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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D7350-2
Date(s)
- 1938-07-05 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Fleet Week, July 5 through 11, 1938. Sailor playing accordion to a group of four young girls. During Fleet Week, Tacoma played host to 5200 officers and men of the visiting battleships, the USS California, West Virginia, Tennessee and Maryland. In return, the Navy thrilled Tacoma with a military parade, boat races and nighttime searchlight displays.
Celebrations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Military personnel--Sailors--1930-1940; Accordions;