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D146088-5
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- 1965-10-13 (Creation)
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Grand opening - Florsheim Shoes in Tacoma Mall. Crowds of shoppers line up to browse and perhaps purchase the new merchandise at Florsheim Shoes on October 13, 1965. The store, part of a national chain of shoe stores, was celebrating its grand opening at the Mall. Customers appear pleased to accept coupons from the Florsheim employee in top hat, tails and tights while a parrot in a large gilded cage looks on. Florsheim's was located in close proximity to the Bon Marche department store. The Tacoma Mall store did not have doors and opened directly onto the mall. It featured a Gay Nineties barber shop; interiors were built of natural wood and wall-to-wall carpet. Photograph ordered by Florsheim Shoes, Chicago. TPL-2527 (TNT 10-12-65, C-14, C-15)
Florsheim Shoes (Tacoma); Shoe stores--Tacoma--1960-1970; Shopping centers--Tacoma; Shopping--Tacoma--1960-1970;