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Title
D16817-3
Date(s)
- 1944-01 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Mrs. Fay G. Cooley of Spanaway had six of "her boys" in the service in January of 1944. This photograph of Mrs. Cooley sitting next to photographs of five of her six boys was taken for the 4th War Loan drive. The photographs on her piano are: (top l to r) her sons Robert D. Cooley and Earl L. Cooley, (lower row, l to r) Fern M. Cooley, her third son, and her two foster sons, Arthur Skaar and John Skaar, who lived with the Cooleys for the previous 15 years. Mrs. Cooley's other "boy", her son-in-law, is not shown. Arthur Skaar, Robert and Fern Cooley all left to report for service on the same day. (T.Times, 2/4/1944 p.1)
World War, 1939-1945--Women--Tacoma; Mothers