A new type of tire chains were made of heavy castings by Fick Foundry Company. Fick Foundry Company manufactured machine castings for many machinery manufacturers in the Northwest. Castings were made of grey iron, steel, bronze and aluminum. Fick Foundry was owned by Joseph M. and Samuel Fick.

Fick Foundry Co. (Tacoma); Cast ironwork--Tacoma;

Steel and aluminum fabricating at George R. Marvin Company. The George R. Marvin Company advertised as manufacturing bridge cranes, gantry cranes, floating cranes, hammerhead cranes, special hoists and machinery of fabricated structural steel. The large, open building has railroad tracks running through the length of it. Men and equipment are working along both sides.

George R. Marvin Co. (Tacoma); Steel industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A "Shim Sizer" manufactured by Globe Machine Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Machinery industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Machinery; Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

The exterior of St. Regis Paper Company's Vancouver, British Columbia, bag plant. The economy of Canada continued to expand in 1953 and St. Regis paper Company increased the production of its bags, required by the country's enlarged business activity. In addition to supplying multiwall bags, the Canadian company made available to its customers the same bag-filling and weighing machines which were manufactured and sold by St. Regis in the United States. (St. Regis Paper Co. 1953 Annual Report)

Paper industry--Vancouver, B.C.; St. Regis Paper Co. (Vancouver, B.C.);

A man is moving large rolls of preprinted paper for bags at St. Regis Paper Company's Vancouver, British Columbia, bag plant. Labels have the name "B.C. Sugar Refinery" on them. A forklift with a curved scoop on the front has been used to bring the roll to the open door and behind the door a hoist made with chains is seen lifting another roll.

Paper industry--Vancouver, B.C.; St. Regis Paper Co. (Vancouver, B.C.);

Workers are shown handling bags at St. Regis Paper Company's Vancouver, British Columbia, bag plant. A line of sewing machines have been arranged with large spools of string and bottles of glue to secure the bottom seam of the bags. TPL-3767

Paper industry--Vancouver, B.C.; St. Regis Paper Co. (Vancouver, B.C.); Sewing machines;

An elevated view of St. Regis Paper Company's new bag plant showing the covered loading dock where freight cars are being loaded. The roof has been built in a series of angled sections to allow clerestory windows to provide daylight to the interior of the plant. The Middle Waterway is seen immediately adjacent to the plant and the business district of Tacoma is seen further in the distance on the right.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma--1950-1960; Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. Family Day; employees' picnic and open house. Photograph labelled, left to right, Sgt. Bob Marshall, Mr. Fred Shanaman & Ed Sorger. Sgt. Marshall was the head of the Tacoma Police Department's Safety Division, Fred Shanaman was president and general manager of the company and Ed Sorger was Washington State's Safety Supervisor. The trio stand in front of a display case containing a trophy, certificates and memorabilia of the company's safety record. In 1950 & 52, Pennsalt won the National Safety Council's Award of Merit for no "lost time accidents" and the Pennsalt national award for best yearly safety record. Pennsalt opened on the Tideflats in June of 1929. The 40 acre plant manufactured industrial chemicals. (TNT 9/6/1953, pg. A-12)

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma)--Employees; Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Factories--Tacoma--1950-1960; Marshall, Bob; Sorger, Ed; Shanaman, Frederick Charles, 1901-1982;

Waste - heat boilers at Tacoma Smelter - mass of pipe within steel frame at angle. (filed with Argentum)

American Smelting & Refining Co. (Tacoma); Smelters--Tacoma--1930-1940; Copper industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Industrial facilities--Tacoma;

Waste-heat boilers at Tacoma Smelter (ASARCO) showing pipes within frame work, some pipes continue to floor below. (filed with Argentum)

American Smelting & Refining Co. (Tacoma); Smelters--Tacoma--1930-1940; Copper industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Industrial facilities--Tacoma;

Waste - heat boilers at Tacoma Smelter - mass of pipe within steel frame at angle. (filed with Argentum)

American Smelting & Refining Co. (Tacoma); Smelters--Tacoma--1930-1940; Copper industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Industrial facilities--Tacoma;

Intact Medosweet Dairy truck, photograph ordered by Fageol Motor Sales Co., 717 Dexter, Seattle. (filed with Argentum)

Medosweet Dairies, Inc. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940;

On February 17,1941, a log from a great fir tree has been delivered to St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. where it has been loaded on the carriage in the mill. The slab cut has been taken off and the saw is going into the log for the second cut. (T. Times 2/26/1941, pg. 13)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Logs; Saws;

St. Regis Paper Company (Kraft Pulp Division) showing an overaged destroyer that was to be sunk to provide a breakwater. Scuttling of the warship hulk commenced on Thursday, September 19, 1940. St. Regis took over the Union Paper company in 1936. Logs litter the waterway in the foreground. (T.Times)

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Scuttling of warships--United States;

This birds eye progress shot was taken on August 20, 1940 of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co.'s hull #3, the MC 121. Hull #3 would be launched November 29, 1940 as the Cape Cleare. It was one of five 415 foot merchant motorships. The shipyard would cash in on the coming war effort and be awarded many military contracts. The yard was soon running shifts around the clock. TPL-1855

