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D9238-1
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- 1940-01-06 (Creation)
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On January 6, 1940, twenty-one members of the Carpenter's Union Local 470, with over 30 years of continuous membership, gathered for a group photograph. Many of these men could probably trace their membership in the union back to its founding on February 27, 1900. Between 1900 and 1940 wages for union carpenters in Tacoma increased from $2.50 per day to $1 per hour. Front row (l to r): C.J. Murray, George A. Sweet, Julius Stevenson, W.A. Rowe, John Matson, Nelson Willis. Middle: Chris Bark, George Rice, August Jonas, W.A. Burgess, J.M. Evans, Niel Macaulay, Sam Torvik. Back: J.A. Key, Nick Nelson, John (Scotty) Knowles, Jack Cook, William Mansens, Frank (Skinny) Hull, Fred Wiegman, Chris Anderson.
Carpenters Union Local No. 470 (Tacoma); Labor unions--Tacoma;