Nalley's Inc. Marcus Nalley, on the right, and officials from the Milwaukee railroad company inspect "insulated compartmentizer" freight cars on the rails outside of the Nalley plant. On the left is Robert Montgomery, city freight agent, and in the center is Ray Powels, Milwaukee agent. Marcus Nalley was a Milwaukee chef 40 years previously and is at the time of this picture the Chairman of the board for Nalley's, Inc. The railroad car is a new type being built in Renton and the Nalley shipment is its first cargo. (TNT 7/1/1956, pg. A-7)

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Irwin Jones, Nalley's Sales Dept. The fleet of Dodge delivery trucks is lined up outside the District Sales Office.

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Irwin Jones, Nalley's Sales Dept. The fleet of delivery trucks is lined up outside the District Sales Office. Signs over the loading bays advertise Tang Salad Dressing, Mayonnaise, Potato Chips, Lumber Jack Syrup and Treasure Pickles. Over the sales office the sign advertises Nalley's as wholesale distributors of food specialties. Irwin-Jones was a Tacoma automobile dealership.

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Potato chip and popcorn factory, Nalley's, Henry Willis. Many women are at work at several different work stations in the assembly-line system used at Nalley's in cooling, bagging, and preparing the potato chips for shipment. A separate facility was built on part of the 15-acre tract on South Tacoma Way for the manufacture of potato chips. The chip plant in Spokane had reached its capacity and still the demand was high. This new plant was the home of one of the subsidiary companies, United Foods, Inc. TPL-9607

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In this photograph from August 1948, three unidentified employees carefully hand bag potato chips at the Nalley's plant at 3410 So. Lawrence St. Nalley's Inc. had its beginning in 1918 when Marcus Nalley started production of his by now famous Nalley's potato chips in his kitchen. What was once a one man operation covered the entire west coast by 1946. Production operations were located in Tacoma, Vancouver, B.C., and Spokane. In Vancouver a complete line of Nalley's products was made. In Spokane, manufacturing of potato chips was the main operation, and in Tacoma, two large factories, Nalley's on Puyallup Avenue and the affiliated plant of L & N Products at 3410 South Lawrence Street provided the bulk of the products sold in the western states. (T.Times, 1/9/1946) Henry Willis

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Merchandise display in L.E. Landon's office at Nalley's, Inc. L.E. Landon was president of Nalley's at this time. The display includes cans and bottles of Lumberjack Syrup, bottles of pickle relish, pickles, salad dressing, mayonnaise, Tang, french dressing, mustard, and peanut butter, and cans of shoestring potatoes, beef stew, chili con carne, rice dinner, spaghetti dinner and spaghetti and meat. Bags of the company's first product, potato chips, hang in the middle along with bags of Krun-cheese and pop corn.

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Visiting teachers from Oakland munch on potato chips as they tour the Nalleys plant.

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Extended shot of Nalley's facilities taken across the tracks on August 25, 1950. Several buildings on Nalley's show the growth of the company which began in 1918. By 1950, Nalley's had become a $10,000,000 business with such diverse products as potato chips, mayonaise, "Tang" and "Lumber Jack Syrup".

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Exterior exposure of Nalley's Sales Department building. Taken on a rare rainy day in August, 1950, a Dodge delivery truck with Nalley signs painted on can be seen outside the Nalley's Sales Department building on South Lawrence. Painted white, the building has two floors and is made of cement block. Signs on the building state that Nalley's is a wholesale distributor of food specialties.

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Made of cement block, the white Nalley's Sales Department building was located at 3410 South Lawrence. The two-story structure had large signs on it identifying the company as being a wholesale distributor of food specialties. Parked next to the loading dock is a Dodge delivery truck with some of the Nalley products listed on its side: mayonnaise, treasure pickles, and Tang salad dressing.

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By 1950, Nalley's had grown into a $10,000,000 business with such diverse products as potato chips, mayonnaise, pickles and salad dressings. A separate facility for manufacturing potato chips was built on Nalley's 15 acres due to the high demand for the chips. United Foods, Inc., was one of Nalley's subsidiary companies.

