Permanente Metals would produce 40 million pounds of aluminum per year. The company sells a million and a half pounds of finished aluminum sheets per year o many U. S. firms. Permanente Metals had their headquarters in Oakland, California, Henry Kaiser was the President. View of laborers stacking up pigs, alloyed metals that have been cast into individual ignots (T. Times, 2/12/47, p. 5).
Mr. Cook and his house cleaning apparatus. Mr. Cook is using pressurized water to clean the exterior of a one-story house. The interior of his truck is shown with a generator to create the strong force of water necessary for this method of cleaning. The house being cleaned appears to be relatively new and has an unusual roofing material pattern.
Machinery; Cleaning personnel; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; House cleaning;
DuCharme Belting and Rubber Conveyor Belt, machine to lift bricks up to brick layers. The machine is shown in use. Scaffolding is set near the wall for the workers to stand on and a brick is on the conveyor belt ready for a ride up to the current height of the wall. The conveyor belt is on wheels for easy placement during construction. Concrete blocks are also shown lying on the ground.
New machinery, TAM Engineering Corporation. Interior of Ford engine rebuilding shop. Workman measures cylinder bore of Ford "flathead" V8 engine block attached to a honing machine during rebuilding.
Machine shops--Tacoma; TAM Engineering Corp. (Tacoma);
Shartle Brothers Machinery. A specialized form seen from one side, the form decreases in size from the top to a cylinder at the lower edge of the floor. Pulleys are seen on the left and a hose is connected to the form on the right.
New machinery at Titus Manufacturing Company, Mr. Leon Titus. A young workman is steam cleaning the bare block of a Ford "flathead" V8 engine at Titus Manufacturing Company engine rebuilding shop.
Dravis Engineering and Machine Works was formerly Hicks-Bull Machine Company, Incorporated; the company was originall established in 1912. Dravis had licensed mechanical engineers and specialized in engineering, surveying, marine and general machinery manufacturing and repairs. The Dravis Company was owned by Frederick and Virginia Dravis; they were located at 1101-07 Dock Street. View of unidentified man demonstrating the use of a newly manufactured machine.
Machinery industry--Tacoma; Machinery; Equipment; Business enterprises--Tacoma; Dravis Engineering & Machine Works (Tacoma);
Two Ford automobile engines are on display in the administrative area of TAM Engineering Corporation. Three people are seen at work in the common work area separated from the shop at the other end of the building. One of the company's executives is seen in a private office with a glass window into the common area. James N. Cutler was manager of the authorized Ford engine reconditioning facility.
Machine shops--Tacoma; TAM Engineering Corp. (Tacoma); Offices--Tacoma--1950-1960; Desks; Office workers--Tacoma--1950-1960;
Large pieces of machinery manufactured by Star Iron & Steel. Cylindrical in shape, possibly a drum of some sort. Photographed on April 9, 1970. Photograph ordered by Star Iron & Steel, Tacoma.
St. Regis Paper Co. employee leans over a Langston machine on September 29, 1961. Man appears to be working with small roll of kraft paper. The Samuel M. Langston Co. made machines, basically rewinders, for the corrugated container industry. Based in Camden, N.J., they were in operations for more than one hundred years. Photograph ordered by the Samuel Langston Co.
Machinery; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970;
There are printed instructions on the Bausch & Lomb machine that show a technician how to measure "Printing opacity" and "Opacity". He is looking at a small negative or picture with a magnifying glass. Copies of prints are laying next to the machine. Photograph ordered by Merchandising Factors, Seattle.
Machinery; Hand lenses; Testing; Merchandising Factors, Inc. (Seattle);
