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Item
Title
D83474-3
Date(s)
- 1954-06-19 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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In 1954 Tacoma had its own toy factory, the Tacoma Metal Products Company, located at 414-16 Puyallup Avenue. Workers at the manufacturing plant are pictured using a primitive looking assembly line. During the assembly line process, toy tea kettles are painted, parts assembled, polished and then placed in small boxes. A thin conveyor belt moves the tiny tea kettles from one worker to another.
Tacoma Metal Products Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Assembly-line methods--Tacoma; Toys; Toy industry--Tacoma;