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D9946-3
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- 1940-07-01 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Narrows Bridge Opening Ceremonies. Convertible automobiles starting to line up for official ribbon cutting on July 1, 1940, as the (first) Tacoma Narrows Bridge was dedicated with great fervor. Crowd around rostrum represents some of the 7,000 people who had gathered to witness the opening of the new suspension bridge. After the welcoming speeches and musical entertainment by the naval and army bands, a 19-gun salute would be fired by the National Guard when Governor Clarence D. Martin officially opens the bridge to traffic. Part of the Narrows Bridge/McChord Field Celebration. (T. Times, 7-1-40, p. 1, 7-2-40, p. 1)
Suspension bridges--Tacoma; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Spectators--Tacoma;