Members of the Tacoma chapter, Washington Association for Retarded Children attach a "Help Mentally Retarded Children" nametag on Emmett Anderson of Anderson Printing Co. on November 11, 1954. November 14-23 was designated as National Retarded Children's Week and it is possible that Anderson Printing was responsible for printing the brochures and posters. The Tacoma chapter was sponsoring the eighth annual carnival in support of the Washington Association for Retarded Children to be held on November 20th at the Laborer's Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dyer and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Burford were co-chairmen. Funds raised at the carnival would be used for holiday treats and birthday parties for the Rainier State School children, many of them orphans who would not be able to enjoy such entertainment without the Association's support. Photograph ordered by Washington Association of Retarded Children, Tacoma Chapter. (TNT 10-6-54, A-4)

Charitable organizations--Tacoma--1950-1960; Anderson, Emmett T.; Washington Association for Retarded Children, Tacoma chapter (Tacoma);

Books are in the process of being bound at the Anderson Printing Company. Plywood pressboards are placed between layers of books and then compressed. Man in this January, 1953, photograph has been identified as James W. Anderson, Sr. Photograph ordered by Tom Sias, Douglas Fir Plywood Association. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Bookbinding; Plywood; Anderson Printing Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Anderson, James W.; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

In this photograph from January of 1953 an employee of Anderson Printing Company carefully lays a plywood pressboard with a plastic surface on top of a stack of books and pressboards. He is in the process of bookbinding a series of registers. The Anderson Printing Co. was founded in 1921. At the time this photograph was taken, the president of the company was Emmett T. "T. for Tacoma" Anderson. Emmett Anderson was Lieutenant Governor of Washington from 1953 to 1956, when he became the Republican nominee for governor. Photograph ordered by Tom Sias, Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Bookbinding; Plywood; Anderson Printing Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);