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D13938-2
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- 1943-01-02 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Mayor Harry P. Cain, (right), is deep in conversation with an unidentified man at the January 2, 1943 ground breaking ceremony for the $5,000,000 Seattle-Tacoma Airport at Bow Lake. Mayor Cain was instrumental in the decision to cooperate on a regional airport rather than building separate fields in both cities. A gilded pick was used at the ceremony, symbolizing the "burying of the hatchet" between the two competitive cities and the ushering in of a new era of cooperation. (T. Times 1/4/1943, pg. 1-article)
Airports--SeaTac--1940-1950; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac); Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ground breaking ceremonies--SeaTac--1940-1950; ;