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Item
Title
D9937-25
Date(s)
- 1940-06-30 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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1940 Y.M.B.C. Water Carnival at Point Defiance. View from water of 1920s and 1940 boathouses crowded with spectators. Thousands came out to watch the various boat races and air show at the annual Young Men's Business Club water carnival. The city fireboat was also summoned by Public Safety Commissioner Holmes Eastwood via car radio to stage an exhibition of water power. (T.Times, 7-1-40, p. 12)
Festivals--Tacoma--1940-1950; Organizations--Tacoma; Young Men's Business Club (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Point Defiance Pavilion (Tacoma); Point Defiance Boat House (Tacoma);