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D53409-15
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- 1950-10-11 (Creation)
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Vice President Alben Barkley (center) was photographed holding his "Key to Tacoma" on October 11, 1950 while surrounded by (l to r) Senator Warren G. Magnuson, former Congressman John Coffee, Tacoma Mayor John Anderson and an unidentified man . When the ringed end of the key fell off, Mr. Barkley made light of the incident, telling Mayor Anderson that he was undecided whether to take the key to Washington D.C. or to his absent wife "who has the key to everything." Mr. Barkley was motored directly to Tacoma from Seattle-Tacoma Airport with a police escorts traveling 90 mph. He spoke from the same outdoor stand that President Truman had used when he addressed a Tacoma crowd two years earlier. Shortly after this photograph was taken, Vice President Barkley was whisked away to Seattle for a Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner at the Olympic Hotel. (TNT 10-12-50, p. 1) ALBUM 1.
Vice presidents; Barkley, Alben W., 1877-1956; Visits of state--Tacoma; Legislators--Washington--1950-1960; Magnuson, Warren G., 1905-1989; Coffee, John; Anderson, John H.; Mayors--Tacoma--1950-1960; Keys (Hardware);