Ordered by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association; plywood being used in the construction of a commercial "chicken house." Plywood is being attached to the exterior of the beams to form the curved roof of the chicken house. The laminated beam construction eliminated the need for posts for support. This is possibly the West Side Dairy Road poultry farm of the Guy Conine family in Fife. They operated one conventional chicken house and two of the quonset hut design. (TNT 10/28/1956, pg. B-6)
Retail lumber dealers meeting; photographs ordered by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. The group of men, in coats and ties, are looking at a model of a new home. One man is removing the roof on the model. The men are surrounded by artists' renderings of new homes and press and customer information regarding "Signature Homes." The covering on the table and walls has the logo for the Fir Plywood Golden Jubilee 1905-1955.
Interiors of new DFPA office in Fuller building. Originally the home of W.P. Fuller & Co., the Douglas Fir Plywood Association leased and remodeled this office building in 1953. They remained here until the 80's. From this location, the DFPA directed their national program of promotion, research and quality control. Around 1983, the building was remodeled by Bantz Trace Associates and renamed the Commencement Bay building. It houses office space and the Cliff Street Lofts. TPL-8394
Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Offices--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Interiors of new DFPA office in Fuller building. Switchboard operator & a man waiting with a briefcase for an appointment. The Douglas Fir Plywood Association was originated and financially supported by member and subscriber mills. Its purpose was threefold; to aggressively promote plywood as a building material, to fund research on improving and diversifying the product and for quality control of the product. This self regulation sparked the biggest industry growth in the Northwest of all times. TPL-8395
Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Offices--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Plywood used for diecutting base at Ridgeway Lithographing Co., ordered by the DFPA (Douglas Fir Plywood Association.) Lithography is a process of printing from a plane surface, such as a smooth stone or metal plate, where the image to be printed is ink-receptive and the blank areas are ink-repellant.
An employee of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association appears to be monitoring gauges while doing product testing at the association's laboratory in March, 1954. Douglas Fir plywood was undergoing constant testing for durability and to maintain quality control. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Plywood; Product inspection--Tacoma; Testing--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Construction process for a life size lawn Santa Claus Christmas decoration, ordered by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. The Santa pattern has been glued to the plywood and the design cut out so that it has a plywood back. Now the craftsman is applying lacquer so that the image will stand up to all weather conditions. Santa's head and arm are still unattached and will be glued on where the dotted lines indicate. (see also image #6 & 9 and C101278-1 for the finished product)
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma)--Products; Woodworking--Tacoma; Christmas decorations; Handicraft--Tacoma;
The fifties were the height of the "do it yourself" age. In this photograph ordered by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, a man demonstrates how to construct your own life size lawn Christmas decorations. Here he glues the Santa Claus cut out to a sheet of plywood. The purpose of the DFPA was to introduce the public to new uses for their product. As such, patterns and demonstrations were always available at the hardware stores for the home handyman. (see also image #9 & 10 and C101278-1 for the finished product)
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma)--Products; Woodworking--Tacoma; Christmas decorations; Handicraft--Tacoma;
Construction process for a life size lawn Santa Claus Christmas decoration, ordered by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. After gluing the pattern to the plywood, the handyman cuts the Santa out with a hand held saw. The dotted lines on the pattern indicated where another piece will be glued on top. (see also image #6 & 10 and C101278-1 for the finished product)
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma)--Products; Woodworking--Tacoma; Christmas decorations; Handicraft--Tacoma;
ca. 1956. Alaska Pine, Rayflo plant at Marpole. Alaska Pine & Cellulose Limited was a subsidiary of Rayonier and one of the largest lumber operations on the west coast of North America. Rayflo was a new chemical developed from hemlock residuals from the cellulose making process and used in the oil industry. In 1956, a new plant was being built in the Marpole Sawmill Division in Vancouver, B.C. for the production of this chemical. It had previously been produced in Grays Harbor, whose facilities would now be used for experimentation with other new chemicals. (Rayonier's annual report for 1956)
