Overturned truck and car accident. A Pacific Coast Motor Freight Co. semi-trailer truck, driven by Earl W. Brook of Portland, Oregon, and loaded with 500 barrels of cherries and berries was overturned, causing damage to two cars in October of 1944. The accident was caused by a combination of the motor stalling, the malfunction of the airbrakes and another vehicle which blocked its safe passage. View of overturned truck and cars on the corner of So. 25th and Pacific Ave. (T. Times, 10/3/44, p. 3).

Traffic accidents--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; City & town life--Tacoma;

Suzanne Berven and her mother, Esther Berven, of 2406 North Union Avenue, watch as a creamery worker fills ice cream cartons at Medosweet Dairies. For Tacoma News Tribune "Brides" layout. (T.N.T.)

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Suzanne Berven and her mother Esther (Mrs. Ivar) Berven watching ice cream being packaged at the Medosweet Dairies. The Berven family resided at 2406 No. Union Ave. This photo was intended for the TNT wedding layout of 1952. Suzanne married Richard Nicholson August 22, 1952 at Luther Memorial Church. Miss Berven was a graduate of Stadium High School and attended the College of Puget Sound, where she was a member of Delta Alpha Gamma sorority. (T. Reporter 7/25/1952, pg. 5)

Medosweet Dairies, Inc. (Tacoma); Dairy products industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Berven, Suzanne; Berven, Esther; Ice cream & ices;

New separator at Medosweet Dairies of Tacoma, for Monroe Dairy machines of Seattle. The separator was a device for separating liquids of different densities, such as milk from cream. After World War II, technological advances made the cross over from military use to industrial use. The dairy industry was one of the industries that benefited, becoming increasing more mechanized. Another advance was the use of stainless steel in sanitary food processing.

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New type safe at Medosweet Dairy, Harold N. Mann Insurance Agency. Two co-workers place valuables and money into the new safe at Medosweet Dairy.

Medosweet Dairies, Inc. (Tacoma)--Employees; Dairy products industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Safes;

Conveyor machinery at Medosweet Dairy, The Heid Company, Seattle, Mr. Claude F. Conrad. An employee places glass milk bottles into the washing machine at Medosweet Dairy. Wooden cartons for returned bottles stand in stacks near him, empty and ready to be filled. TPL-9366

Medosweet Dairies, Inc. (Tacoma); Dairy products industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Conveying systems--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bottles;