Interior of the remodeled Great Northern Railroad Ticket Office in November of 1942. Pictured are the long, curved ticket counter with the agents' desks lying beyond. Three large landscape paintings decorate the walls. The office was located in the Drury building. It was part of "Transportation Row," 112-18 So. 9th St., which housed the ticket offices of all area railroads.

Railroad companies--Tacoma; Offices--Tacoma--1950-1960; Ticket offices; Great Northern Railway Co. (Tacoma);

Early in 1943, scaffolding still surrounds the dry dock and ways built at 223 East F St. for Peterson Boat Building. The small shipyard was founded by father and son partners George and John Peterson. They remained at this site until it burned to the ground in 1969. TPL-9442

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Charts; Peterson Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);

The exterior of the St. Paul Restaurant was located in one corner of the St. Paul Lumber Company building. A public pay telephone stands at the corner under a sign for the restaurant that slants away from the building. This photograph was taken on a cold day when snow still lay on the ground and covered the limbs of the trees and the top of the telephone booth. The restaurant was owned by S.R. and Mrs. E.J. Hull.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); St. Paul Restaurant (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma; Telephone booths--Tacoma--1950-1960; Snow--Tacoma--1950-1960;

This photograph from February, 1950, shows part of the engine rebuilding shop at TAM Engineering Corp, 3033 So. Lawrence St. Four workmen are assembling and bench testing rebuilt Ford "flathead" V8 engines. The TAM plant was the most modern Ford Authorized engine rebuilding plant in the Pacific Northwest. By 1950, they had already rebuilt over 50,000 engines and small parts for dealers in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. TAM Engineering Corp. was acquired by the Oklahoma City-based firm, Autocraft Industries, in 1995. (TNT 2-14-1950, A-4) TPL-8482

Machine shops--Tacoma; TAM Engineering Corp. (Tacoma);

A worker at the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. retail yard walks on top of a large piece of timber, preparing to hook up the hoisting machinery to it, and move it from the truck to a stack of lumber. St Paul's three mile long lumber yard was believed to be the largest in the world by the 1940's. St. Paul was a pioneer in the plywood industry, and also in reforestation.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Hoisting machinery;

Several Rucker Bros. trucks loaded with lumber at the St. Paul & Tacoma retail yard. The retail yard was the largest in the Northwest. Rucker Brothers Trucking was located at the retail yard, facilitating the delivery of the wood throughout the Northwest.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Rucker Brothers (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Exterior of the Griffin Wheel Company plant at 5202 So. Proctor Street. Started in Chicago in 1887 by T.F. Griffin, the company made chilled wheels for freight cars. The Tacoma plant was established in south Tacoma in 1897 after acquiring the property of the American Foundry Company.

Industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Griffin Wheel Co. (Tacoma); Wheels;

New plant,Titus Manufacturing Company, Center & Lawrence, Leon Titus. Rows of rebuilt Ford "flathead" V8 engines are awaiting shipment. A workman is loading one on a cart with an overhead winch. Tools, parts and supplies are shown in the factory area in the background.

Machine Shops--Tacoma--1940-1950; Engines; Titus Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma)--Employees;

Several shots at plant to be used as mural at Poodle Dog, Penn Salt Manufacturing Co., Mr. Shanaman. Two workers check rows of tanks at Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. The company was a manufacturer of basic chemicals from salt including caustic soda, chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, hydrogen, dairy and poultry germicides, special chemical cleaners and dry cleaning products.

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950; Chemical industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Poodle Dog (Fife);

One of the employees at St. Regis Paper Company records information from a printout at one of the machines in the plant. Ordered by McGraw Hill Publishing Co., Inc., New York, NY.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--People; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Several interiors at Wes Crawford's tomato packing plant, Wesley Crawford & Son, Wes Crawford. A view of the packing area of the plant. Stacks of empty wooden packing crates, many ten to twelve high, are seen around the large work area. Labels on the crates advertise "Texas Ranger" globe tomatoes, "Texas Tomatoes", "Big G", "Clouds Rest", "La Chinita",and "High Color".

Wesley Crawford & Son (Tacoma)--Employees; Packaging; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950; Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Several interiors at Wes Crawford's tomato packing plant, Wesley Crawford & Son, Wes Crawford. A view of the interior of the business offices at the packing facilities. Desks for four employees are open behind a wide counter. A separate office with a door and glass open to the general work area is towards the back. Two women and a young man are seated at the desks and an older gentleman is talking on the telephone in the back office.

Wesley Crawford & Son (Tacoma)--Employees; Packaging; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950; Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Offices--Tacoma--1940-1950; Office furniture; Office workers--Tacoma--1940-1950;

View of Marcus Nalley, the founder of Nalley's Incorporated, cutting into the 31st Nalley's Birthday cake; Nalley's President, L. Evert Landon is standing behind him; a "Tang" salad dressing sign is hanging below the cake table (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Landon, L. Evert; Nalley, Marcus; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma)--Commemoration;

Nalley's invited friends and family to help celebrate their 31st anniversary with a tour of the facilities followed by a buffet of Nalley's foods. Guests are mingling and enjoying Nalley's fine foods in this section of the buildings. (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Food--Tacoma; Celebrations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma)--Commemoration;

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);

Columbia Breweries began expanding and rebuilding their facilities in 1949, throughout 1948 the company had been preparing to go through a massive expansion project. View of the new canning machinery at Columbia Breweries, three unidentified laborers are working with the new machine.

Brewing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Equipment; Machinery; Laborers--Tacoma; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1940-1950;

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);

St. Regis had been expanding their facilities for many years, the company had added new buildings and had recently begun the mass production of paper in Tacoma. St. Regis began producing paper in January 1949; the paper mill was converting the liquid pulp into heavy multiwall Kraft paper, using the most modern equipment available. Interior view of plant and new roll grinding machine.

