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Item
Title
D11880-B
Date(s)
- 1941-09-16 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Hundreds of Tacomans lined up on the sidewalks outside the Western Auto Supply store at the northeast corner of South 8th Street and Pacific Avenue in September of 1941 to catch one of the special busses that would carry them to the Western Washington fair grounds. Despite the gray skies and light drizzle nearly 50,000 people passed through the turnstiles at the Puyallup Fair on "Tacoma Day". The grandstands were filled almost to the last seat and all the rides on the fairway were kept busy into the night.
Crowds; Western Auto Supply Co. (Tacoma); Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Fairs--Puyallup--1940-1950;