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. View of the St. Regis Paper Company's crew at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington; logs have been loaded onto trucks and will be transported to the Tacoma plant.
Loggers--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Woodcutting--Mineral; Trucks--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);
Modular Structures, Incorporated was a structural engineering business firm, they worked on residential and commercial contracts. The company officers were: Win E. Wilson, President; James E. Dallas, Vice-President; and Mabel Wilson, Secretary-Treasurer. View of unidentified laborers working on prefabricated plywood panels that will be used for prefabricated grain bins; photo ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Plywood; Laborers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Construction industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma)--Products; Modular Structures, Inc. (Tacoma);
Plywood veneer production for Bellingham Plywood Company. Exterior type fir plywood panels for boats and other outdoor uses are fed into a giant hot press. Heat and pressure "cure" the phenolic resin adhesive, producing an irreversible bond between the plys stronger than the wood itself. By 1950, there were 67 plywood mills in operation producing 2,553,652,000 feet of plywood. ("The Plywood Age" by Robert M. Cour)
The inside of a wooden demonstration case contains wooden moldings strapped in place and ready for display. Case was photographed on January 9, 1951. Ordered by St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber, Corydon Wagner, Jr.
Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Showcases;
A new Coe lathe was installed at the Puget Sound Plywood Company plant on Tacoma's tideflats in 1950. Four unidentified employees at the plant monitored the giant lathe which was used to peel a continuous sheet of thin veneer off a prepared log. The veneer sheets were then glued together to make plywood. When the Puget Sound Plywood plant at 230 East F Street was built in 1942, Tacoma was a major plywood manufacturing center with over half a dozen plywood factories. Puget Sound Plywood was the first cooperative plywood plant in Tacoma.
Puget Sound Plywood, Inc. (Tacoma); Lathes; Plywood; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Cooperatives--Tacoma;
Cold room constuction, Douglas Fir Plywood Association laboratory, Dave Countryman. Worker installing plywood panels on walls of foil insulated room on October 31, 1950.
Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);
DFPA. A workman is laying a plywood sub-floor at what is believed to be the Devlin home. The walls have been covered with plywood as well. An edge of a brick fireplace is seen on the right. Large floor-to-ceiling windows are seen on the left. The beams are left open on the ceiling. The home was being restored after purchase earlier in 1949.
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Plywood; Devlin, Charles E.--Homes & haunts; Floors--Lakewood--1940-1950;
Truck loaded and dumping lumber, St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber, Helgeson. Three large logs are loaded on the trailer of a Rucker Brothers truck. The enormous logs are on their way to the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company. Robert G. Helgeson was a forester with St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company. TPL-8290
St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Rucker Brothers (Tacoma); Logs; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Two men are constructing a silo by nailing sheets of plywood to an exterior form built with a circular shape cut from plywood and 2 x 4 lumber. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Silos--Tacoma;
Frozen food lockers were manufactured by St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company at Coast Sash and Door Company using plaster-faced plywood. A workman inspects the fit of the door in its sash. Coast Sash and Door opened at this location on the Tacoma tideflats in 1924. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, John Ritchie.
Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Coast Sash & Door Co. (Tacoma); St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Doors & doorways--Tacoma; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Progress photograph at the Narrows Bridge construction site showing prefab of plywood forms. The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was the third longest suspension span in the world at the time it was built. Both towers of the bridge are seen in the background. Until the full weight of the deck was in place the tops of the two towers leaned about 3 feet toward the shore. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. (TNT, 5/28/1950, p.1)
Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Plywood; Bridges--Tacoma; Progress photographs; Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Tacoma);
Scenes from Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lewiston, Idaho plant. Two men are walking inside the enormous open-air concrete "bowl" located on Potlatch property in Lewiston, Idaho. Others are busy putting finishing touches on the retaining walls and on what may be a conveyor system extending to the plant. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;
Plywood operations at Potlatch Forests, Inc., Idaho location. Glued and layered sheets of wood veneer are in the process of being processed on July 8, 1968. One worker is shown lifting a sheet of plywood into place onto one of three large stacks. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Plywood; Mills--Idaho--Lewiston;
A truck loaded with logs breaks a path through the Idaho snow in early March of 1969. The logs are believed to be headed for a Potlatch Forests, Inc., mill probably in Lewiston. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
A variety of photographs were taken of the interior and exterior of the Potlatch Forests, Inc., plant located in Lewiston, Idaho, in mid-October of 1969. The wood products stacked above inside an open container have been identified by a reader as presto-logs (Pres-to-Logs) designed by Potlatch in 1930 as a way to use sawdust from the lumber mill. Pres-to-Logs were a slow-burning, almost smokeless fuel which were ideal for fireplaces both in the home or on railcars. They were made using a process which involved extreme heat, high pressure and moisture. By the looks of the cobwebby substance draped over the particular logs in the photograph, they may have been stored there awhile and may have been the home to many spiders. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (Additional information provided by a reader and company history by www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Potlatch-Corporation-Company-History)
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970;
Scenes from Potlatch Forests, Inc. This worker in Potlatch Forests, Inc.'s Lewiston, Idaho plant, is manning the wheel controlling a large roll of kraft pulp. This photograph was typical of the many taken of day-to-day operations at the Idaho facility in mid-October of 1969. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Industrial facilities--Idaho;
October, 1969, scenes from Idaho plant. Two employees of Potlatch Forests, Inc., examine under bright light large sheets of their company's kraft pulp. Faint ripples can be seen on the sheets. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Industrial facilities--Idaho;
Scenes from Potlatch Forests' Idaho plant. A worker at the big Lewiston, Idaho plant of Potlatch Forests, Inc., examines a sample of paper towels manufactured and sold and packaged to order for grocery stores and drug store chains. The tissue products were privately labeled and included bathroom tissue, facial tissues, towels and napkins. These consumer products were sold within the United States. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (www.potlatchcorp.com)
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;
October, 1969, scenes from Potlatch Forests' Idaho plant. A Towmotor forklift driver carefully maneuvers his unit to grasp a large roll of bleached kraft market pulp from similar stacked towers. The forest of kraft pulp rolls stand many feet higher than the seated driver. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery; Industrial facilities--Idaho;
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;
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;
Scenes from Idaho logging operations. Two Potlatch Forests, Inc., employees survey the dense forestlands near Lewiston, Idaho, in mid-July, 1966. They are possibly the same men pictured in A150112, image 28. Hard hats were de rigueur although no other safety clothing is apparently worn. The men were probably wearing heavy duty boots as a precaution. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Forests--Idaho;
Scene from Idaho Potlatch Forests logging operations. Shot from a possible hillside is a common scene from logging operations: logs being carefully loaded onto a waiting truck. A dirt road has been carved from the encroaching forest in order trees may be harvested. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs;
Sections from a dense forest have been harvested and a dirt road carved out of a hillside to transport logs to nearby Potlatch Forests mills in Idaho. Color photograph taken in July of 1966 for Malcolm McGhie, New York industrial consultant. (scan from original color positive, no print on file)
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs;
1966 Idaho logging operations. After the logs are harvested, they are brought to one of the many Potlatch Forests, Inc., mills near the Jaype, Idaho, area. Piles of logs are stacked near the large mill above. The plumes of smoke emerging from several chimneys indicate the mill is apparently in full operation. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (Additional identification provided by a reader)
Potlatch Forests, Inc.; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970;
Logger, chainsaw in hand, examines tree in this photograph dating from July of 1966. The name "Frank" Feller was written on the image storage sleeve. It is not clear whether Feller referred to "Frank's" last name or his occupation as a person who cuts down, or "fells," trees. The stand of trees were believed to be located near the Lewiston, Idaho area and part of the Potlatch Forests property. (scan from original color positive, no print on file)
Saws; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID);
October, 1967, scenes from Idaho pulp and paper industry. Workers at the Potlatch Forests, Inc., plant in Lewiston, Idaho, stand before three similar machines made by the Kiln Co. which processes large sheets of plywood veneers. A forklift is ready to lift more sheets. Photograph ordered by New York industrial consultant, Malcolm McGhie, for 1967 Potlatch Forests annual report.
Plywood; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Hoisting machinery;