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

Coal yard pictures, Aaberg Fuel Company, Johnson. A view of the machinery used to fill the coal delivery trucks at Aaberg's. A bull-dozer fitted with a scoop loads coal into a hopper which drops the coal onto a conveyor system which in turn lifts the coal over the truck and drops it in. One of the drivers watches to know when to stop moving coal into the truck. When the company was moved from McKinley Avenue, Herbert Johnson, Jr., decided to change the name of the company from McKinley Coal Company. He thought the name Johnson's Fuel might be encountered too often so he chose another Scahdinavian name he ran across, Aaberg. It was catchy and intriguing. (TNT, 12/14/1949, p.11, 12, & 13)

Aaberg's Fuel Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Coal--Tacoma; Fuel--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1940-1950; Conveying systems--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950;

New machinery went into operation in December 1949 at Aaberg Fuel Company's yard between East Bay Street and the Puyallup River, at the foot of Puyallup Avenue. When drivers backed their trucks into the coal filling stations at Aaberg's, the trucks were filled automatically. A system of long conveyors was used to move the coal into the hoppers that filled the trucks. The coveyors automatically sorted the coal by grade. Each hopper could hold from 25 to 40 tons of coal. The Aaberg system was the first of its kind in the world, and was designed by Herbert Johnson Jr., the head of the company. (TNT, 12/14/1949, p.11, 12 & 13)

Aaberg's Fuel Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Coal--Tacoma; Fuel--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1940-1950; Conveying systems--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Coal yard pictures, Aaberg Fuel Company, Johnson. Mrs. Anna Johnson was president of the company and Herbert P. Johnson, Jr., served as secretary-treasurer at this time. Herbert P. Johnson, Jr., designed the system of machinery that moved coal from box cars to the delivery trucks run by electricity provided by more than 20,000 feet of electric control cable. The company, "guaranteed the best quality coal or oil in town at the lowest possible prices". Delivery drivers stand beside their six trucks in front of large piles of coal. (TNT,12/14/1949, p.11, 12 & 13) Format 5" x 14" TPL-10241

Aaberg's Fuel Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Coal--Tacoma; Fuel--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950;

A man stands at a switch near the electric contol panels at Tacoma Vegetable Oils, Inc., plant. Electrical conduit is seen along the interior walls of the building. The plant digested copra (dried coconut meat) and extracted the oil. The oil would go to manufacturers in Chicago, Cincinnati, Boston and other eastern cities. The remaining meal was used locally for cattle feed. The plant was able to process 100 tons of copra a day with three machines. Ordered by Westinghouse Electric Supply, Verne Hoggers. (TNT, 3/19/1950, p.A-9)

Tacoma Vegetable Oils, Inc. (Tacoma); Factories--Tacoma--1950-1960;

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)

Plywood; Lumber industry--Bellingham--1950-1960;

A display rack filled with candy from Nalley's Inc. By 1969 the company processed 200 different food items. Ordered by Mrs. Hildreth.

Food industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma)--Products; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1950-1960; Candy--Tacoma--1950-1960;

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;

The four guests of honor at the 15th annual Industrial Conference Board's dinner meeting in the Crystal Ballroom at the Winthrop Hotel. Delegates from Tacoma's industries filled the Crystal Ballroom to hear two speakers on the theme "Mobilizing for Freedom" and to watch a "Petition for Peace" pageant featuring servicemen, the Lincoln choir singers, Girl and Boy Scouts and the Rev. William P. McCormick. The guests of honor were four wounded soldiers from Madigan Army Hospital recuperating from the Korean action. They were Major Frank Olander, Lt. Donald F. Burr, Sgt. Thomas O'Reilly and PFC Raymond Turner. The main address was "The Enemy We Face" by Father Frances Corkery, President of Gonzaga University, in which he charged the U.S. as being apathetic and morally soft and flabby. On a lighter note, the Rev. William Hills, Vicar of St. George's Church in Victoria, spoke on "The Resources of a Free Man." (TNT 2/21/1951, pg. 26)

Industrial Conference Board (Tacoma); Olander, Frank; Burr, Donald F.; O'Reilly, Thomas; Turner, Raymond; Soldiers--Tacoma--1950-1960; Military uniforms--United States--1950-1960;

New separator at Medosweet Dairies of Tacoma, for Monroe Dairy machines of Seattle. The separator was a device for separating liquids of different densities, such as milk from cream. After World War II, technological advances made the cross over from military use to industrial use. The dairy industry was one of the industries that benefited, becoming increasing more mechanized. Another advance was the use of stainless steel in sanitary food processing.

Medosweet Dairies, Inc. (Tacoma); Dairy products industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Sea trials of the tuna clipper "Mona Lisa," built by J.M. Martinac and owned by John Correia & Associates. The "Mona Lisa" was under the command of the fleets' youngest skipper John Correia Jr. She was 118 foot, 26 ' in the beam and 13'6" deep. On her trial trip, the suppliers of the vessel were on board to watch her go through her paces.("Pacific Fisherman" June 1951, pg. 29-31) TPL-9034

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Ship trials--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Ordered by Holroyd Company. The lower level of this two-story, single-family residence has been built of concrete block on the lower story and clapboards above. The one-car garage extends from the lower level.

Concrete products industry--Tacoma; Holroyd Co. (Tacoma); Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Building materials; Concrete--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Ordered by Holroyd Company. A newly completed one-story, single-family residence has been built of concrete block and covered with a smooth surface on the exterior. A one-car garage has been attached at the far end. Two chimneys built of concrete block emerge through the composite roof.

Concrete products industry--Tacoma; Holroyd Co. (Tacoma); Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Building materials; Concrete--Tacoma--1950-1960;