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Title
D787-4
Date(s)
- 1937-05 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Sixteen month old Richard Allyn Miles was all ready to celebrate that annual fashion "rite of spring," Straw Hat Day on May 27, 1937, when gentlemen put away their heavy winter hats and don the straws for summer. Young "Dickie," wearing a "sailor" - also called a "skimmer," was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Miles of 3309 N. 27th St. In 1937, fashion forecasters had picked May 27th as the day to don the straw and every men's clothing store in Tacoma was advertising a wide selection of "sailors" and "panamas." (T. Times 5/26/1937, pg. 1; Bremerton Sun 6/3/1937, pg. 1)
Straw Hat Day (Tacoma); Hats--1930-1940; Miles, Richard Allyn; Boys; Diapers;