Ray Langdell accident picture of skid marks. View of skid marks left on South 13th Street and South Tacoma Way intersection, after an automobile accident. Photograph ordered by Ray Langdell.

Traffic accidents--Tacoma; Streets--Tacoma; Crosswalks--Tacoma;

Powell Hauling Co., truck at commercial moving. View of a hauling truck from Powell Hauling Co., in foreground and Northern Pacific train car in background.

Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Wreckers (Vehicles)--Tacoma; Powell Hauling Co. (Tacoma);

Pacific Boat Building Co. received a government contract to build four barges for the Army. All vessels were to be built with wood, diesel powered and sea-going. View of hull building progress for 88 foot self propelled cargo barge at Pacific Boat plant.

Barges--Tacoma; Structural frames--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);

Western Boat Building Co. was started by Martin Petrich Sr. With the help of his five sons, Harvey, Allen, Martin Jr., Jim and Jack, it became a well known and respected business in Tacoma. They built government vessels, commercial fishing vessels and pleasure boats. Allen Petrich, Sr., is pictured above in September of 1944, driving the "Patty," a modified tuna tender. The tuna tender was a small boat that could be carried aboard the large tuna clippers and used to get to a dock and back. (Additional identification and information provided by a reader)

Boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Western Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Petrich, Allen;

Tacoma Boat Building Company completed the sardine seiner, North American, in 1944. This boat was said to be one of the most modern sardine boats ever to be built. Tacoma Boat Building was owned by H. Dahl and A. Strom, who were dedicated to building quality fishing vessels for North Pacific fishermen. View of two unidentified men aboard the North American. TPL-8879

Fishing boats--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

Puget Sound boat. Sea Boy is an 85 ft. sardine boat built by Puget Sound Boat Building Corp. It was built for Bill and Ted Healy. This boat is the fourth seine boat built at the Puget Sound yard. View of Sea Boy out on Puget Sound. TPL-9116

Fishing boats--Tacoma; Puget Sound Boat Building Corp. (Tacoma); Ship trials--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Pacific Boat Building Co. was working on four barges for the Army in 1944 and also had other government contracts to build purse seiners. View of the U. S. Army B.S.P. 3131, an 88 foot self propelled cargo barge and Paddy_Craig boat, built by Tacoma Boatbuilding Co.

Government vessels--Tacoma; Barges--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);

Pacific Boat Building Co. was working on four barges for the Army, they also had other government contracts to build purse seiners. View of three unidentified ship builders on board the U. S. Army B.S.P. 3131, an 88 foot self propelled cargo barge. The barge was made of wood, diesel powered and would be a sea going vessel.

Government vessels--Tacoma; Barges--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);

Pacific Boat Building Co. received a government contract to build four barges for the Army. View of U. S. Army B.S.P. 3131, an 88 foot self propelled cargo barge with double diesel powered engines. The B.S.P. 3131 is the second barge, of the order, to be completed and launched by Pacific Boat.

Government vessels--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);

Pacific Boat Building Co. received a government contract to build four barges. The U. S. Army B.S.P. 3135 was the first barge completed of the four barges ordered by the Army. Stern view of U. S. Army B.S.P. 3135, an 88 foot self propelled cargo barge with double diesel engines.

Government vessels--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);

Minnie (Mrs. John) Flintoff smiled at the camera above her enormous bouquet of roses after sponsoring the launch of the minesweeper YMS 244 on December 18, 1942. Her husband John was the outfitting foreman at Tacoma Boat Building Co. She posed next to her daughter Dorothy. The Flintoff family resided at 1112 So. Oakes and included John Jr. and Bentley, who was serving with the US Air Corps. (T. Times 12/23/1942, pg. 16)

Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Flintoff, Minnie; Flintoff, Dorothy; Flintoff, John--Family;

Robert D. O'Neil, Tacoma Utilities Commissioner, Amos Booth, the Beltline superintendent, and Walter Frankland, local transportation administrator (l to r) were photographed in December of 1942 inside one of the U.S. Navy busses that had just been brought from Bremerton to be used on the Tacoma tideflats. At the end of 1942, Tacoma did not have enough busses to efficiently move all the employees working at the various businesses located on the tideflats; and they didn't have sufficient parking if all the employees drove their own cars. Mr. Frankland made arrangements with the Navy to lease eight diesel-electric busses each of which could carry 43 seated passengers - or 95 passengers if riders stood in the extra wide aisles. (T. Times 12/28/1942 p.1)

Mass transit--Tacoma; Buses--Tacoma; World War, 1939-1945--Transportation--Tacoma; ONeil, Robert D.; Booth, Amos; Frankland, Walter;

Pacific Boat Building Co. completed the second of four barges ordered by the Army. The U. S. Army B.S.P. 3131, was an 88 foot self propelled cargo barge with double diesel engines. Interior view of engine room with steering wheel, compass, gauges and engine controls visible.

