local 61 (Tacoma); Elks Club (Tacoma);