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D154000-283R
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- 1968-11-15 (Creation)
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1968 Richards stock footage. 50th anniversary reception of the Port of Tacoma held at Tacoma Propeller Club headquarters in Port Industrial Yard on November 15, 1968. The Port of Tacoma was celebrating the 50th anniversary of its establishment by the citizens of Pierce County in November of 1918. The State of Washington had passed a law in 1911 allowing counties to establish public port districts. After several years, citizens voted by a 5-to-1 margin to create the Port of Tacoma and elected three commissioners. Four men pictured above, all probable members of the Propeller Club, join in the celebration. They are : Hank Everson, Arch McLean, banker Bill Philip, and Ed Richards of Richards Studio. (www.portoftacoma.com, TNT 11-16-68, p. 3)
Port of Tacoma (Tacoma); Celebrations--Tacoma--1960-1970; Richards, Ed;