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D13259-2
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- 1942-08-13 (Creation)
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In August of 1942, steeplejack Jack O'Brien was photographed while standing on the top ledge of the Puget Sound National Bank building at 1119 Pacific Avenue in Tacoma. He had been hired to paint the bank's flag pole which was mounted at the top of its steep, pyramidal roof. When the building was built in 1910 it was the tallest building on the West Coast. When asked about working hundreds of feet in the air, Mr. O'Brien said, "Aw shucks, there's nothing special about me or my job. I can make a living, I guess, just because the world must be full of sissies."(T. Times 8/14/1942 p.1)
O'Brien, Jack; Commercial facilities--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business districts--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Steeplejacks;