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- 1948-04-12
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Harvey O. Scofield (left), chairman of the Board of County Commissioners and Joseph E. Ford, auditor and clerk of the board, had to hand sign 1,500 bonds valued at $1,000 each for a total of $1.5 million to guarantee interest payments on the $14 million Tacoma Narrows bridge bond. The bonds were delivered on the afternoon of April 13, 1948, to the National Bank of Washington, trustee. Work on the second bridge began in April of 1948. The bridge opened on October 14, 1950. (T.Times, 4/13/1948, p.1) TPL-8240
Scofield, Harvey; Ford, Joseph E.; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma); Bonds (Negotiable instruments); Administrative agencies--Tacoma--1940-1950; Banks--Tacoma; Banking--Tacoma--1940-1950;