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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D37735-10
Date(s)
- 1949-01-11 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
Griffin Fuel Company began in Tacoma in 1889. Ed Griffin, far right, took over the business in 1931 when Fred Griffin, Sr. died. Ed had worked for the company since he was 11 years old, working after school and during the summers. Under his management, services were expanded throughout Western Washington. In 1939, Fred Griffin, Jr. opened a Seattle branch of Griffin Fuel Company. This view is of the Tacoma facility and its employees at the beginning of 1949; they had been doing business in Tacoma for 60 years. (T. Times, 1/20/49, p. 5 & 7).
Fuel supply; Fuel--Tacoma; Fuel trade--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma);