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Item
Title
D13399-2
Date(s)
- 1942-09-06 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Launching of "Pride of America" at Peterson Boat Building. The Peterson shipyard was owned by the father and son team of George and John Peterson. The yard was devoted entirely to the construction of fishing vessels. The site of their yard adjoined the Foss yard at the outer edge of the Middle Waterway. The shipyard was rebuilt in 1943 and the company remained at this site until it burned in 1969.
Peterson Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);