Chip feeding operation at St. Regis Paper Co. 's Tacoma plant. Mounds of wood chips blanket the area. St. Regis allowed storage of pulp-mill chips outside its kraft mill location. Sulphate pulp is one of the products made from chips made out of waste wood. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;

View of outdoor chip feeding section of St. Regis Paper Co. plant in Tacoma, May, 1961. The low covered structure may have housed wood chips. Machinery in background was probably used to transport the chips. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;

Several men have stopped to take a coffee break overlooking Kapowsin Lake during the summer of 1963. One man appears to be taking the group's picture, perhaps unaware that he himself is also being photographed by the Richards Studio photographer. St. Regis Paper Co. had formerly used the lake to sort and store logs. By changing to a new 35-acre dry-land log-sorting and storage yard in Kapowsin, St. Regis freed the lake for fuller recreational use by the public. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (1964 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 25)

Lakes & ponds--Kapowsin; Kapowsin Lake (Wash.); St. Regis Paper Co. (Kapowsin);

Modern logging operations, St. Regis property in Kapowsin. St. Regis Paper Co. was gradually reducing its usage of the traditional wooden spars in favor of tall steel masts. These portable spars used the same basic principles of high-lead logging whereby powerful winches hauled in logs by cables rigged from the spar. However, the new steel spar could be set up and in operation within 2 1/2 hours of its arrival at a logging site in contrast with the 3+ days a wooden spar would take to set up and rig with steel cables and guy lines. In the above July, 1966, photograph, a portable tower is collapsed from its 110 feet height and ready to move to a new location where it can once again be set up in much less time than a wooden spar. By the end of 1967, St. Regis expected to have nine mobile spars operating in Washington. (St. Regis Midwesterner, May, 1967, p. 3)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Kapowsin); Lumber industry--Kapowsin--1960-1970;

ca. 1964. Majestic Mount Rainier peers over massive timber reserves for St. Regis Paper Co. in this ca. 1964 photograph. These great stands of timber in the foothills of the mountain are included in the Kapowsin Tree Farm which adjoins the western boundary of Mount Rainier National Park. The timber is mostly old-growth Douglas fir and hemlock. They will furnish raw material required by St. Regis' manufacturing operations in Tacoma. (1964 St. Regis Annual Report, cover, p. 1)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Kapowsin); Lumber industry--Kapowsin--1960-1970; Forests--Kapowsin; Rainier, Mount (Wash.);

October, 1967, scenes from Potlatch Forests' Lewiston, Idaho, plant. A Potlatch employee grabs ahold of a long plywood board in the Lewiston, Idaho, plant. The edge of the board, as those of others stacked nearby, are marked "pfi" and "quality," "made in the USA." Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York, for the 1967 Potlatch Forests annual report.

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

Scenes from Potlatch Forests pulp and paper operations. Interior of Potlatch Forests, Inc., paper plant shows two men at work handling paper products. Small rolls of what appear to be toilet paper emerge on a conveyor belt. A large roll of paper is apparently in the process of being wound. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York, for company report. TPL-3856

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

A rail car full of wood chips pours into an outdoor receptacle on September 16, 1965. This photograph, taken on behalf of Malcolm McGhie, New York industrial consultant, was probably taken at St. Regis Paper Co.'s Tacoma plant. The plant would receive purchased chips and proceed to unload them rapidly using this 60-foot car which could hold 70 tons. St. Regis would haul these chips to Tacoma from their sawmills in Montana. (1965 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 8)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970;

A small boy appears to be probing at one end of a cut log at St. Regis' Kapowsin facility on November 2, 1965. He is dwarfed by the size of the numerous logs stacked before him. The young logger-to-be is wearing knee-high boots, suspenders supporting his trousers and a striped shirt. A book is carried and held open by his thumb, perhaps to make notations regarding the cut logs. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York, for annual report.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Kapowsin); Logs; Boys;

This St. Regis Paper Co. stacker was capable of lifting 60 tons. In this November 29, 1965, photograph taken in the company's new Tacoma dry-land log-sorting and storage yard, the stacker picks up a full rail-car load at one time and transfers the logs to storage decks which are classified by species and grades. The new facility was created on the harbor front by filling in a saltwater log pond between the sawmill and the kraft mill. A 15-acre log-sorting and storage yard was established on the 35-acre new addition; an L-shaped veneer mill and a stud mill were also built adjacent to the yard. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (1965 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 12-13)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;

Copy of customer's negatives. This undated photograph was probably taken at St. Regis Paper Co.'s Tacoma offices. Several Japanese businessmen are pictured with two men believed to be St. Regis executives. Japan was a prime market for logs and wood products from the Pacific Northwest. Third man from the left is believed to be Katsumi Yasuda. Photograph ordered by St. Regis Paper Co. on February 8, 1974.

