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A116100-1
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- 1958-09-02 (Creation)
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Joseph M. (Jody) & Dorothy Pederson opened their new Pederson's Fryer Farms plant in June, 1958, at 2901 72nd Street East in Parkland. In this view of the fryer plant, rows of plucked and unplucked chickens are dangling by their legs from the conveyer that runs from the loading dock into the plant. Two men are examining wooden crates containing more chickens. The newly enlarged Pederson's had the latest in automatic poultry processing equipment with the capacity to dress and package 2,500 chickens per hour. From loading dock to packaging, it only took 13 minutes to decapitate, eviscerate, pluck, singe, and cool the birds for cutting and packaging. Pederson's employed 88 people, including 15 delivery drivers. The Pedersons started their chicken business in 1946; fifty years later, Pederson Farms was sold to the Foster Farms company. Photograph ordered by Pederson's Fryer Farms. (TNT 6-19-58, A-4, TNT 6-22-58, B-13)
Pederson's Fryer Farms (Tacoma); Chickens--Tacoma; Chicken industry--Tacoma;