Star Iron & Steel operations. An unidentified Star Iron & Steel Co. employee at work in the company's machine shop in January of 1970. He wears thick safety gloves, sturdy boots and protective outer clothing. He has one hand on the control box and the other on a long piece of metal. Photograph ordered by Star Iron & Steel Co.

Star Iron & Steel Co. (Tacoma); Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1970-1980; Steel industry--Tacoma--1970-1980; Machinery;

Modular home. St. Regis Paper Co. would make their "MODS" modular homes available for touring at the 24th annual Tacoma Home Show held March 31- April 5, 1970. The three sections of the home would be transported to the University of Puget Sound Fieldhouse's parking lot where they would be assembled. The modular home could apparently be assembled in one day, including carpeting. The "MODS" were geared toward people looking for affordable, low-cost housing. St. Regis was a leader in the fast-growing field of modular home construction. Photograph ordered by St. Regis Paper Co. (TNT 3-22-70, D-10--article; TNT 4-1-70, D-16 - article)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980; Prefabricated houses; Signs (Notices);

Modular home on the move. "Here come the MODS" warned the sign plastered to a section of modular homes that was being transported to the University of Puget Sound Fieldhouse in mid-March, 1970. The "MODS" would be on display at the 24th annual Tacoma Home Show to be held March 31 - April 5th. The manufacturer was the St. Regis Paper Co., a leader in the Pacific Northwest's fast-growing modular home construction field. Photograph ordered by St. Regis Paper Co. (TNT 3-22-70, D-10--article)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980; Prefabricated houses; Trucks--Tacoma--1970-1980;

Modular home units. A Kenworth truck has just pulled up to the University of Puget Sound Fieldhouse on March 18, 1970, and will shortly be unloading one section of a modular home which will be displayed during the annual Tacoma Home Show. The modular homes, called "MODS," were manufactured by St. Regis Paper Co. and aimed toward buyers seeking low-cost homes. They could be assembled in one day at the buyer's lot. View of heavy duty truck with "Caution Wide Load" sign and part of modular home; the university's Baker Stadium is in rear. (TNT 3-22-70, D-10- article)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980; Trucks--Tacoma--1970-1980; Prefabricated houses;

Star Iron & Steel. On January 14, 1970, a series of photographs were taken regarding plant operations at Star Iron & Steel, 326 Alexander Ave. This is believed to be the building housing the aluminum fabrication unit. The interior looks very crowded with a variety of aluminum products. Founded in 1908, Star Iron & Steel was one of the oldest steel fabrication plants in the Pacific Northwest. Photograph ordered by Star Iron & Steel Co.

Star Iron & Steel Co. (Tacoma); Industrial facilities--1970-1980; Steel industry--Tacoma--1970-1980;

Star Iron & Steel. This is believed to be the aluminum fabrication plant at Star Iron & Steel in early 1970. The interior appears crowded with stacks of aluminum with metal shavings and piles of debris in the photograph's foreground. Star Iron & Steel, a long established Tacoma firm, had moved to more spacious quarters in the Port Industrial area in 1963. Photograph ordered by Star Iron & Steel Co.

Star Iron & Steel Co. (Tacoma); Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1970-1980; Steel industry--Tacoma--1970-1980;

This is the newly constructed office building at Tacoma Boatbuilding's new plant on the Hylebos Waterway. The company built a three million dollar facility on Marine View Dr. in 1969 to replace its Sitcum Waterway plant which was completely destroyed by fire in August of 1968. One of its near neighbors was Western Boat Building who had permanently moved to a seven-acre site on the Hylebos after its longtime plant on 11th St. was gutted by fire in October of 1965. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Boatbuilding. (Additional information provided by a reader)

Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Office buildings--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Modular home display. This is the assembled modular home, "MODS," with landscaping located at the University of Puget Sound Fieldhouse parking lot in time for the 1970 Tacoma Home Show. For the first time in 24 years, there would be two model homes located in the parking lot; both of them were modular homes manufactured by St. Regis Paper Co. The home was divided into three sections and trucked in to be assembled. St. Regis wanted the buying public to see that low-cost modular homes could be very attractive and affordable. Photograph ordered by St. Regis Paper Co.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980; Prefabricated houses;

