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- 1941-07-18
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
On the count of three, everyone including Mayor Harry P. Cain, in white, heaves their pot or pan over the chicken wire fence enclosing the aluminum collection area. Used aluminum was being collected in Tacoma during a week long drive, July 21-29, 1941. The melted down metal would be used to manufacture bombers. In the background is the marquee of the Roxy Theater where Don Ameche and Betty Grable are starring in "Moon Over Miami." (TNT 7/21/1941, pg. 14)
Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Home Defense Corps (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Scrap drives; Roxy Theatre (Tacoma); Marquees--Tacoma--1940-1950; Motion picture theaters--Tacoma--1940-1950;