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D114708-3
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- 1958-05-24 (Creation)
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On May 24, 1958 while John Upham, the sales manager for KTNT radio looked on, Miss Tacoma, Judith Williams, pulled the winning ticket for a free trip to the Indianapolis "500" car race from a trash can stuffed with entries. The contest was sponsored by General Petroleum's Mobilgas and was open to everyone over the age of 21 except employees of Mobilgas. The 19-year-old Miss Tacoma, a graduate of Stadium High School and employee of Sears, Roebuck, was assisted in the drawing by a General Petroleum service station operator named Bud (last name unknown). The winning entry was announced on the KTNT -TV. KTNT radio, 1400 on the dial, carried the race live at 7:45 a.m. on May 30th. This photograph was taken in Studio A of the station located at 948 South Grant Avenue and the microphone is an RCA 44BX. (Photograph ordered by General Petroleum Corporation.)
Contests--Tacoma--1950-1960; Williams, Judith; General Petroleum Corp. (Tacoma); Upham, John;