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Title
D17814-2
Date(s)
- 1944-06-19 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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In June of 1944 Pauline Gunstrom, the telephone operator at the Bank of California, 1011 Pacific Avenue, was photographed holding a flask-type pint bottle that had been filled to the brim with dimes. The bottle was brought to the bank by an unidentified shipyard worker at the Todd Pacific Shipyards to purchase a war bond. Once emptied the bottle was found to contain 1,125 dimes, more than enough for a bond. (T. Times, 6/20/44, p. 3).
Banks--Tacoma; War bonds & funds; Bank of California National Association (Tacoma);