c.1931 Wooden Money Tenino Washington Chamber Commerce Pamphlet

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Incredible reference.

 

Detailing the currency recovery plan & forecasts 1932 with reassurance. Appears to have been printed in December of 1931 by the Chamber of Commerce.

 

Explains that larger denominations would be printed on paper and 25c on slices of Sitka spruce printed at the Thurston County Independent Newspaper to be circulated both in town and in neighboring communities.

 

Following pages advertise the town’s industry including poultry, logging, Christmas tree farms, Scatter Creek & Black Jewell coal mines & berry fields. Mt. Rainier, Puget Sound  & Mystery Mounds are also referenced — as a defense against the effects of the Great Depression on Tenino’s economy.

 

Printed by Chamber of Commerce w/ office holders named including the failed Citizen Bank President C.S. Argo, also A.G. Dempsey, D.M. Major & A.H. Meyer.

 

4 p.p. // 3.75 x 5.5”. Slightly uneven fold as original w/ even toning & expected handling wear including soft vertical crease.