An unidentified cabinetmaker, working at the Tacoma Fixture Company, Inc., 501 Puyallup Avenue, uses a hand-held router to do finish work on a plywood kitchen cabinet door in August 1951. The Tacoma Fixture Co. was founded by Dudley Wilhelmi in 1949. It was taken over by Don and F.H. Fisher in the late 1950s, and in the mid-1960s it moved to 1902 Milwaukee Way. Photograph ordered by Tom Sias, Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Tacoma Fixture Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Cabinetmaking--Tacoma; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

An employee of Tacoma Fixture Company, Inc., carefully fits a door on custom made kitchen cabinets in the firm's workshop on August 16, 1951. Drawers and other doors still need to be inserted in the one-piece cabinet which is elevated on sawhorses. Plywood backed Masonite is being used on the kitchen cabinet doors. Photograph commissioned by Tom Sias, Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Tacoma Fixture Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Cabinetmaking--Tacoma; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

ca. ,1937. Stevens and Vetter Garage Inc., 501 Puyallup Ave. Anton J. Vetter was president of the company. (WSHS)

Stevens & Vetter Garage Inc. (Tacoma);