Worker testing lumber with a series of drillings. Various chalk markings can be identified in the wood as well as notes with lined data.

Worker smiles in front of large planning machine inside. In the distance, a man in a bowler hat and vest looks outside.

In March of 1952 an unidentified man was photographed tearing off an entry blank for the $20,000 "Room-for-Improvement" contest sponsored by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Contestants could win up to $4,000 by filling out an official entry form. Each contestant had to explain what remodeling project he wanted to complete and why plywood would be the best material to use. To win, the entry had to include both a written description of the project and before and after draws. The highest prize of $3,000, with a possible bonus of $1,000, was for the best plan to "Add-a-Room." Every contestant received an official entry form and a folder of home improvement ideas - all using plywood.

Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Contests--Tacoma;

Mountain Lumber Co. Paull Billings - Manager. Small building in front with trestle and lumber piles around it.

Mountain Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Exterior of Mountain Lumber Company with piles of lumber. Paul Billings, Manager.

Mountain Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Logging pond at Port Piers. For R. E. Chase, 601 Tacoma Building.

Logs; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Logging pond at Port Piers. For R.E. Chase, 601 Tacoma Building. Two men standing on logs in log pond, pushing on logs with long poles. Industries to the right and in background. Photograph taken on May 11, 1939.

Logs; Port of Tacoma (Tacoma);

Assembly of St. Paul employees out on strike. View from roof of building. Partial view of strikers on left and automobiles parked along street. Building in background appears to be Washington Handle Company.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Assembly of St. Paul employees out on strike between 7 and 9:15 a.m. Group of about 70 men gathered in front of open building, probably mill entrance. Lumber mill buildings in background and wooden sidewalk in foreground.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Strikes--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Saxton Lumber Company baseball team c/o Paul Froman - 12 men in uniform, man center back in suit, equipment in front. Sales Grange - 1938 Pierce County Champs. August 26, 1938 (filed with Argentum)

Saxton Lumber Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Baseball players--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Weyerhaeuser Timber Company banquet at the Winthrop Hotel. Men and women seated at tables, some wearing leis. (filed with Argentum)

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Tacoma); Hotel Winthrop (Tacoma); Banquets--Tacoma--1930-1940;

Logs in water - 2 ships in background.

Lumber;

ca. 1925. Another view of Defiance Lumber Company with smoke jutting from its stack, circa 1925. Commencement Bay furnished the company with its log pond. The logs were dragged up the incline to the great 14-inch band saw which worked at high speed and had a capacity of 150,000 feet in each eight hours. The huge planks were then run over rollers to the re-saws, where slabs and scraps dropped down to a lower level and were carried by chain conveyors into the jaws of a battery of cut-off saws that turn them into firewood. The good lumber passed on out into the yard and was graded and separated into its proper classification. (TNT 8/10/1927) (filed with Argentum)

Defiance Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Smokestacks--Tacoma;

Men working on the reconstruction of Ray Gamble's wood flour plant, Pacific Wood Flour Company, in this photograph from October of 1936.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Pacific Wood Flour Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

A man stands with his arm extended as high as he can, demonstrating the diameter of a massive log. The log is 10 1/2 feet in diameter. The 700 year old tree was cut on St. Paul & Tacoma holdings and shipped to Olympia to be peeled for veneer. Company officials stated that trees of this size were becoming much less common. This was the largest tree seen at the mill in 15 years. (T. Times 10-19-1935, pg. 1)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Logs; Railroad freight cars--Tacoma;

ca. 1936. West Coast Plywood Mill. Buildings and log boom at mill.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; West Coast Plywood Mill (Tacoma);

In July of 1936, the boom crew from the West Fork Logging Company posed with a huge log on a rail car. The crew members were, sitting at top, Fred Kopaske; center, Lawrence Aus - in charge of the log dump; standing on the car, left to right, D. Mackay, Eyler Plumb, Pete Peterson and Al McCoy. The log was dumped into the Hylebos Waterway log dump and was eventually sent to the Washington Veneer Company in Olympia to be made into veneer. The mammoth log was 11 1/2 feet in diameter, 36 feet long and solid to the core with no rot. It was cut near Mineral, Washington. For a similar image, see C116894 image 1. (T. Times 7/9/1936, pg. 3)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; West Fork Logging Co. (Tacoma); Logs; Kopaske, Fred; Aus, Lawrence; Plumb, Eyler; Peterson, Pete; McCoy, Al;

Unidentified house and garage; photograph ordered by Cavanaugh Lumber Co. in September of 1937. Possibly located in University Place. (filed with Argentum)

Cavanaugh Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

Interior view of Coast Sash & Door Company showing men building church windows. Coast Sash & Door had been in business on the Tideflats since 1924. Photograph ordered by the Plywood Association. (filed with Argentum)

Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Coast Sash & Door Co. (Tacoma); Windows;

ca. 1925. A large log is displayed on what appears to be a decorated logging truck in front of the Wood Products Company. The Wood Products Co. of Tacoma was located at 1612 Center St. They were a sash and door company. G.W. Duncan was the president and manager of the company. (WSHS)

Wood Products Co. (Tacoma); Logs; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1936. An O. B. King company truck loaded with large logs waits by the railroad tracks at the edge of the commercial district of a small town. A young woman, holding school books and reaching up to a log, stands beside the unattended truck.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; O.B. King Co. (Tacoma); Logs;

Renton housing project showing use of "Cheney Studding". Ordered by Cheney Lumber Company. [Also dated 06-09-1942]

Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Housing developments--Renton; Construction--Renton;

Renton housing project showing use of "Cheney Studding." Ben Cheney standardized the roof height in the US with the sale of his 8 ft "Cheney Studs." Ordered by Cheney Lumber Company. [Also dated 06-09-1942]

Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Housing developments--Renton; Construction--Renton;

Renton housing project showing use of "Cheney Studding". Ordered by Cheney Lumber Company. [Also dated 06-09-1942]

Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Housing developments--Renton; Construction--Renton;

St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company. Men work logs in sawmill. (T. Times)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Logs; Saws;

Cheney Lumber Mill at Chehalis.

Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Chehalis; Logs;

St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. had three logging camps located near Tacoma. St. Paul and Tacoma lumber company provides enough lumber and plywood to build 48 homes per day. They were one of the largest lumber companies in the Pacific Northwest. View of cleared land near one of the logging camps.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cutover lands; Logs; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

A. H. Cox & Co. at St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. logging operation at Puyallup. On a day to day basis St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber produces enough lumber and plywood to build 48 homes per day. View of sky line collapsible steel spar skidder and loader. A crew of nineteen men are needed to operate this machine and in an eight hour period 15 cars of logs are produced. Railroad tracks allow for easy transport.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Logs; Woodcutting--Puyallup; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

A. H. Cox & Co. at St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. logging operation at Puyallup. On a day to day basis St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber produces enough lumber and plywood to build 48 homes per day. View of sky line collapsible steel spar skidder and loader. A crew of nineteen men are needed to operate this machine and in an eight hour period 15 cars of logs are produced. Railroad tracks allow for easy transport.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Logs; Woodcutting--Puyallup; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

A. H. Cox & Co. at St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. logging operation at Puyallup. On a day to day basis St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber produces enough lumber and plywood to build 48 homes per day. View of logs being loaded onto log carriers by using the sky line collapsible steel spar skidder and loader. A crew of nineteen men are needed to operate this machine and in an eight hour period 15 cars of logs are produced. Railroad tracks allow for easy transport.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Logs; Woodcutting--Puyallup; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);