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D53409-22
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- 1950-10-11 (Creation)
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Crowd on South 9th Street at Broadway and Saint Helens Avenue gathers to hear Vice President Barkley's address. Grant (Bostwick) Hotel, Caswell Optical and Medical Arts Buildings, and Heildelberg Beer billboard in background. Sign of Hotel Winthrop at right. The speaker pictured at the podium was not Mr. Barkley; it is possible that he had yet to arrive. The News Tribune noted that he was nearly an hour late for his outdoor speech and was given a police escort while traveling 90 mph from Seattle-Tacoma Airport. Signs on the platform indicate that he had been expected to speak at 1 pm; the clock on the Heidelberg beer billboard shows that it was then 1:20 pm. ALBUM 1. (TNT 10-12-50, p. 1)
Vice presidents; Barkley, Alben W., 1877-1956; Visits of state--Tacoma; Crowds--Tacoma;