This photograph, estimated to be from the 1940s, shows a lively scene at the Enumclaw Sales Pavilion. Frank Wetzel, who built the facility, is in the center of the ring auctioning off a calf. Also in the crowd are Ben Johanson, sales clerk and president of Enumclaw’s First National Bank, and local cattleman Clarence Mallery. - Photo courtesy Ron Mariotti
Photo courtesy Ron Mariotti
This photograph, estimated to be from the 1940s, shows a lively scene at the Enumclaw Sales Pavilion. Frank Wetzel, who built the facility, is in the center of the ring auctioning off a calf. Also in the crowd are Ben Johanson, sales clerk and president of Enumclaw’s First National Bank, and local cattleman Clarence Mallery.

On the auction block


March 23, 2009 · Updated 11:45 PM 

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