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D7315-4
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- 1938-06-04 (Creation)
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Dave Gross presents mustache cup to Sergeant Jim Dew at police station telephone switchboard in June of 1938. Cup is silver with elaborate design. Dew's bushy red mustache, six-pointed star badge, and uniform appear to be 1890s era. Sgt. Dew, born in Iowa in 1869, had been with the Tacoma Police Department since 1913. After serving as sergeant for 25 years, he was selected as chief of police by Safety Commissioner Holmes Eastwood in 1938. He retired as chief in 1939 and passed away on December 2, 1946, age 77. (T. Times, 6/10/1938, p. 14; T.Times 12-2-1946, p. 1-article on Dew; T.Times 12-3-1946, p. 1-obit).
Gross, Dave; Dew, Jim; Drinking vessels; Police--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma); Telephone switchboards--Tacoma--1930-1940;