Helms; Engine rooms--Tacoma; Government vessels--Tacoma; Compasses; Pacific Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);

In September of 1944, Juanita Warnell helped christen a new ship at the Puget Sound Boatbuilding Corporation, 820 East D Street. During WWII Puget Sound Boatbuilding completed a string of ocean going tugs for the U.S. Army. Between government contracts they built purse seiners. They went out of business in the late 1950s.

Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puget Sound Boat Building Corp. (Tacoma); Warnell, Juanita

Launching party. Acting mayor Val Fawcett (third from left in bow tie) was present for the christening and blessing of the tuna boat, "American Girl," built by Petrich Shipbuilding. The event occurred on Sunday, July 23, 1944, at Old Town dock. Father Henry J. Schultheis of Bellarmine High gave the blessing as requested by the ship's co-owners, Joe Alves and Joe Machado. Mr. Machado at age 23 was one of the youngest skippers in the fishing business. His wife Lucille was the ship's sponsor. Also present were representatives of Petrich Shipbuilding including Harvey Petrich and his father Martin. The fishing boat, "American Girl, " was 106-feet long, completely refrigerated and had a capacity of 180 tons of tuna. ALBUM 14. (TNT 7-24-44, p. 1-article; T.Times 7-24-44, p. 2-article)

Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Schultheis, Henry J.; Machado, Joe; Alves, Joe; Machado, Lucille; Petrich Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Petrich, Martin;

Inter-city Auto Freight started up in March 1938 with just two trucks and no facilities. They primarily do hauling between Seattle and Tacoma, but they have done heavy hauling throughout the state. They have set up ideal facilities, including having their own railroad siding which facilitates unloading, storage and distribution. View of Inter-city Auto Freight 60 ft. retort on truck.

Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Moving & storage trade--Tacoma; Inter-City Auto Freight, Inc. (Tacoma); Tacoma GMC Truck Co. (Tacoma); Mack trucks;

Dignitaries pose during the launching of the Hortensia-Bertin at Tacoma Boat Building. She would contain the most modern of navigational and communication equipment with radiophone and code instruments, Northern Radio sending set and National receiver. She would also be equiped with a 181 h.p. Chrysler-powered Western "Fairliner' bait-tender which was also equipped with a radiotelephone. The two gentlemen on the left are Haldor Dahl and Arne Strom, owners of Tacoma Boat. Mrs. Arthur DeFever of San Pedro, California, is third from the right holding long-stemmed roses. She was the wife of the boat's architect and sponsor of at the launching. Ordered by C.F.A. Mann. (TNT, 1/5/1950, p.21; Pacific Fisherman, April 1950, p.26; Pacific Fisherman October 1950, p.12) TPL-9025

Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Dahl, Haldor; Strom, Arne;

Launching at Western Boat. Ordered by Seattle Times by Mr. R.H. Calkins. The John N. Cobb stands in the ways ready to be formally launched. Flags are draped over the first and second decks. The boat was to becoma an exploratory vessel for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. She was designed by W.C. Nickum & Sons, Seattle naval architects, and built by Western Boat. She was of very heavy wood construction, 93' in length, and powered with a 550 hp Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine. (Pacific Fisherman, March 1950, p.29)

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

The Tacoma Yacht Club, located at Point Defiance, was included in the tourist sightseeing tour the "Kla-How-Ya" trail. Founded in 1889, the Club relocated to Point Defiance in 1914, near what is now the ferry dock. In an effort to find a mooring spot less vulnerable to winter storms, the Club relocated southeast under the high bank near the Tacoma Smelter. The former office building of Seaborn Shipyard was moved to the site by scow to serve as the clubhouse. In 1934, a road was built along the bulkhead under the ferry landing. The Yacht Club originated the Daffodil Marine Parade and the decorated-boat Christmas parade.

