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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D13509-1
Date(s)
- 1942-10-07 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Nine female attendants pose in front of the Maxwell Super Service Station, 910 Puyallup Ave. They wear matching sparkling white shirts and trim tailored slacks. The time was October of 1942, World War II was raging and many men were either enlisting or leaving their usual jobs to work in the defense industries. Women stepped forward to fill jobs traditionally filled by men.
World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Automobile service stations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Maxwell Super Service Station (Tacoma);