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D113400-29
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- 1958-03-28 (Creation)
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Eighteen years after the first Selden's store opened on 13th & Broadway, the original five employees who made up the entire staff were still employed by Selden's. The News Tribune ran a multi-page feature on Selden's in the April 6, 1958, issue, to celebrate the grand opening of Selden's new and larger location at 11th & A Sts. They found a picture of the staff in 1940 and had them pose identically in 1958. Seated from L-R are Ozzie Ellingson, manager-floor covering sales, Mrs. Angeline (Grubisa) Graham, office manager, Sydney C. Selden, president of the firm. Standing are Wally Squires, head of the contracting division and Ed Selden, brother of Sydney and manager of the Lakewood branch of Selden's. To view the 1940 photograph, see C113556-2. Selden's had grown immensely from a rug and floor coverings store stuffed in a tiny 30 x 70 space to a 65,000 square foot multi-floor complete home center, featuring furniture, appliances and floor coverings. Sepia photograph ordered by Selden's, Inc. (TNT 4-6-58, B-2)
Seldens, Inc. (Tacoma); Ellingson, Ozzie; Graham, Angeline; Squires, Wally; Selden, Ed; Selden, Sydney C.;