A wide-body Kenworth truck carefully emerges from a St. Regis Paper Co.'s facility as it prepares to deliver the "MODS" modular home to the University of Puget Sound Fieldhouse. Once there the modular home sections will be assembled so that Tacoma Home Show attendees could check them over and hopefully be encouraged to buy. St. Regis was a leader in the field of modular home construction and priced their homes low enough for the average worker. Photograph of St. Regis Paper Co. (TNT 3-22-70, D-10 - article)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980; Trucks--Tacoma--1970-1980; Prefabricated houses;

View of USS Crockett. The USS Crockett was one of 17 gunboats in the Asheville class. Tacoma Boatbuilding had a government contract to build seven of these patrol gunboats, each costing 2.5 million dollars. The Crockett was the third to be launched. Nearly 165 feet in length, the Crockett could accelerate from 0 to 40 knots in 60 seconds. The aluminum ship had approximately 230 tons displacement weight and was powered by a gas turbine. It was launched at Tacoma Boatbuilding on June 4, 1966, with christening honors performed by Mrs. Charles Horjes of Tacoma. After service in South Vietnam, it would be transferred to the Naval Reserve Force in 1975 and decommissioned in 1976. (TNT 2-6-66, A-16; TNT 6-5-66, D-15; www.navsource.org/archives/12/11088.htm; www.hobbybarn.com/Dumas-pages/USS-Crocket-1218.htm)

Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Gunboats--United States; Boats--Tacoma--1960-1970;

USS Crockett (PG-88) prior to launching. The Asheville Class gunboat was launched at Tacoma Boat Building on June 4, 1966. Powered by a gas turbine, the speedy ship would be commissioned on June 24, 1967, and stationed in South Vietnam where she would be used for coastal patrol, blockade reconnaissance and to give support. The nearly 165-foot gunboat would hold a complement of 4 officers and 33 enlisted men. Tacoma Boat Building had won a government contract to build seven of these Asheville Class vessels. (TNT 2-6-66, A-16, www.navsource.org/archives/12/11088.htm; www.hobbybarn.com/Dumas-pages/USS-Crocket-1218.htm)

Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Gunboats--United States; Boats--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Fabrication and boring mill at Star Iron & Steel. Two men shown at work at Star Iron & Steel, 326 Alexander Ave. in the Port Industrial area, on August 8, 1966. They may have been working on "B" and "A" cranes. Photograph ordered by Star Iron & Steel.

Star Iron & Steel Co. (Tacoma); Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970; Steel industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery;

Examining her keyboard, a Boeing office worker is set to imput data from the pile of sheets into the data-recorder on her desk. She was photographed on February 17, 1967, at Boeing's Seattle location. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Office workers--Seattle; Office equipment & supplies;

A Boeing office worker, wearing a coat-length smock, looks over a printed card on February 17, 1967. She is standing in front of a IBM machine, possibly a sorter. The machine holds several racks of cards. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Office workers--Seattle; Office equipment & supplies;

Continuing series of equipment and computers at Boeing's Seattle location, taken in February, 1967. A short-sleeved Boeing employee, seen previously in D150973-1R, presses a button regulating the Honeywell 200. This is probably the H-200 business computer introduced in 1963. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Computers;

1966 Scenes from Idaho logging operations. During a moment of leisure, two Potlatch Forests, Inc., employees clutch a small hatchet while in the Idaho forests in mid-July, 1966. One man is smoking a pipe. The hatchet's blade is whimsically inscribed "Hello Mom." Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Axes; Pipes (Smoking);

This enormous tree has been partially cut through by an employee of Rayonier, Inc., in Grays Harbor, in the summer of 1966. Although the worker is pictured with a small ax, larger tools would have been necessary to saw through the base of this giant tree. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Axes;

