Launching of "Miss California" at Peterson Boat Building Company. The crowd attending the ceremony dispersed after the new tuna clipper was launched down the ways.

Peterson Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Launching of "Miss California" at Peterson Boat Building Company on May 10, 1951. Nine-year-old Teres Sousa, daughter of "Miss California's" captain, Manuel Sousa, is christening the new fishing boat with a bottle of champagne under watchful eye of her mother, holding a bouquet of roses, and two men. The dignitaries are standing on scaffolding inside the ways building. (TNT, 5/13/1951, p.B-2)

Peterson Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960; Sousa, Teres; Sousa, Manuel--Family;

Launching of M.V. Golden Glow at Peterson Boat Building Company. Ordered by George Peterson, general manager.

Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960; Peterson Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960;

The launching of "Memories" at Peterson Boat Building Company. The 57-foot purse seiner slips from the ways into the water. She was built for Captain Marco Malich to fish in Puget Sound, the Alaskan waters and in the south. (TNT, 4/25/1950, p.15)

Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960; Peterson Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Peterman Manufacturing Company with a water tower and ongoing construction projects visible.