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Progress photograph of Hull #3 at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. The vessel was launched near the end of November of 1940 as the Cape Cleare. It was part of the shipyard's first contract for five 415 foot cargo ships. TPL-1852

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

The launching of the U.S. Navy Destroyer 408, the U. S. S. Wilson, took place April 12, 1939 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton. At 90% complete, the vessel was 341-feet-long with 1725 tons displacement. It carried a complement of 9 officers and 175 men. It was commissioned July 5, 1939 and received eleven battle stars for service in World War II. After sustaining damage during the war, it was selected as a target during the atom bomb test at Bikini Atoll in July of 1946. It was decommissioned in August of 1946 but remained afloat and was finally scuttled off Kwajelein in March of 1948. (T. Times, 4/13/39, p.20)

Launchings--Bremerton--1930-1940; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (Bremerton); Naval yards & naval stations--Bremerton--1930-1940; Government vessels; Warships--Bremerton--1930-1940;

Launching of the U.S. Navy Destroyer #408, the U. S. S. Wilson, on April 12, 1939. The ship was decorated with pennants and bunting and photographed at dock in the Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton. Ship launchings at the Navy yard differed from those at Tacoma Shipyards. The craft was built in a construction dock which was flooded for launching, much like a bathtub. The launching consisted of the gates being opened and the boat towed out into the Sound. The destroyer under construction in the background was almost entirely submerged during the ceremony. (T. Times 4/13/1939, p. 20)

Launchings--Bremerton--1930-1940; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (Bremerton); Naval yards & naval stations--Bremerton--1930-1940; Government vessels; Warships--Bremerton--1930-1940;

On May 22, 1939, employees at the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. mill walked out, halting operations in support of their fellow striking employees at the logging camps. The workers at the camps had ceased work on May 15th. Employees at the mill walked out and filed formal charges of unfair labor practices against the company when they found out that officials planned to keep the mill running, processing logs from other sources. (T. Times 5/23/1939, pg. 3-article only)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Furnace at Atlas Foundry, photographed open.

Atlas Foundry & Machine Co. (Tacoma); Foundries--Tacoma--1930-1940; Steel industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Welder's Society Group at Sea-Tac Shipyard. Many people by large wooden building. (filed with Argentum)

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Electricians, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Carl Brusberg- Foreman, July 10, 1940. A group of workers in hard hats poses in front of one of the buildings at the shipyard. Lettering over one door reads "electricians" or "electrical." One of the two men is suits is possibly foreman Brusberg. As war loomed, STSC became one of Tacoma's largest employers. TPL-2348

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); World War, 1939-1945--Economic & industrial aspects--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brusberg, Carl;

Flat cars for advertising use for Pennsylvania Salt. Man explaining pipe adjustment on equipment to workman at chemical plant. Industrial safety mask close by. Photograph was taken on May 17, 1940.

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Gas masks;

Laying of first keel at Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation. Seattle Mayor Arthur Langlie, center (later Governor), kneels down to help with equipment. Governor Clarence Martin is standing above him and Tacoma Mayor J. J. Kaufman, with hardhat on left, are among those in the forefront of this March 5, 1940 photograph. (T. Times)

Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Langlie, Arthur B., 1900-1966; Mayors--Seattle; Martin, Clarence D., 1887-1955; Governors; Kaufman, Joseph J.; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Several unidentified members of Tacoma's Chamber of Commerce paid a visit to the Danish motorship "Tacoma" when she docked at the Defiance Lumber Mill on her maiden voyage January 14, 1927. They posed with members of the crew for this portrait. The "Tacoma" was built in Copenhagen for the Orient Steamship Company of Copenhagen. She was loading Northwest lumber enroute to Japan. She was 400 feet in length with a beam of 55 feet. She ran under the power of two diesel engines with a crew of 15 officers and 34 crewmen. (TNT 1/14/1927, pg. 20) (WSHS)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Cargo ships; Shipping--Tacoma--1920-1930; Orient Steamship Co. (Copenhagen); Commerce--Tacoma--1920-1930; Chamber of Commerce (Tacoma)--1920-1930;

ca. 1927. Rowland Valve Company, Seattle, machinery department. View of machines with belts and pullys. (filed with Argentum)

Machinery; Rowland Valve Co. (Seattle);

ca. 1926. A piece of machinery manufactured by the Rowland Valve Company, Seattle, Washington. (WSHS)

Machinery; Rowland Valve Co. (Seattle);

ca. 1926. Rowland Valve Co., Seattle, Wa. (WSHS)

Machinery; Rowland Valve Co. (Seattle);

ca. 1927. Rowland Valve Co. Machinery Dept., Seattle, Wa. (WSHS)

Machinery; Rowland Valve Co. (Seattle);

ca. 1927. Rowland Valve Company, Seattle, machinery department. View of machine shop with three men in suits. (filed with Argentum)

Machinery; Rowland Valve Co. (Seattle);