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D30608-2
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- 1947-11-20 (Creation)
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In 1947 Tech-Craft Plastics, Inc. at 2107 Center Street branched out from the manufacture of toys and furniture to producing signs. They could produce anything from 12 inch shelf signs to 60 foot building signs; they were all custom built. Tech-Craft had well trained plastic specialists, which insured prompt delivery and courteous service. This interior view of the sign shop from November of 1947 shows four employees working on signs in various stages of completion, some will be illuminated with incandescent, fluorescent or neon lighting. Per additional information received by readers, the man on the far right has been identified as James Embree and the man second from left is James Wilson Pattin. Mr. Pattin had been employed by Tech-Craft since its beginning and was later shop supervisor for a time when the plant turned its production to dormitory furniture for PNW colleges and universities. Tech-Craft moved to the SE corner of 56th & Tyler in the mid-60s. (T. Times, 12/10/47, p. 25)
Plastics industry--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma; Plastics; Signs (Notices); Tech-Craft Plastics, Inc. (Tacoma); Embree, James; Pattin, James;