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D155266-1R
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- 1968-12-09 (Creation)
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Herman Walker of the Hilltop Multi-Service Center watched in December of 1968 as Sherwin Williams prepared to insert a letter holding a donation to the Opportunity & Development, Inc. Christmas party for the underprivileged into the special mailbox at the Tacoma Sears store. Young Audrey Kinlow, in suit and tie, looked on. Tacomans in 1968 were asked to make Christmas happier for thousands of youngsters by contributing to the anti-poverty unit's annual Christmas party to be held on December 21st at McCarver Elementary School. Twelve special handmade mailboxes were placed in Sears, Puget Sound National Bank and Bank of Washington's main offices, and other locations . No postage was needed for these special letters; Herman Walker of the Hilltop Multi-Service Center (above) acted as Santa's special postmaster. (Photograph ordered by Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc.) (TNT 12-11-68, A-12)
Walker, Herman; Williams, Sherwin; Kinlow, Audrey; Sears, Roebuck & Co. (Tacoma); Mailboxes--Tacoma; Correspondence; Fund raising--Tacoma--1960-1970;