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D13938-3
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- 1943-01-02 (Creation)
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On Saturday January 2, 1943 a gilded pick was used to break ground at the dedication ceremony for the new, $5 million Seattle-Tacoma airport to be built at Bow Lake. From left to right are: Roe Shaub, president of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce; Harvey Scofield, county commissioner; Ray Mattison; Tacoma Mayor Harry P. Cain; George Osgood, Port of Tacoma; Charles Orton, Port of Tacoma; and Fred H. Marvin, president of Tacoma's port commission. The ceremony was heralded as marking the last phase of Seattle and Tacoma "burying the hatchet," and beginning an era of the two great cities of the Puget Sound working together for the mutual good of both. Horace P. Chapman, president of the Seattle Port commission, declared: "On the completion of this airport we will see that it is properly designated with a neon sign reading Seattle-Tacoma Airport, thus showing the unity of purpose and cooperation between us." (T. Times 1/4/43 p.1)
Airports--SeaTac--1940-1950; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac); Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ground breaking ceremonies--SeaTac--1940-1950; Shaub, Roe; Scofield, Harvey; Mattison, Ray; Osgood, George;