The nighttime launching of "Memories" built by Peterson Boat Building Company. "Memories" is in the water, accompanied by another fishing vessel "Nancy Rose," on April 21, 1950. "Memories," a 57-foot purse seiner, could handle a crew of nine. She was to set sail May 25, 1950, on her first fishing voyage. (TNT, 4/25/1950)

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The launching of "Memories" at Peterson Boat Building Company. The 57-foot purse seiner slips from the ways into the water. She was built for Captain Marco Malich to fish in Puget Sound, the Alaskan waters and in the south. (TNT, 4/25/1950, p.15)

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George Peterson and his friends have just returned from their hunting expedition in British Columbia, Canada. They killed three moose, each with an average weight of 1,100 pounds and their antler spreads measuring 40-1/2, 47-1/2 and 52 inches; they also killed eight ducks each, which is the duck limit. Left to right: George Peterson, unidentified, Bob French, Thor Simenson and Ed Christensen; the hunters are standing with their ducks and moose at Peterson Boat Building facilities (T.N.T., 11/6/49, p. B-11).

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Men with moose killed in Chilcotin District, Peterson Boat, George Peterson. Arne Strom and H.D. Maxwell were two of the six hunters that had gone on a 10-day hunting trip with George Peterson to British Columbia. They are seen here with the 3 moose and one deer hung in one of the buildings at Peterson Boat Building. George Peterson and his friends had already brought in three moose during this season. See D45,791-2. (TNT, 11/27/1949,p.B11)

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Men with moose killed in Chilcotin District, Peterson Boat, George Peterson. Six Tacoma nimrods found good hunting in British Columbia around the Williams Lake area and brougnt home three moose and a deer as evidence. The moose, with an average spread of from 35 to 40 inches, were bagged the first day out on a 10-day jaunt. The hunters are, L-R, George Peterson, Reuben C. Carlson, Arne Strom, H.D. Maxwell, Thomas Myers and Lewis Boen. Thomas Myers owned and operated J.P. Myers Fuel in Tacoma, Gig Harbor Sand and Gravel in Gig Harbor, and Bremerton Lines (a bus service operating between Bremerton and Tacoma). (TNT, 11/27/1949, p.B-11)

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