Testing hardwood at the Plywood Research Foundation. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Plywood Research Foundation (Tacoma); Plywood; Research facilities--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Laboratories--Tacoma--1950-1960; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Product inspection--Tacoma; Testing--Tacoma;

Two workmen prepare a plywood wall for papering with a mural map at the Georgia Pacific Plywood Company in Olympia on December 24, 1951. Faint writing on the wall shows instructions for hanging the map. A wooden railing at the staircase on the right bends smoothly to a lower level in the building. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Georgia Pacific Plywood Co. (Olympia); Walls--Olympia; Maps;

A workman is papering a plywood wall at the Georgia Pacific Plywood Company in Olympia with a mural map of the State of Washington. Photograph was taken on Christmas Eve, 1951. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Georgia Pacific Plywood Co. (Olympia); Walls--Olympia; Maps;

Five men watch intently while one of them is tightening the pressure during plywood testing at St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber warehouse. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Dave Countryman.

Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Plywood; Product inspection--Tacoma; Testing--Tacoma--1950-1960; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Peeler log at the plywood plant at Garibaldi, Oregon. Logs used to make plywood are called "peelers," reflecting the production process where a thin layer of wood called a veneer is peeled from the log on a massive lathe. Peeler logs are the best quality logs in the forrest. After the outside bark is removed, the peeler log is rotated in a lathe. The log rotates against a razor sharp knife, peeling a continuous sheet of thin veneer. The veneer is held temporarily in multi-decked storage trays 150 feet long or more. ("The Plywood Age" by Robert M. Cour)

Plywood; Lumber industry--Oregon--1950-1960; Oregon-Washington Plywood Co. (Garibaldi);

Philipine mahogany logs are being unloaded from a freighter at Buffelen Lumber. Buffelen was located on Lincoln Avenue at Taylor Way on the Tacoma tideflats, approximate address was 2000 Taylor Way.

Logs; Shipping--Tacoma--1950-1960; Buffelen Lumber & Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

A workman uses a pipe to spray panels of plywood. The material being sprayed on the panels may make them moisture proof. The panels each have a ledge along the vertical edge to allow them to hang from a horizontal pipe. The workman wears a moisture proof apron and gloves. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Equipment; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

View of Weyerhaeuser pulp mill. A Weyerhaeuser employee stands by the fifth steel beam in the new portion of the Longview pulp mill in September, 1951. Interior view of completed steelwork, looking down the length of the building. Photograph ordered by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation, San Francisco.

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Longview); Mills--Longview; Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. (San Francisco);

Several operations in plant, Tacoma Lumber Fabricating, Mr. Patterson. Stacks of completed trusses have been loaded on a freight car and two workmen are using straps to secure the load during shipping. Active management of the company was under Frank Grabbs. G.E. Karlen was president and Lee C. Monahan was vice-president. (T.Times, 1/16/1949, p.18)

Tacoma Lumber Fabricating Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Building materials industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Railroad freight cars--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Rainier Plywood Company was located at 624 East 15th Street in Tacoma's Tideflats area. The company's officers were George F. Baum, President, Alfred J. Johnson, Vice-President, and Raymond D. Torbenson, Secretary-Treasurer. In 1950 they became the third plywood company in Tacoma to become a co-operative plywood venture. Exterior view of Rainier Plywood Company facilities, photo ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plywood; Lumberyards--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Rainier Plywood Co. (Tacoma);

Wheeler Osgood office interiors. A view of the entrance to the Wheeler Osgood Company from the exterior. The newly remodeled entrance is recessed from the front of the building and has recessed lighting and windows. There are two steps up to the concrete entrance. Wheeler-Osgood was established in 1889 by William C. Wheeler, George R. Osgood and D.D. Clarke. William C. Wheeler had leased property from the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company. At first they made only red cedar doors, which were sold locally. (TNT, 7/20/1953)

Wheeler, Osgood Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Office buildings--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Wheeler Osgood office interiors. Mr. Paul M. Smith was Secretary of the company at this time. This view shows the hallway leading from Mr. Smith's office with linoleum tile on the floor. Windows from the other offices into the hallway are made of light-diffusing glass. Paneling on the walls and the door are made of highly grained wood.

