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D164770-3
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- 1974-05-14 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Two-year-old Zamba extended a friendly paw to his trainer, Ron Whitfield, on May 14, 1974 while perched on one of the cement blocks surrounding the Broadway Plaza fountain at South 11th and Broadway. Zamba was one of the 150 animals performing during Circus Vargas' three-day run at Tacoma's new Downtown "pedestrian mall." In 1973 Broadway from South 9th to South 13th was closed to vehicles; the street was replaced by trees, planters and kiosks. In 1984, after years of limiting traffic to pedestrians and pigeons, Tacoma's Broadway Plaza was reopened to vehicles. Photograph ordered by the Downtown Tacoma Association. (TNT 5-15-74, A-3; TNT 5-9-74, C-9 article on circus)
Lions; Circus animals--Tacoma; Whitfield, Ron;