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D3001-4
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- 1936 (Creation)
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ca. 1936. Ethlynne "Skit" Smith (later Babson) sailed on the M.S. Oregon Empress in 1935 to train with the American women's ski team for the 1936 Winter Olympics. As luck would have it, neither she nor her sister, Ellis-Ayr Smith, made the final team of four who competed for the United States at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. In this photograph taken in 1936 Ethlynne holds a pair of Bone Dry Shoe Company hiking boots. The Bone Dry Shoe Company, which had its factory at 2113-15 Pacific Ave., manufactured high quality boots in Tacoma for over 40 years.
Babson, Ethlynne; Smith, Ethlynne; Skiers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Bone-Dry Shoe Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma); Shoe industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Athletes--Tacoma--1930-1940; Families--Tacoma--1930-1940;