Fisher's Dais

The old saying, "Necessity is the mother of invention," has been proved again. When Jerry Holeb, display artist at Fisher's Department Store at Tacoma, Wash., was asked to make a portable stage for the Tacoma Yacht club fashion show, he put on his thinking-cap and came forth with an unusual piece of equipment.

A circle five-feet in diameter constitutes the center of the stage. There are three sections on each side with each end seition tapered to become a ramp. Over-all length of the dais is approximately 40 Teet. It affords a platform 20 inches above floor level.

Horizontal ftamework for the various sections was made up of bandsawn plywood fu-inch thick. Vertical members are of solid lumber. The l9-square-foot surface of the circle was built without a single bracing member except f.or 2x3 fir backing where the plywood panels were joined. All of the sections providing 3-foot-wide tread at either side of the center platform were constructed with minimum framework as the builder capitalized on the inherent plate-like action of plywood.

The top or walking surface of each section is fu-inch Douglas fir plywood with maroon carpeting glued directly to the smooth panels. Miniature posts (8 inches high) were inserted in holes bored in the outside edge of the floor surface at lf-foot intervals. Gilder rope run through an eye near the top of each removable post adds a striking note.

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Face of the plywood portable stage is painted white and two inch gilded plywood band on the top side. The r/ainch plywood was installed verti,cally so curvature was across the grain of face plys to facilitate bending.

Both the strength and beauty of Douglas fir plywood are exhibited, important considerations in the display field, are demonstrated impressively by this multiple-purpose, portable dais.

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