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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D741-2
Date(s)
- 1937-01-09 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
On January 9, 1937, a group of unidentified skiers and sledders gathered on the open lawn just south of Annie Wright School with Garfield Park and Borough Road behind them. Tacoma awoke that day to find itself thoroughly blanketed with snow. Because of low temperatures, the snow lasted for several days, and a warning was published in Tacoma's papers that towing sleds was illegal, and drivers caught pulling sleds would be liable to fines up to $100. It is unclear whether the tennis courts behind the young ladies in this photograph belong to Annie Wright or to the Tacoma Lawn Tennis Club. (T. Times 1/9/1937).
Snow--Tacoma--1930-1940; Sleds & sleighs; Skiers--Tacoma--1930-1940;