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Item
Title
D7387-9
Date(s)
- 1938-07-29 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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First District Bicycle Contest Race. Kids and bicycles lined up at the edge of the street with a Medosweet special delivery truck and group of adults behind them. The first annual "bike meet" was co-sponsored by the Tacoma Times and the Metropolitan Parks Recreation Department on August 5, 1938. It was preceded by preliminary races throughout Tacoma's Playgrounds. The city was divided into 5 Districts for the prelims, with winners proceeding to finals in August. Thousands of area kids participated and local businesses, such as Medosweet, rewarded them with treats. (T. Times 7/25/1938, pg. 1 plus succeeding days)
Bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma; Children riding bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma;