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G37.1-202
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- 1924-04 (Creation)
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This disturbing photograph of a gathering of the Ku Klux Klan in South Tacoma was taken in April of 1924. The klan members had gathered behind the Piper Funeral Home at 5436 South Puget Sound Avenue for the funeral of a Tacoma resident. The klansman at the front center (fifth from the right) is holding a small "fiery cross" which was used during the funeral ceremony. When published in the News Tribune in 1924 this photograph was attributed to C. Tucker of South Tacoma.(TNT 4/26/1924, pg. 3) TPL-5452
Ku Klux Klan (Tacoma); Racism--Tacoma--1920-1930; White supremacy movements--1920-1930;