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D644-2
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- 1936-01 (Creation)
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William T. (Tom) Lane, Metropolitan Park district blacksmith. Mr. Lane is pictured wearing coveralls and a hat and working with a hammer, chisel and vise. For the past 17 years, Mr. Lane has made all the materials used in the park system. If he cannot find the proper tool, he manufactures it. If he cannot find the right machinery, he invents it. He designed and built all the swings in the Tacoma Parks. He draws his own plans and makes blueprints. He received his early blacksmith training in England. On May 14, 1919, he came to work for the Park District as a policeman at Point Defiance. He gradually became their full time machinist and carpenter. (T. Times 2/4/1936, pg. 9)
Lane, William T.; Blacksmiths--Tacoma; Blacksmithing--Tacoma--1930-1940;