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Item
Title
EW-646
Date(s)
- 1943-07-06 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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In July of 1943, Al Riviere and Frank Bujan lit up an after-meal cigarette while working at the Seattle-Tacoma shipyard, ignoring the giant warning painted on the building behind them. The two Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. employees were not trying to burn down the plant, they were posing for a series of photographs published in the company's newspaper. "The Keel" carried an article that month on what NOT to do to prevent fires. The company was waging war against fire, one of the most formidable foes of the war effort. (Sea-Tac Keel, Vol.II No.II, Pg 3 July 24, 1943 issue)
Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--War work--Tacoma; Riviere, Al; Bujan, Frank; Smoking; Cigarettes;