Richards_Studio_D788081 - from our story 'Halloween In Tacoma, Washington (1930 – 1968)'

Description Two unidentified men watch as nine unidentified Proctor area "trick-or-treaters" deposit the clothing that they collected for shipment to Korea, during the Halloween weekend, into marked white barrels. In 1953, the Oil Information Committee of Pierce County was working with the Overseas Relief Committee of the Tacoma Council of Churches to collect warm clothes for the needy in Korea. Items needed included blankets, coats and sensible shoes, children's shoes & clothes, baby layettes and knitting wool and sewing thread. Donations could be taken to service stations and deposited in special white barrels marked "Clothing for Korea".

Description Two unidentified men watch as nine unidentified Proctor area "trick-or-treaters" deposit the clothing that they collected for shipment to Korea, during the Halloween weekend, into marked white barrels. In 1953, the Oil Information Committee of Pierce County was working with the Overseas Relief Committee of the Tacoma Council of Churches to collect warm clothes for the needy in Korea. Items needed included blankets, coats and sensible shoes, children's shoes & clothes, baby layettes and knitting wool and sewing thread. Donations could be taken to service stations and deposited in special white barrels marked "Clothing for Korea".

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