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D92109-22
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- 1955-07-22 (Creation)
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Benediction at Ground breaking of the U.S. Oil and Refining plant on the Tacoma Tideflats. Left to Right, front row: Congressman Thor Tollefson, Senators Henry M. Jackson and Warren G. Magnuson. Mayor Harold Tollefson is 3rd from right, second row. Lt. Gov. Emmett Anderson and U.S. Oil & Refining president Dr. Ernest Lyder are in the front row, right. Pools of water dot the landscape surrounding the platform; this had been one of Tacoma's prime duck hunting and swimming locations. ALBUM 4.
Magnuson, Warren G., 1905-1989; Jackson, Henry M., 1912-1983; US Oil & Refining Co. (Tacoma); Legislators--Washington--1950-1960; Tollefson, Thor C., 1901-1982; Mayors--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tollefson, Harold M., 1908-1985; Anderson, Emmett T.;