This was probably state-of-the-art computer equipment in 1967 as a Boeing employee examines a reel of tape at the aircraft company's Seattle location. Four large Honeywell computers are lined up against the wood paneled wall. They appear to be using COBOLD, a computer programming language designed for business applications. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Computers;

The Richards Studio photographer spent a day in February, 1967, at Boeing's Seattle location taking pictures of the modern equipment and computers used at the facility. Here two men are posed next to a card reader/punch machine. One man is holding the lid open of the machine while the other scans through printed cards. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Office equipment & supplies;

Part of the large office staff employed by Boeing's Seattle location is hard at work on February 17, 1967. Hands busy on the keyboard, the woman in the foreground smiles as she enters the information on her pad. The other women may be imputing data at their separate machines. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Office equipment & supplies; Office workers--Seattle;

With a mighty swing, Jeanne Martin Soares christens the new "Blue Pacific" on March 29, 1967. The vessel was launched at Tacoma Boat Building. She was a 176-foot steel tuna seiner built for Capt. Roger Soares of San Diego who placed her in operation for White Star- Van Camp Seafoods. The "Blue Pacific" was the largest tuna fishing boat built from the keel up at the time. She was constructed in the Port Industrial Yard (the former Tacoma Naval Station) by Tacoma Boat Building. Moments after the christening, the "Blue Pacific" eased down the ways and came to a standstill before she finally floated free. Five Foss tugs assisted when the boat was hung up. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Boat Building. (TNT 3-12-67, A-23, TNT 3-29-67, A-1) TPL-9061 (Corrected identification provided by a reader)

Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Soares, Jeanne Martin;

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.

Lumber industry--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery;

A Boeing employee in heavy dark-rimmed glasses scrutinizes the card produced by the IBM 26 Printing Card Punch on February 17, 1967. He is seated in front of the keyboard which has the functional control switches built in above. The IBM 026 Printing Card Punch was introduced in 1949; it would be superceded about 1964 by the 029 punch. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp. (www.columbia.edu/acis/history/punch.html)

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Office equipment & supplies;

Two Boeing employees examine sheets of printed data on February 17, 1967, at Boeing's Seattle location. Racks below the two men are filled with cannisters of tapes. A picture of a Boeing aircraft emerging from the clouds is hanging on the dark paneled walls. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Office equipment & supplies;

Series of equipment and computers employed at Boeing's Seattle location. A Boeing employee checks data produced on this modern printer in February, 1967. The giant machine has its lid open. Photograph ordered by Central Credit Card Control Corp.

Boeing Aircraft Co. (Seattle); Office equipment & supplies; Computers;

In the summer of 1966, this unidentified worker was in the process of cutting through the base of an old-growth timber at a Grays Harbor property owned by Rayonier, Inc. His hard hat and gloves would provide protection while wielding the large saw. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Logs; Saws;

Caught in the act of falling is a slender tree on Rayonier property in Grays Harbor. At the time of this July 1966 photograph, the company had been established in Washington state for forty years. It now has a global presence and supplies its timber to paper, pulp, and other wood products markets. (no print on file, scan from original negative)

Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Saws;

Employees and officials of Washington Natural Gas gathered at the Tacoma office, 3130 So. 38th St., on December 22, 1966, to celebrate its tenth anniversary. A three-tiered cake with a sparkling "flame" ornament is moments away from being cut and distributed. Photograph ordered by Washington Natural Gas, Seattle.

Washington Natural Gas Co. (Tacoma); Anniversaries--Tacoma--1960-1970; Cakes--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Scenes from Idaho logging operations. Two men sitting beside an enormous tree appear to be studying a map of the forest area in this mid-July, 1966, photograph. They are Potlatch Forests, Inc., employees as evidenced by the pfi logo on their hard hats. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;

1966 Scenes from Idaho plywood mill. Potlatch Forests, Inc., workers are pictured shifting plywood sheets from an assembly line onto large wheeled carts in mid-July, 1966. Once stacked, they are moved off the carts in rows and numbered. The men pictured were just a few of the many hired by Potlatch Forests, one of the area's largest employers. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;