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D53812-11
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- 1950-10-31 (Creation)
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In October of 1950, a solemn group of Tacoma Sportsmen's Club members held a mock funeral for the club's slot machine. The unidentified club members gathered around the flower draped machine, which lay on a small hand cart, while eulogies were read and sad songs sung. One of the members (far right) wore an official "crying towel." In 1949, Judge Hugh J. Rosselini had started a campaign to crack down on gambling in Tacoma and Pierce County. The Tacoma Sportsman's Club was started in 1933, and occupied a portion of the Wright Building at 902-04 Pacific Ave. from 1936 to the mid-1960s when it was torn down to make room for a parking lot.
Sportsmen's Club of Tacoma (Tacoma); Slot machines--Tacoma; Funeral rites & ceremonies--Tacoma--1950-1960;