Lumber industry--British Columbia--1950-1960; Trees; Logs; Chemical industry--British Columbia--1950-1960; Alaska Pine & Cellulose Limited (Vancouver B.C.);
ca. 1956. Timber industry scenes from Grays Harbor and the Olympic Peninsula, ordered by Malcolm McGhie. A log train chugs along on the Rayonier owned main line railroad in Washington. The locomotive is one of two new diesel-electric locomotives put in service in 1956, replacing steam. While the two main lines were being improved, spur railroad tracks were being replaced by company owned truck roads. By May of 1957, the conversion to truck logging would be complete. (Rayonier annual report for 1956)
ca. 1956. Timber industry scenes from Grays Harbor and the Olympic Peninsula, ordered by Malcolm McGhie. A locomotive owned by Rayonier Inc. hauls logs across a railroad trestle; carrying them to a mill or paper plant for processing. In 1956, Rayonier was replacing the spur railroad lines with private truck roads that led to two company owned main logging railroads. Funds were spent to improve the main tracks, trestles and replace the steam locomotives with new diesel-electric ones. By May 1957, it was projected that the conversion to truck logging would be complete. This shows a Rayonier Baldwin diesel putting a logging train across the Hoko River Bridge on the Olympic Peninsula. (Rayonier annual report for 1956)
ca. 1956. Alaska Pine, Marpole Division sawmill plant, Vancouver B.C. Logs are brought into the mill where they are barked and cut into 2 inch planks. A series of steps follows where they are edged, trimmed, sorted, kiln-dried and planed. (Rayonier's annual report for 1956)
ca. 1956. Alaska Pine, Rayflo plant at Marpole. Alaska Pine & Cellulose Limited was a subsidiary of Rayonier and one of the largest lumber operations on the west coast of North America. Rayflo was a new chemical developed from hemlock residuals from the cellulose making process and used in the oil industry. In 1956, a new plant was being built in the Marpole Sawmill Division in Vancouver, B.C. for the production of this chemical. It had previously been produced in Grays Harbor, whose facilities would now be used for experimentation with other new chemicals. (Rayonier's annual report for 1956)
Lumber industry--British Columbia--1950-1960; Trees; Logs; Chemical industry--British Columbia--1950-1960; Alaska Pine & Cellulose Limited (Vancouver B.C.);
ca. 1956. Alaska Pine, Rayflo plant at Marpole. This is the new plant being constructed in Vancouver, B.C. at the Marpole Sawmill Division of Alaska Pine for the production of the chemical rayflo. Alaska Pine was the Canadian subsidiary of Rayonier Inc. Rayflo was produced from hemlock residuals obtained from the Marpole mill. The chemical was a dispersant that could be added to oil well drilling mud to control its viscosity and chemical properties. Rayflo was one of a new breed of "silvichemicals" being developed from the byproducts of cellulose manufacture by Rayonier. (Rayonier's annual report for 1956)
Lumber industry--British Columbia--1950-1960; Trees; Logs; Chemical industry--British Columbia--1950-1960; Alaska Pine & Cellulose Limited (Vancouver B.C.);
ca. 1956. Alaska Pine, Rayflo plant at Marpole. Rayflo was a chemical used in the oil industry. When added to oil well drilling mud, it made it possible to control the chemical and physical properties of the mud. Although developed only a few years earlier, rayflo was in demand. The new factory was being built by Alaska Pine, the Canadian Subsidiary of Rayonier, for production of the new chemical. It was previously produced in Grays Harbor, Wa. (Rayonier's annual report for 1956)
Lumber industry--British Columbia--1950-1960; Trees; Logs; Chemical industry--British Columbia--1950-1960; Alaska Pine & Cellulose Limited (Vancouver B.C.);
ca. 1956. Portrait of a timber worker in a hard hat bearing the green cross safety logo. Photograph was taken on Rayonier Grays Harbor timber lands and ordered by Malcolm McGhie. Timber and forests fueled the economy of the Olympic Peninsula.
Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1950-1960; Trees; Logs; Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor);
ca. 1956. Timber industry scenes from Grays Harbor and the Olympic Peninsula, ordered by Malcolm McGhie. A man maneuvers a large piece of International machinery used to move logs. The machinery is operating in a clear cut and has a trailer arrangement on the back for moving logs and an attachment on the front for pushing the logs. Photographs taken on the timber lands belonging to Rayonier, Inc. Rayonier had a Grays Harbor tree farm totaling over 111,000 acres that had been harvested over 30 years prior and was producing a new crop of timber for the corporate giant.
Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1950-1960; Trees; Logs; Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor);
A peeler block appears to be emerging from this machine; it has apparently been barked. A technician, on an slightly elevated platform, monitors the proceedings in front of his control panel. He has his hand on a lever. Photograph ordered by Merchandising Factors, Seattle.
Two large, heavy cast-iron machines, cooker pots, manufactured by Western Gear Works in Seattle are shown in Rayonier's Grays Harbor mill in Raymond, Washington. Stacks from each of the machines open through the roof of the facility. The company had three mills in the state of Washington at Shelton, Port Angeles and Grays Harbor. There were two more in the Southeast in Florida and Georgia. (Rayonier, Inc., 1951 Annual Report)
Rayonier, Inc. (Raymond); Lumber industry--Raymond--1950-1960;
An open framework at Rayonier's Grays Harbor mill in Raymond, Washington. The building has three large chutes near stairs on left, another stairway and more equipment on right. This mill used 30,000,000 gallons of water per day, received from municipal water supply sources through a 10-mile pipe line. During the year, important negotiations were carried forward with the cities of Aberdeen and Hoquiam for the purpose of extending the current water supply contract to run for a total of 35 years. (Rayonier 1952 Annual Report)
Rayonier, Inc. (Raymond); Lumber industry--Raymond--1950-1960;
ca. 1966. As the 1960s progressed, so did logging operations. Machinery became more modernized and more capable in picking up and moving logs. The above scene from an unidentified timber location demonstrates how many logs can be easily picked up by a large loader. The loader, running on probable rubber tires, would be able to transport the logs to the waiting truck.
Two lumber company "cruisers" examine stand of trees on Potlatch Forests' land near Lewiston, Idaho in this photograph from July of 1966. Timber cruisers are employed to estimate the value of timber in a tract of forest before the trees are cut down. (scan from original color positive, no print on file)
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;
A logger looks back from his skidder to check on the logs he is dragging to the landing where they will be loaded and transported to Potlatch Forests mills in Idaho. Another tractor or skidder is further in the background. Color photograph was taken in July of 1966. (scan from original color negative, no print on file)
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs;
1966 Scenes from Idaho plywood mill. A Potlatch Forests, Inc., employee carefully monitors the Chip-N-Saw machine located in one of the company's plywood mills in July, 1966. He is seated at the controls of the Canadian Car (Pacific) machine and keeps a steady eye on the large piece of machinery. A "no smoking" sign warns workers not to light up in the presence of the Chip-N-Saw. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Machinery;
1966 Scenes from Idaho pulp and paper mill. This is the pope reel of the #2 paper board machine. Paper from this machine was normally used in liquid packaging, i.e., milk cartons. Ice cream and butter cartons could also be produced from this paper. The paper board would later be coated with plastic resin to make it waterproof. A Potlatch Forests, Inc., employee monitors the many gauges in the background. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (Additional information provided by a reader)
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970;
Rayonier timber operations, Grays Harbor. A Rayonier worker is pictured on July 20, 1966, labeling the ends of logs. A loader in the background has several logs in its grapple preparing to shift them. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery; Logs;
Rayonier timber operations, Grays Harbor. The same two men seen in A150114, image 21, were hard at work marking the ends of cut logs on July 20, 1966. A loader in the photograph's background was prepared to shift more logs to be marked. (scan from original negative, no print on file)
Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery; Logs;
A Rayonier employee in Grays Harbor balances on a log as he directs the yarding of cut timber so the logs could be dragged, by cable, to trucks or rail cars waiting to transport them to company mills. Photograph was taken on July 20, 1966. (no print on file, scan from original negative)
Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;
Logging operations on Rayonier property in Grays Harbor. A Rayonier employee has just cut through the base of a tall tree and watches it fall while other employees observe at a safe distance in this July of 1966 photograph. (no print on file, scan from original negative)
Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Logs; Saws;
