In 1947 1,600,000,000 square feet of plywood was produced in the Pacific Northwest. Plywood firms in Tacoma are: Buffelen, Wheeler-Osgood, Northwest Door, Oregon-Washington Plywood, Puget Sound Plywood, and Donald W. Lyle Plywood Company; the first three mentioned plants also manufacture doors. View of plywood presentation, DFPA representative is showing the strength and durability in the plywood panels.
Plywood; Molded plywood; Signs (Notices); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma);
A man on the left operates a high line yarder to move logs onto railroad freight cars while another man standing on a log to the right directs his movements. Photograph ordered to show lumber camp activities.
Men are loading logs onto railroad freight cars using a large crane. The cables for the high line yarder are attached to a tree behind the machinery and a wide grill has been set between two logs attached to the cables to protect the operator from a log swinging into him. Ordered to show lumber camp activities.
A man is straddling a crossbeam pointing at a hole in a row of holes below a series of pipes at Rayonier's Grays Harbor mill at Raymond, Washington. There are walls of pipes on three sides of him. The Grays Harbor mill went into operation in 1928 and consisted of both a pulp mill and a paper mill. This mill manufactured chemical cellulose for use in production of viscose rayon and tire cord, and also made the pulp required by its own paper mill producing fine papers for businesses. (Rayonier 1952 Annual Report)
Rayonier, Inc. (Raymond); Lumber industry--Raymond--1950-1960;
A close up of heavy, cast iron machines with stacks manufctured by Western Gear Works, Seattle, at Rayonier's Grays Harbor mill in Raymond, Washington. Rayonier completed many improvements at the Grays Harbor mill in 1952. A large high-pressure boiler was installed to serve the mill's increased capacity. The bleach plant was modernized, with new bleach cells; in making possible a wider range of refining procedures, this broadened the versatility of the mill and opened the way to production of new grades of chemical cellulose. (Rayonier 1952 Annual Report)
Rayonier, Inc. (Raymond); Lumber industry--Raymond--1950-1960;
A young man is building a cabinet. He is drilling holes in the top, opening corner of the two doors and will be attaching bumpers to keep the doors shut until the owner wants to open them. The legs have been added with a decorative U-shape on the outside of the box portion of the cabinet.
The interior Weyerhaeuser's bleached Kraft mill at Longview, Washington, showing the paper-making machine that would roll out 200 tons of bleached Kraft paper per day to be used for food containers. The machine was 500 feet long, weighed 4,621,311 pounds and required 80 freight cars for shipment to Longview.
An operator for Douglas Fir Plywood is recording the results of a test performed on small plywood samples.
Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Testing--Tacoma; Recording & registration--Tacoma; Research facilities--Tacoma; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);
Philipine mahogany logs are being unloaded from a freighter at Buffelen Lumber. One log is being lowered from the ship using a chain and pulley. Several other huge logs are already floating in a boom where a man stands ready with a pole.
A man is adding another dial to a piece of plywood holding other measuring devices at a cold storage facility. He is drilling holes using an electric drill. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tom Sias.
Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);
For Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation, 20th and Illinois Street, San Francisco, CA. Dramatic image of completed steelwork at new Weyerhauser pulp mill, Longview, WA, taken in September of 1951. L- shaped building with large crane in yard near small wood buildings.
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Longview); Mills--Longview; Building construction--Longview; Hoisting machinery;
The interior of one of the classrooms at Lowell School showing the visual aid furniture. Elementary school students sit on the floor to watch while a young teacher displays paintings from an easel made of plywood. Artwork is also displayed on the wall behind the easel. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. TPL-8334
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Lowell Elementary School (Tacoma); Classrooms--Tacoma; School children--Tacoma--1950-1960; Public schools--Tacoma--1950-1960; Teachers--Tacoma--1950-1960; Easels;
This unidentified young woman was busy cleaning and inspecting 16 mm films at Central School in November of 1951. She sat at a film winder within easy reach of film canisters on a rack made of plywood. Each film used in a classroom had to be cleared and checked for damage after each use. The rack has three deep shelves, the top two made with a deep V to hold the round film canisters upright, and rollers for easily moving the canisters from racks against the wall throughout the facility. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Central School (Tacoma); Audiovisual materials; Motion pictures;
Two men are sliding a panel with several strips of siding into the humidity chamber at the plywood lab while a third man is setting the control panel for the correct test conditions. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Testing--Tacoma; Product inspection--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Research facilities--Tacoma; Plywood Research Foundation (Tacoma);
A gully is carved out of the North Bend countryside and filled nearly to capacity with timber in an August 12, 1957, photograph. Two men can barely be spotted surveying the logs. The massive logs appear to be piled several times the height of the men. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie.
