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D841-2
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- 1937-10-07 (Creation)
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Tannis Girswaite, aged 3 1/2, helped Wayne Carlsteen, five, try on a new "Navy look" overcoat in one of Tacoma's department stores during the United Tacoma Days sale held October 7 -8-9, 1937. Tens of thousands of shoppers from Tacoma and the surrounding area flocked to downtown Tacoma to take part in the three day sale. Over 200 merchants put special bargain basement price tags on every line of merchandise. Shoppers could ride street cars and busses from 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. for free, and out-of-towners could park without fearing parking tickets; no overtime parking tickets were issued to cars registered to cars owned by drivers from outside the city limits. (T.Times,10/8/37, p1)
Girswaite, Tannis; Carlsteen, Wayne; Shopping--Tacoma--1930-1940; Children shopping--Tacoma;