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D29451-4
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- 1947-09-05 (Creation)
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Three unidentified employees work inside the Johnson Paint and Wallpaper Company plant at 3101 South Tacoma Way on September 5, 1947. Johnson's manufactured 24 different house colors and 16 enamel colors. At that time, the company had the contract for furnishing the Washington State Highway Department the yellow and white varnish used to mark highways. One of the company's biggest lines was industrial lacquers. The plant had a capacity of 3,800 gallons of paint per working day. Their cardinal principle was: "What's made in Tacoma, makes Tacoma grow." Founded in 1887, the Johnson Paint factory was taken over by Parker Paint Company in the mid-1970s. The man at the far left may be William E. Atkins the plant superintendent. (T.Times, 9/12/1947, p.10) TPL-318.
Johnson Paint & Wallpaper Co. (Tacoma); Paint industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Paints & varnishes;