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TPL-4289
Date(s)
- 1930 (Creation)
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ca. 1930. Kelley-Clarke Company, 1725 Jefferson, Tacoma, Washington. Merchandise brokers who sold various products wholesale to stores; firm started in 1889 with three offices in Portland, Seattle and Spokane. They opened their first branch office in Tacoma in 1901 and moved to Jefferson Avenue in 1906. The Tacoma office closed around 1945 shortly after the end of WWII. Kelley-Clarke were the distributors for various products, including Staley's Starch which was a laundry starch and Staley Pancake & Waffle Syrup.
Kelley-Clarke Co. (Tacoma);