Wheeler, Osgood Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Offices--Tacoma--1940-1950; Passageways--Tacoma--1940-1950; Floor coverings; Paneling--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Several views of Wheeler-Osgood Buildings, Wheeler-Osgood, spec. An evening view of the exterior of the Wheeler-Osgood office building with the Tacoma skyline in the distance. An automobile stands across the street under a large tree and several more automobiles are parked beside the building.

Wheeler, Osgood Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cityscapes;

Aerial view of barge towing logs into the Port of Tacoma. Ordered by Columbia Breweries, possibly to display in their future newly remodeled facilities.

Logs; Barges--Tacoma; Portages--Tacoma; Aerial photographs;

Cheney Lumber Company. The Cheney Lumber Company owned seven plants that produced 1 million of the 8' x 2" x 4" Cheney studs per day in Washington, Oregon and California. This plant is located next to railroad tracks for transportation of the studs to distribution points.

Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mills; Aerial photographs; Land; Railroad tracks;

Interior, machine at plant, Wheeler Osgood, Miss Lindgren. An interior view of the plant that was known as the world's largest manufacturer of wooden doors. Stacks and stacks of finished doors are seen throughout this part of the plant.

Wheeler, Osgood Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery;

In February of 1947, the Tacoma Ice Palace at 3801 South Union Avenue was being prepared for a boxing bout. Plywood flooring was placed over the Ice Palace's skating rink. A boxing ring and a heating system with 12 large blowers was brought in. The main event, organized by Raleigh Sliger, was between the Canadian welterweight Hal Robbins and Chuck "Kid" Brown from Klamath Falls, Oregon. View of plywood floor being placed over Tacoma Ice Palace's skating rink, photo ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. (T. Times, 2/10/47, p. 10).

Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Floors--Tacoma; Ice skating rinks--Tacoma; Tacoma Ice Palace (Tacoma); Boxing--Tacoma;

Cheney Lumber Company. Three of the loggers working in one of the Cheney Lumber camps. Their faces are as dirty as their clothes after a day cutting and hauling the big logs. The Cheney Lumber Company had logging and mill operations in Washington, Oregon and California. (TNT, 6/10/1960)

Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trees;

Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Four men stand by one of the displays at the one-day convention of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association showing some of the post-war requirements of the plywood industry. Among the displays at the convention were samples made by the Plywood Research Foundation showing new uses and new products from plywood. (T.Times, 6/11/1947, p.1)

Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Four men stand by one of the display boards at the DFPA conference referring to the advertising done by the association on behalf of the plywood industry. All 33 of the Douglas Fir plywood factories in the western parts of Oregon and Washington were then participants in the plywood industry's quality control program. (T.Times, 6/11/1947, p.1)

Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Meetings--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Demonstration of farm machinery, Machinery Manufacturing and Sales Inc., Bob Airey. A portable sawmill is seen after completion of cutting a log into a large, square column of wood. The photographer's Woody is seen parked on the street along with several other automobiles and pick-up trucks. TPL-3826

Logs; Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery Manufacturing & Sales, Inc. (Tacoma);

View of sawdust stockpiling with smoke stacks in the distance. Railroad tracks run between the sawdust stacks and a road. Equipment and buildings were designed to help distribute the sawdust. The lumber industry was experimenting with different uses for the residue from their operations. Bark was used as a glue extender, molding powders, soil builders, specialty fuels and filler for linoleum. Sawdust and wood chips were turned into presto logs and wood alcohol or used in the pulp industry whereas these byproducts had once been burned. (TNT, 2/17/1948)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Railroad tracks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Smokestacks--Tacoma--1940-1950;

The log was trucked over a mountainous highway and busy highways, over 100 miles, one it reached Tacoma it was delivered to the Oregon-Washington Plywood Company, the log skidded off the truck and into the company's receiving pond, located just below Dock Street. View of nine foot in diameter and thirty four foot long "Peeler" log recently cut, Oregon-Washington Plywood Company will convert this log into plywood panels, plywood lumberman is measuring the log (T. Times, 5/11/48, p. 1).

