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Item
Title
D12876-2
Date(s)
- 1942-05-20 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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On May 20, 1942, the Tacoma Fire Department, under the direction of the Coast Guard, razed the shanties located in a six block area on the Tacoma Tideflats. The area, known as "Hollywood on the Tideflats," was being destroyed as a wartime security measure for the industries located there. The 50 or so shacks began as a Depression era "Hooverville." They were constructed from scrap lumber and materials by people who had lost their homes and livelihoods. Most of the current residents were around 60 years of age. (T. Times 5/20/1942 p.1)
Huts--Tacoma; Slums--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Civil defense--Tacoma; Fires--Tacoma--1940-1950;