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D29181-1
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- 1947-08-13 (Creation)
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In mid-August of 1947 a group of women employees from the office of the Wheeler Osgood Company were the lucky passengers on the first trip taken by the 36-foot taxi cruiser "Challenger". Fred Cummings, and his partner Charles Brooks, both of Sound Boating Company, built the "Challenger" with the intent of making it available for private parties. Mrs. Fred Cummings (top right, in print blouse) worked at Wheeler Osgood. She arranged with her husband to use his new boat to take a group of her co-workers on an evening cruise to Cross' Landing on Vashon Island. L-R, back row: Mrs. Harold Gustafson, Lillian Muehlenbruch, Mrs. James Richardson, Mrs. Fred Cummings and Arreta M. (Mrs. Stanley) Reynolds; middle row: Mildred (Mrs. Jack) Dodge, Edna Andtstad and Mrs. John Johnson; front row: Isabelle Lindgren, Marjorie Thorsen, Lorraine Boedecker and Goldina Durland. (T.Times, 8/18/1947, p.3)
Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1940-1950; Yachts--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bodies of water--Tacoma--1940-1950; Parties--Tacoma--1940-1950; Recreation--Tacoma--1940-1950; Challenger;