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SERIES:   D155903- 1R
DATE:   03-12-1969
DESCRIPTION:   Ruby Gray and Leonard Butler display two rare celebrity items that were to be auctioned on Saturday, March 15, 1969, to benefit the Tri-Mart Youth Center. One is a pen used by President Lyndon Baines Johnson to sign a bill. The other, a beautiful scarf, once belonged to Princess Grace of Monaco. Among the other items to be auctioned was one of Bing Crosby's wallets. The Tri-Mart Youth Center was sponsored by the Tri-Mart Multi-Service Center, a unit of the Tacoma-Pierce County Opportunity & Development, Inc. Photograph ordered by the O.D.I. (TNT 3-14-69, A-6)
IMAGETYPE:   Black & White
ADDRESS:   4515 So. M St.
SUBJECTS:   Gray, Ruby; Butler, Leonard; Auctions--Tacoma--1960-1970; Pens; Scarves; African Americans--Tacoma--1960-1970;
COLLECTION:   Richards Studio Collection
PRINTTYPE:   Fiber base-Glossy
PRINTFORMAT:   8x10"
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