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D142821-3
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- 1964-09-16 (Creation)
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Progress photograph of J.C. Penney store under construction at the Tacoma Mall Shopping Center. Construction is under way in September, 1964, for the new J.C. Penney department store at the 83-acre site of the Tacoma Mall. Penney's had signed a lease in July, 1963, for a 152,000 square foot store to be built at the Mall in late 1964. The 1.7 million dollar store, its square foot increased to 155,000, would be completed in August, 1965. John Graham & Co. were the architects with James I. Barnes Construction as contractor. Piles of excavated dirt in foreground of photograph; cement mixer parked next to framing in rear. The newly opened Bon Marche department store, already attracting many customers, is in the background. Photograph ordered by James I. Barnes Construction Co., Seattle. (TNT 8-26-64, A-2)
Progress photographs; Building construction--Tacoma--1960-1970; J.C. Penney Co. (Tacoma); Department stores--Tacoma--1960-1970; Shopping centers--Tacoma; Bon Marche (Tacoma); Concrete mixers; Dirt;