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

Copy of customer's negatives. Undated photograph requested copied by St. Regis Paper Co.on February 8, 1974. Man believed to be a St. Regis executive displays a framed painting while several Japanese visitors stand nearby.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma); Paintings; Guests--Tacoma--1970-1980;

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;

1973 Richards stock footage. Aerial view in July of 1973 of the St. Regis Paper Co. The Puyallup Waterway is directly behind the plant. Due to St. Regis' vigorous efforts to curtail pollution, there is no sign of the plant's usual massive smoke emissions. TPL-5484

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1970-1980; Aerial views; Puyallup Waterway (Tacoma);

St. Regis Paper Company (Kraft Pulp Division), overaged destroyer to be sunk for breakwater. The 20-year-old destroyer, name unknown, was to be sunk in Commencement Bay to provide protection for the St. Regis wharf. Her sister ship had previously been scuttled in British Columbia, also for use as a breakwater. Both ships had been resting in Lake Washington for ten years. (T. Times, 9-19-1940, p. 1- alt. photo)

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

Doomed Destroyer read the mournful heading for this front-page photograph than ran in the Thursday, September 19, 1940 edition of the Tacoma Times. The 20-year-old warship was being scuttled in Commencement Bay that day to serve as a breakwater to protect the St. Regis wharf. The red-painted 330-foot destroyer hulk, name since lost, had been owned by the Foss company for the past ten years. Derrick of the pile driver used in the operation is in the background along with a tugboat and St. Regis's dock. (T. Times 9-19-1940, p. 1)

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Warships--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tugboats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Scuttling of warships--United States; Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hoisting machinery;

The completion of the kraft paper mill in Tacoma, allowed St. Regis a considerable increase in the paper production industry. View of the St. Regis Paper Company's crew at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington; logs have been loaded onto the train cars, and will be transported out of Mineral Forest. TPL-5680

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Railroad cars--Mineral; Railroad tracks--Mineral; Railroads--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);

St. Regis was established in Tacoma in 1928, the New York firm purchased the industrial site, modernized it and began operations in 1936. View of the St. Regis Paper Company's crew at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington; high line yarder is moving the logs and safely loading them onto trucks.

Woodcutters--1940-1950; Loggers--Mineral--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Woodcutting--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);

St. Regis consistently worked on intensive product development and sales promotion activities, not only to improve the penetration into existing markets, but to open up entirely new fields. View of the St. Regis Paper Company's crew at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington; giant firs have been cut and will be used at the St. Regis paper mill located in Tacoma.

Woodcutters--1940-1950; Loggers--Mineral--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Woodcutting--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);

St. Regis is one of the pulp and paper companies that carry the paper producing cycle all the way from wood, to pulp, to paper, and into other various products. View of unidentified worker sitting in an operating booth, he is likely in the area where logs are kept prior to the wood chipping process.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Laborers--Tacoma; Logs; Machinery; Equipment; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

St. Regis' first mill was located in Deferiet, New York; they now had paper and pulp mills located throughout the world. Interior view of the Tacoma St. Regis plant, an unidentified man is working with recently installed equipment. Photo ordered by Drew Engineering Company, an industrial air systems business, based out of Portland, Oregon.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Laborers--Tacoma; Machinery; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Drew Engineering Co. (Portland, Or.); St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

St. Regis began producing paper in January 1949, prior to this the company had primarily been a pulp mill and produced Multiwall bags. Interior view of St. Regis plant, a laborer is working with a General Electric control panel; photo ordered by General Electric Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Control rooms--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; General Electric Co. (Tacoma);

Interior view of St. Regis plant, this battery of ten "Jones Majestic" Jordans is each driven by a 400 horsepower motor, the Jordans prepare stock for the Fourdrinier paper machines. Photo ordered by E. D. Jones and Sons Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers based out of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; E.D. Jones & Sons Co. (Tacoma);

St. Regis mills can be found in 23 locations across the United States, they have six plants in Canada, and one in Belgium, Brazil and Argentina. Interior view of St. Regis, view of paper producing machinery; photo ordered by Pusey & Jones Corporation, a machinery manufacturer from Wilmington, Delaware.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Pusey & Jones Corp. (Tacoma);

St. Regis company spent the last few years focusing on expanding the Tacoma plant, the Pensacola, Florida plant would begin expanding during 1949. Interior view of St. Regis plant; battery of jordans each driven by a 400 horsepower motor, these prepare stock for the Fourdrinier paper machine. View of General Electric machinery; photo ordered by General Electric Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; General Electric Co. (Tacoma);

Interior view of plant, large rolls of paper are being processed after going through the "wet end" machine, they are at the pre-dryer stage. The paper then goes through a "Flakt air dryer" prior to being cut, baled, packaged and distributed. View of General Electric machinery; photo ordered by General Electric Company, machinery and equipment manufacturers. TPL-6811

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Paper--Tacoma; Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; General Electric Co. (Tacoma);

Left end of bridge and trolley, Harry S. Pearson and R.E. Morgan. Large rolls of paper are lying on the floor of a storage room while a man moves one of the rolls using a hoist maneuvered from a control booth near the ceiling.

Paper--Tacoma--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hoisting machinery;

The pulp capacity at Tacoma has been planned so that this mill can make adequate quantities of bleached sulphate pulp available to the market, and at the same time supply the necessary bleached and unbleached sulphate pulp for its new high producing Kraft paper machine. Aerial view of St. Regis plant, located in Tacoma's tideflats area.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;