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Item
Title
D137300-97
Date(s)
- 1963 (Creation)
Extent
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(1919-1980)
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ca. 1963. Milton, originally known as Milltown, was incorporated in August of 1907. This was how the small community appeared in 1963. The business and residential areas were intermingled. Two service stations, one possibly a Shell, were kitty-corner from one another. According to Richards Studio notes, the mayor's home may have been located in the upper portion of this photograph. Milton lies on the Pierce-King County line east of Tacoma. It was a stop on the former Puget Sound Electric Railway which ran from Tacoma to Seattle. A mill was built to provide lumber for the building of the track and tunnel, hence the name Milltown.
Aerial photographs; Neighborhoods--Milton;