Machinery at Wesley Crawford & Sons, U.P. Freight Terminal, Mr. Crawford. Wesley Crawford was president of Mutual Fruit Co. Seven women are working at a conveyor system packing fruit.

Wesley Crawford & Son (Tacoma)--Employees; Farm produce--Tacoma; Packaging; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950; Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Machinery at Wesley Crawford & Sons, U.P. Freight Terminal, Mr. Crawford. Wesley Crawford was president of Mutual Fruit Co. Two lines of employees are packing produce into wooden crates. One line is along the right side and the other runs across the back of the new building Wesley Crawford & Son recently opened. The large room is open in the center to facilitate moving large quantities of produce. A small forklift is parked in the middle of the room.

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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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Several interiors at Wes Crawford's tomato packing plant, Wesley Crawford & Son, Wes Crawford. A view of the packing area of the plant. Stacks of empty wooden packing crates, many ten to twelve high, are seen around the large work area. Labels on the crates advertise "Texas Ranger" globe tomatoes, "Texas Tomatoes", "Big G", "Clouds Rest", "La Chinita",and "High Color".

Wesley Crawford & Son (Tacoma)--Employees; Packaging; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950; Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Several interiors at Wes Crawford's tomato packing plant, Wesley Crawford & Son, Wes Crawford. A view of the interior of the business offices at the packing facilities. Desks for four employees are open behind a wide counter. A separate office with a door and glass open to the general work area is towards the back. Two women and a young man are seated at the desks and an older gentleman is talking on the telephone in the back office.

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Exterior of new building, Wesley Crawford & Son. A view of the exterior of the recently opened wholesale produce facility on the Tacoma tideflats.

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Several interiors at Wes Crawford's tomato packing plant, Wesley Crawford & Son, Wes Crawford. A view of the staff lunch room. Several sets of tables and chairs, formica and vinyl coverings, are spaced throughout the area. Each table has a bouquet.

Wesley Crawford & Son (Tacoma); Packaging; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950; Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lunchrooms;

Several interiors at Wes Crawford's tomato packing plant, Wesley Crawford & Son, Wes Crawford. A view of the interior of the business offices at the packing facilities. The company handled packing of fresh produce, ready for market. The sign in the upper right corner calls the company, "tomato pre-packers".

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Reshoot of interior of building, Wes Crawford & Sons, Mr. Crawford. The large interior of the fresh fruit and vegetable packing company is left open to facilitate movement of large volumes of produce. A conveyor system is seen in the right, foreground and another on the far right. A man is moving pallets with a low truck in the center. Big, swinging double doors are seen on the far right.

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Exterior view of Nalley's factory taken on September 1, 1950. This is a copy of an artwork print of Nalley's pickle department. Railroad tracks are visible through a grassy field.

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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.

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Nalley's Sales Department (Tacoma);

Nalley's original plant in downtown Tacoma at Puyallup Avenue & "D" Street. Built in 1929 by J.E. Bonnell & Son, contractors, the huge factory opened in February of 1930. Walker-Wilkeson cut stone and brick from Clay City were used in the design. Nalley's would move to the 3000 block of South Lawrence in the 1940's when they outgrew the Puyallup Avenue plant. This building would be purchased by the Salvation Army for use as a social and rehabilitation center in 1953. TPL-5863

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Workers at Nalley's Puyallup Avenue factory inspect and prepare to package cans of Lumberjack Syrup for use during the Puyallup Fair. All four workers are wearing sanitary hats and aprons. Two women have on sturdy, low-heeled footware to maintain purchase on the wet floor.

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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.

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Nalley's Sales Department (Tacoma); Signs (Notices);

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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This photograph showing the rear view of a Dodge truck displaying Nalley's products was taken on August 9, 1950. Nalley's Inc., had a large delivery fleet. The Fort Lewis sticker above the license plate on truck #184 indicates that this vehicle probably made deliveries of potato chips and other foods to the military base. Nalley's Inc., founded by Marcus Nalley in 1918, had a large factory built in 1940 on a 17 acre plot of land on the (then) outskirts of town. It became known as Nalley Valley. (History of Pierce County, Washington, Vol. 1, p. 448)

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Dodge trucks; Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Signs (Notices);

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.

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); United Foods, Inc. (Tacoma); Food industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Potato chips;

Nalley's exhibit booth attracted many interested Western Washington Fair visitors in 1950 eager to view and sample tasty products. The large crowds that flocked to the fair were helped by courteous Nalley employees who smilingly sought to affirm the company's motto, "If It's Nalley, It's Good." Large lettering advertised Nalley's Beef Stew as being the "meatiest stew you ever tasted" and cutouts above the booth listed many of Nalley's products: golden Lumberjack Syrup, Nalley's Mayonaise; Shoestring Potatoes and Tang Salad Dressing.

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Signs (Notices); Exhibit booths--Puyallup;

A worker moves barrels with a dolly outside of Nalley's warehouses in Nalley Valley. Marcus Nalley began his one man operation in 1918; by the fifties his company was marketing 49 different products. In 1953, the company processed 10 million pounds of cucumbers into Nalley pickles and 11 million pounds of potatoes into potato chips. Their payroll and purchasing power helped fuel the Tacoma economy.

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A display rack filled with candy from Nalley's Inc. By 1969 the company processed 200 different food items. Ordered by Mrs. Hildreth.

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Group of four men for General Mills.

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