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D11668-5
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- 1941-07-27 (Creation)
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From July 21 to August 23, 1941, there was an aluminum drive in Tacoma-Pierce County to collect old aluminum for national defense. This group of unidentified, young scavengers, working at the corner of So. 10th and K St. (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way), has collected quite a pile of old pots and pans. The IGA and 20th Century stores in the Tacoma area offered war bonds as prizes for the most successful collectors. The chairman of the drive, Russell N. Anderson, declared that it takes 10,000 lbs. of aluminum to build one fighter plane. The building under construction in the background is the Faith Temple, 1001 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. It was dedicated on Nov. 15, 1942. (T. Times) [Also dated 07-29-1941]
World War, 1939-1945--Scrap drives; Aluminum; Flags--United States; World War, 1939-1945--Children--Tacoma; Faith Temple (Tacoma);