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Title
D9529-2
Date(s)
- 1940-03-16 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Royal Birds Banquet and initiation at Hotel Winthrop. Members of the organization, made up of Cleaners and Laundry owners, with sign reading "Cage No. 2 - Royal Birds - Tacoma." The national officers of the Royal Birds, leaders in the laundry industry of America, had convened in Tacoma March 16-17,1940 to honor our city and present a charter to the new local chapter of Royal Birds. In 1939, Tacoma had won first place among American cities for providing the finest in laundry and dry cleaning services. (T. Times 3/18/1940, pg. 3)
Royal Birds (Tacoma); Banquets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);