Piles of logs are scattered around a logging camp at the foothills of a forest near North Bend. Moving and lifting equipment are motionless in this August 12, 1957, photograph. The tall pole with intricate wiring spraying from its top is used to lift and maneuver logs. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie.
A series of photographs were taken on January 8, 1958, of workers at the Weber Lumber Co., 1744 N. 30th St. They appear to be nailing together box beams. Stacks of plywood are in the background. Weber Lumber is absent in the 1958 City Directory; at its site remained the Timber Fabrication Co. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Plywood; Weber Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);
An employee of Puget Sound Plywood is measuring an exceptionally large log on a log deck at the company's East "F" St. plant on February 20, 1958. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Puget Sound Plywood, Inc. (Tacoma); Logs; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Cooperatives--Tacoma;
ca. 1956. Alaska Pine, Rayflo plant at Marpole. Alaska Pine also established a research center near its Vancouver, B.C. Marpole Sawmill division lumber operations. A laboratory chemist conducts a product control test on Rayflo-treated oil well drilling mud and records the results. The lab did quality control testing on cellulose products and research on new products. They also concentrated on wood products as distinct from cellulose. The purpose was to discover undeveloped product possibilities from mill residuals. (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. Alaska Pine also established a research center near its Vancouver, B.C. Marpole Sawmill division lumber operations. The cellulose solutions laboratory had a wide variety of equipment for preparing and testing cellulose derivatives. Its aim was to explore the characteristics and flow properties of various cellulose solutions. (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.);
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. plywood mill in Olympia, ordered by the Condon Co. A hard hatted worker is mixing glue into the large pots. Separate pots probably held waterproof glue and standard glue. A system of pipes, hoses and valves connect the two vats with the large circumference pipe behind the worker that extends from the floor to out of picture range. The feeder pipe would take this glue and send it on to the glue machine. See D55572-35 for glue operations.
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Olympia); Lumber industry--Olympia--1950-1960; Plywood;
ca. 1956. Alaska Pine, Marpole Division sawmill plant, Vancouver B.C. Semi-finished hemlock lumber waits on kiln-cars to roll into the dry kilns. Alaska Pine was a pioneer in kiln drying of hemlock and developing it as a commercial product. The company kiln-dries about 60% of its lumber output, including practically all of the hemlock products. Properly dried hemlock makes excellent construction lumber. This stimulated broader use of a timber still abundant in the fifties. The company was also promoting the use of cedar, particularly as siding. (Rayonier's 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, Marpole Division sawmill plant, Vancouver B.C. Big logs are brought to the mill in large rafts towed from the company's logging operations hundreds of miles away. They are cut into 20 foot lengths in the water and pushed onto the loghaul, which carries them into the mill. (Rayonier's annual report for 1956)
ca. 1956. Alaska Pine, Marpole Division sawmill plant, Vancouver B.C. A fork lift is being used to lift a large load of lumber. The Canadian mills produced a broad range of commercial lumber products in Douglas fir, balsam fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and red cedar. They sold to markets in the United States, Canada and other countries under the brand "A Crown P. " (Rayonier's annual report for 1956)
ca. 1956. Alaska Pine, Rayflo plant at Marpole. Alaska Pine & Cellulose Limited, a Canadian subsidiary of Rayonier Inc., was constructing a new plant at Vancouver B.C. for the production of Rayflo, a chemical used in oil well drilling, and its distribution to foreign markets. Rayflo was a new chemical developed from experimentation with the byproducts of cellulose production. It was produced from hemlock residuals obtained from the Marpole sawmill. It was used to control the chemical and physical properties of oil well drilling mud. Rayflo was the result of product development by Rayonier Inc. (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. Clear cuts can be seen throughout the forrest dotting the hills where the trees have been harvested. These areas would be replanted for future harvests. Rayonier had a Grays Harbor tree farm that totaled over 111,000 acres.
Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1950-1960; Trees; Logs; Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor);
