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Item
Title
D13375-13
Date(s)
- 1942-09-04 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Publicity for Community Chest. Dedication of U.S.O. club for servicemen of color at 715 Commerce on September 4, 1942. An enthusiastic audience welcomed the new center. Governor Arthur B. Langlie and Mayor Harry P. Cain were both on hand to assist with the dedication ceremonies. Music was provided by a Fort Lewis post band and the Coleridge Taylor Music club entertained the standing room only crowd. (TNT 9-1-42, p. 4, TNT 9-6-42, A-12)
Dedications--Tacoma--1940-1950; World War, 1939-1945--Military life--Tacoma; Hand clapping; Audiences--Tacoma--1940-1950; African American soldiers--Tacoma--1940-1950; USO clubs (Tacoma)--1940-1950;