Boathouses; Boats;

Side view of a Ford manufactured delivery truck for Rainier beer, photographed for an accident case. The founder of Rainier beer Andrew Hemrich was a first generation American of German descent who learned the brewers trade at his father's brewery in Wisconsin. At 14, he left home and roamed the mining towns of the west. In February of 1883, he arrived in the wide open frontier lumber town of Seattle. With John Kopp, a German immigrant, he opened the Kopp and Hemrich Brewery south of town (now 3100 Airport Way South), nestled near a hill with a view of Mount Rainier. He named his first batch of beer after that mountain- Rainier Beer. ("Brewed in the Northwest" by Gary and Gloria Meier)

Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brewing industry--Seattle; Beer--Seattle;

W. F. English, employee of Jensen Fuel Company at 6238 South Tacoma Way, responds to a radio telephoned message in the cab of his oil delivery truck. In March of 1950, Jensen Fuel installed modern two way radios in their trucks, aiding communication between the office and the oil delivery trucks. This enabled the drivers to make emergency deliveries in the areas they serviced and Jensen to guarantee that any order received in the morning would be delivered before evening. Jensen Fuel Co. was founded by Robert Jensen in 1891. (TNT 3/2/1950 pg. 23)

Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fuel supply; Jensen Fuel Co. (Tacoma); English, W. F.; Jensen Fuel Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Communication devices; Radiophones;

Interior of the pleasure craft Acania, restored by J.M. Martinac and available for charter through Emmett T. Krefting, Charter Representatives, 903 Commerce St. This photo shows a table for card playing and the built in bar. The 110 foot white hulled vessel was moored at Martinac when not in use as a cruise ship.

Yachts--Tacoma--1950-1960; Ships--Tacoma--1950-1960; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Puget Sound Boat Building Corporation had just launched the "Pacific Queen" into Tacoma's City Waterway (now Thea Foss Waterway) in May of 1949. She was bought by eight Puget Sound fishermen who intended to be salmon fishing by June of that year. The "Pacific Queen" sailed to Seattle and continued on to Bristol Bay (T.N.T., 5/15/49, p. B-3). TPL-8630

Fishing boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puget Sound Boat Building Corp. (Tacoma);

Bucky arriving at airport, Studio, Ed R. A man wearing an airlines uniform, possibly the pilot, is met by a girl at the airport. An airplane is seen behind them with the rolling stairway still pushed against its doorway.

Airplanes--SeaTac--1940-1950; Air pilots--SeaTac--1940-1950; Airports--SeaTac--1940-1950; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac);

57-foot purse seiner, interior and water shots, Birchfield Boiler, Bob Dorrer. The "Esther B." is out for her sea trials on June 14, 1949. The captain is at the helm on the upper deck.

Birchfield Boiler, Inc. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ship trials--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Libby No. 9, 10 and 11 are tied up, side-by-side, at Birchfield Boiler. Libby, McNeill and Libby of Seattle liked these seiners because they had better capacity and lower maintenance costs than other fishing boats. One of the outstanding features of a Birchfield-built boat was the fact that the inside of the cargo hold was completely smooth. The cork insulation was covered over and there was no place for the fish to bruise or for fish oils to accumulate. Ordered by Bob Dorrim. (Marine Digest, 7/28/1951)

Birchfield Boiler, Inc. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A view of the starboard side of "Libby No. 10" at Birchfield Boiler. Birchfield Boiler built five seiners, a small steel power scow and a steel gillnetter for Libby over a period of several years. This seiner has a powerful seine winch at the back. The vessels would sleep six men - two officers and 4 crewmen. Ordered by Bob Dorrim. (Marine Digest, 7/28/195l)

Birchfield Boiler, Inc. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A view of the helm on "Libby No. 10" at Birchfield Boiler. The chain linking the helm with the rudder is clearly visible. Birchfield Boiler, Inc., delivered three new Libby boats to Libby, McNeill and Libby of Seattle. As of July 1951 the company built five of the steel seiners for Libby. The fishing boats were well equipped with Onan generators from the Fremont Electric Company, Seattle. They also had automatic controls and switchboards from Fremont. Ordered by Bob Dorrim. (Marine Digest, 7/28/1951)

Birchfield Boiler, Inc. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960; Ship trials--Tacoma--1950-1960; Helms;

Two loaded Chevrolet trucks at General Beer Distributing Company. Tacoma was a leading distribution center for the Pacific Northwest. Ordered by Clark Richardson Advertising Agency.

Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Chevrolet trucks; General Beer Distributing Co. (Tacoma); Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Richardson Advertising Agency (Tacoma);

View of James Loveland's car parked on A Street and So. 13th, needing fender and hood repairs, possibly for a car accident. The automobile is parked on A Street near South 13th Street. Photo ordered by L. Ray Shute Company, insurance adjusters, the company was owned by L. Ray Shute, their offices were located on 950 Pacific Avenue in the Rust Building, office space number 1121-22.

Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Traffic accidents--Tacoma; Vehicle maintenance & repair--Tacoma; Parking--Tacoma; Insurance companies--Tacoma; L. Ray Shute Co. (Tacoma);