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A large delivery truck was parked outside the loading dock of the Tacoma Nalley's potato chip factory on August 5, 1950. Because the demand for potato chips was so high, a separate facility was built on Nalley's 15-acre tract on South Tacoma Way for the manufacture of potato chips. This plant building was also the home of one of Nalley's subsidiary companies, United Foods, Inc. Nalley's Inc. had its beginning in 1918 when Marcus Nalley started production of his by now famous Nalley's potato chips in his kitchen. By 1946, what was once a one-man operation covered the entire west coast . Production operations were located in Tacoma, Vancouver, B.C., and Spokane.

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View of Marcus Nalley, the founder of Nalley's Incorporated, cutting into the 31st Nalley's Birthday cake; Nalley's President, L. Evert Landon is standing behind him; a "Tang" salad dressing sign is hanging below the cake table (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

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Nalley's invited friends and family to help celebrate their 31st anniversary with a tour of the facilities followed by a buffet of Nalley's foods. Guests are mingling and enjoying Nalley's fine foods in this section of the buildings. (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

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31st Anniversary of Nalley's Fine Foods. Mayor Val Fawcett, center, is flanked by company founder Marcus Nalley, right in photo, and company president L. Evert Landon; boxes of Nalley's products on floor (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

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Nalley's Inc., founded by Marcus in 1918, celebrated its 31st anniversary in August of 1949. By then the company, which started by making potato chips, had grown to be a $10,000,000 per year business. Pictured, left to right, are Cecil Walrath, Joe Lehman, Cliff Wold, company founder Marcus Nalley, company president L. Evert Landon and Henry Willis.They are holding various Nalley's products, including: mayonnaise, "Tang" and "Lumber Jack Syrup." (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

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Mayor C. Val Fawcett commended Nalley's and he stated he knew Marcus Nalley when he was selling his potato chips to housewives from a basket. By 1949 the company employed more than 600 people. View of visitors touring the Nalley Valley facilities; they are seeing a Nalley's employee work with the assembly-line method used in manufacturing the famous potato chips (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

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View of Nalley's employees wearing aprons and getting ready to serve the famous Nalley's fine food products to the guests. Nalley's anniversary celebration dinner menu included: mayonnaise, potato chips, burgers with Nalley's pickles, salad with "Tang" salad dressing and spaghetti; advertisements in background (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34). TPL-8000

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31st Anniversary of Nalley's Fine Foods. Mayor Val Fawcett, left in photo, holds cake being cut by company founder Marcus Nalley; company President L. Evert Landon looks on. Advertisements for "Tang" salad dressing and other Nalley's products in room (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

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Marcus Nalley, founder and Chairman of the Board, along with the other Nalley's officers: L. Evert Landon, President; Joseph G. Lehman, Vice-President; Cecil Walrath, Henry Willis and Cliff Wold, Division Sales Managers; and Vernon E. Nofzinger, Production Executive, would be greeting guests for their 31st anniversary (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34). TPL-9613

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Marcus Nalley, the founder of Nalley's Incorporated, gave an anniversary speech for the company's 31st anniversary on August 24, 1949. Marcus Nalley came from Croatia to New York in 1903. He had 15 cents in his pocket and couldn't speak a word of English. His name at that time was Marko Narancic. He took several jobs: in a steel mill, as a meat packer, and finally in a hotel kitchen where he moved from kitchen flunky to pantry boy to fry cook. He became a chef on the first "Olympian" of the Milwaukee Railroad which ran between Chicago and Tacoma. Later, at the Bonneville Hotel in Tacoma, he learned to make a new potato delicacy, "Saratoga chips". He began making potato chips in his own small kitchen and selling them door-to-door. In 1918 he rented a $5-a-month storeroom behind his apartment and began adding other food products. By 1969 his company processed 200 different food items. Ordered by Mrs. Hildreth. (South on the Sound, Murray and Rosa Morgan)

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