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Item
Title
D41846-30
Date(s)
- 1949-04-13 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Eight people were killed and many more were injured in the big earthquake; many buildings and automobiles were severely damaged throughout Western Washington. Interior view of dry cleaning establishment, ceiling has collapsed after 1949 earthquake; employees in foreground. Photo ordered by Life magazine in New York (Life, 4/25/49, p. 34-35 & T.N.T., 4/13/49, P. 1, 12 & 4/14/49, p. 1-2).
Cleaning establishments--Tacoma; Clothing & dress--Tacoma--1940-1950; Laundresses--Tacoma; Rescue work--Tacoma; Earthquakes--Tacoma; Disasters--Tacoma; Life (New York, N.Y.);