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- 1940-05-28
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
On May 28, 1940 employees posed among wall fixtures and curved display cases containing silver tableware at the newly remodeled Mahncke & Co. jewelry store. Sales manager Elmer G. Hagen is at left (foreground) and owner/president William G. Mahncke is at far right. A. Sutherland, in charge of the watch department, is in the far background at left. The two women were not identified. Mahncke & Co. was one of the oldest jewelry stores in Tacoma, established about 1883 by the late Franz Mahncke. William G. Mahncke, his son, has been owner/president since 1921. (TNT 6/2/1940 p.A-8- article, photos of management)
Mahncke & Co. (Tacoma); Jewelry stores--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hagen, Elmer G.; Mahncke, William G.; Sutherland, Anzio;