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Item
Title
D13778-7
Date(s)
- 1942-12-03 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Lt. and Mrs. B.L. Hutchinson sign up for a place to stay with Mrs. Robert Lea at the Homes Registration Bureau in the Provident Building in December of 1942. The war had caused a housing shortage in Tacoma, which was flooded with defense workers, families of military men and people visiting for the holidays. The city had stepped up construction on defense workers' housing in Lincoln Heights and Salishan, but in the meantime Tacomans were asked to list any available rooms or houses for rent. (TNT 3/10/1943)
Homes Registration Bureau (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects--Tacoma;