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- 1948-09-13
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
In September of 1948 a large truck load of Carstens Meats products was loaded onto a Curtiss C-46 Commando cargo plane for air shipment. Carstens' went under a TC Brand and handled Kimberly beef, TC bacon, pork, lamb, Sweet-N-Tender ham, TC sausage, veal and canned meats. The Carstens Packing Company opened on Tacoma's tideflats at 1623 East J. Street in 1903. By 1905 Carstens was one of the largest slaughtering and packing houses on the west coast. In 1954 the Hygrade Food Product Corp. took over the Carstens Packing Company; they closed their Tacoma plant in 1990. The logo on the tail of the cargo plane may be the logo for Westair Transport.
Carstens Packing Co. (Tacoma); Meat industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Transport planes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950;