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A52319-4
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- 1950-08-05 (Creation)
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A large delivery truck was parked outside the loading dock of the Tacoma Nalley's potato chip factory on August 5, 1950. Because the demand for potato chips was so high, a separate facility was built on Nalley's 15-acre tract on South Tacoma Way for the manufacture of potato chips. This plant building was also the home of one of Nalley's subsidiary companies, United Foods, Inc. Nalley's Inc. had its beginning in 1918 when Marcus Nalley started production of his by now famous Nalley's potato chips in his kitchen. By 1946, what was once a one-man operation covered the entire west coast . Production operations were located in Tacoma, Vancouver, B.C., and Spokane.
Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); United Foods, Inc. (Tacoma); Food industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Potato chips;