Logs; Laborers--Tacoma; Woodcutting--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plywood; Oregon-Washington Plywood Co. (Tacoma);

View of nine foot in diameter and thirty four foot long "Peeler" log recently cut, Oregon-Washington Plywood Company will convert this log into plywood panels, plywood lumbermen are getting the log ready to unload. This log will provide 24,000 square feet of plywood, it will be converted into plywood panels used for housing. This log will provide enough plywood to build four all plywood five room houses (T. Times, 5/11/48, p. 1). TPL-10298

Logs; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Laborers--Tacoma; Trees--Tacoma; Woodcutting--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plywood; Oregon-Washington Plywood Co. (Tacoma);

Douglas Fir Plywood Association was presenting reasons for choosing plywood over other building materials. An advantage to converting Douglas fir logs into plywood is the efficient use of the timber. View of DFPA representative using charts and graphs during his presentation, including "Value and Market Value", "Building Material Prices", "Interest Rates", "National Real Estate and Business Cycles" and "Commodity Prices...".

Plywood; Molded plywood; Signs (Notices); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Charts; Presentation drawings (Proposals); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

Douglas Fir Plywood Association helped establish the Plywood Research Foundation in Tacoma. The lab is consistently testing the plywood for strength and durability, testing sites are located throughout Washington State. Douglas Fir plywood is advertised as the "Wood of 1000 Uses", although several thousand uses have been determined. View of man giving a plywood product durability demonstration.

Plywood; Molded plywood; Signs (Notices); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);

An elevated view of the Defiance Mill saw line for I.W. Johnson Engineering. I.W. Johnson Engineering Company had produced three 8 x 60 sawmill edgers this year and then had three sizes of edgers available: 4 x 24, 8 x 60, and 10 x 72 for distribution in California, Oregon and Washington. (T.Times, 10/2/1946, p.3)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Defiance Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Saws; Mills--Tacoma--1940-1950;

In this photograph from October 1946 for the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, a young woman on a step ladder, Shirley (Mrs. C.E.) Magarity, measures a large cross section of a log that is almost 13 feet in diameter. It used to stand outside the Northwest Door Company at 1203 East D St. when Herman E. Tenzler was president of the company. You can still see this section of a giant Douglas Fir standing by the entrance to the Lakewood Branch of the Pierce County Library system. It was moved there in 1965. (TNT 8/21/1946)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Measuring--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bathing suits; Magarity, Shirley; Northwest Door Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Tree stumps--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Two women measure a 12 foot, 9 inch log section. This was the biggest cross section ever felled by man as of this date. It was cut in the prime forests southwest of Mount Rainier in the center of western Washington. This short butt section of the tremendous tree was on view at Northwest Door Company, a local plywood and door manufacturing firm in whose logging operations the tree was brought down. (T.Times, 10/16/1946, p.4, TNT 8/21/1946) TPL-7962

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Measuring--Tacoma--1940-1950; Northwest Door Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Tree stumps--Tacoma--1940-1950;

For I.W. Johnson Engineering Company. An interior view of a sawmill near Packwood, Washington. Two men, difficult to discern from the large machinery, are in the upper left adjusting a log that is being broken down in the "head-rig". In the foreground rough cut lumber is being moved along by chains seen in open grooves in the surface of the platform. (Fortune Magazine, April 1934)

Saws; Mills--Packwood--1940-1950; Logs; Lumber industry--Packwood--1940-1950; Woodcutting--Packwood--1940-1950;