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D91887-1
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- 1955-07-16 (Creation)
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A model of a plywood mill, part of the travelling exhibition "Fir Plywood Golden Jubilee Show." 1955 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the first plywood panel. As part of the celebration, a mobile exhibit toured the West Coast regions where plywood is manufactured. This model recreation of a plywood mill was part of the show. In the model, cutting and barking of the log is shown as well as the peeling of the log. The wood is cut into lengths and placed in the drying racks to dry. In the rear, the lengths are having glue applied in preparation to being laid in plys to form the multi-layer plywood. The panels are then heated to form a solid bond.
Plywood; Logs; Laborers--Tacoma; Trees--Tacoma; Woodcutting--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;