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D600-1
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- 1935-08 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Graham Ring shaves as Tommy Vitos holds a mirror, in August of 1935, after the two returned to civilization after eight days of a "Tarzan" like survival existence in the Olympic Mountain region. The two young men had lost a bet with druggist William Rast that they could survive for 30 days in the wild mountain region dressed only in shorts and tennis shoes and equipped with nothing but a knife, a fishing line and an automatic lighter. The boys paid for their loss by moving 15 tons of bricks to the site of Rast's new home at Dash Point. The 23 year old Vitos lived at 3101 So. Monroe in Tacoma, and Ring, 19, hailed from Fircrest. (TDL 8/8/1935, pg. 3; TDL 8/16/1935) TPL-8686
Ring, Graham; Vitos, Tom; Wagers; Shaving;