Fiberboard Machine, Mutual Fruit. Interior view at the Union Pacific Terminal. A young man feeds materials into the machine which makes cartons for the current grapefruit packaging. Wesley F. Crawford was president of Mutual Fruit Company.

Fibreboard Products, Inc. (Tacoma); Fruit industry--Tacoma; Packaging; Machinery; Mutual Fruit Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

A man wearing a light-colored suit holds a huge salmon by the gills. He is standing outside the Washington Hardware Sport Shop.

Fishermen--Tacoma; Fishing; Salmon; Washington Hardware Co. (Tacoma);

Peterson Boat Building, launching the "Joann". A crowd stands by the "Joann" while men stand on her deck furling a U.S. flag. Two young girls stand at the bow of the ship ready to christen her before she slides down the ways.

Fishing boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Peterson Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Girls--Tacoma--1940-1950; Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Prize winning homes on House Beautiful contest, Times, Burt McMurtrie. The home of George G. Franklin took second place in the Tacoma Times House Beautiful contest in 1947. The house had been built in 1905 for Charles H. Hyde, E.A. Wager, architect. The home is surrounded with well maintained lawns and gardens. A large rose garden fills the area between the curved driveway and a greenhouse. The two-stories house has climbers coming up to the roof. (T.Times, 7/25/1947, p.18) TPL-8558

Franklin, George G.--Homes & haunts; Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Dwellings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Contests--Tacoma--1940-1950; Gardens--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trees--Tacoma--1940-1950; Roses; Greenhouses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Driveways--Tacoma--1940-1950;

New spray equipment, George R. Marvin Company. A man is demonstrating the powerful spray from a portable sprayer pulled behind a truck. The sprayer has a 600 gallon capacity tank and can be used to apply a fireproof asphalt surface, as here, to a building, or, among other uses, to put out fires. The company manufactured fabricated steel products. Format 3 1/2 x 4 1/2. (T.Times, 8/6/1947, p.5)

George R. Marvin Co. (Tacoma); Steel industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Equipment;

Cheyenne Northwestern premiere at the Holly Theater in Medford, Oregon. Actor Alan Hale, Sr., will be there in person that night only. Penning in the crowd is a line of people mounted on horseback who are dressed in western garb. It appears that every other horseman is a police officer, possibly a member of a sheriff's posse. The large crowd outside the theater appears to be waiting to be admitted. Two Pacific Northwest natives had roles in the film: Janis Paige who as Emily Carson performed two numbers and Bruce Bennett as the Poet, Ed Landers. Both were born in Tacoma; Bennett was formerly known as Herman Brix, Olympian and a past Tarzan.

Hale, Alan; Actors; Motion picture premieres--Oregon--Medford; Motion picture theaters--Oregon--Medford; Marquees--Oregon--Medford; Motion picture audiences--Oregon--Medford; Horses--Oregon--Medford; Mounted police--Oregon--Medford; Westerns;

Group of five men in office at J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp.

J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Offices--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Salmon troller "Rujac" and crew, Cary Wilbur. When Jack Mandy came to work at Todd-Pacific Shipyards from Michigan he fell in love with the ocean and fishing. His wife, Ruth, and son, Jack Jr., also got interested in salmon fishing. Jack, a former shipyard welder, decided to build a fishing boat. And so he did, in his neighbor's back yard. He bought plans from Edwin Monk of Seattle and built this 40 foot, 5 inch, fishing vessel. He named it for his wife and him and they set out at the end of June for fishing of Ketchican, Alaska. Navy ships are in the background. (T.Times, 7/3/1947, p.3)

Mandy, Jack; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Warships--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Display unit, Consolidated Sales Co., Mr. Soares. A three-sided sliding door display shown from above. One of the demonstration doors is open showing some demonstration materials stored inside the display.

Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950; Doors & doorways--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Consolidated Sales Co. (Tacoma);

New location Mueller-Harkins Service Center showing foundation forms, Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Mr. O'Brien. New construction at 6th and Saint Helens Ave. The already existing service center can be seen adjacent to this construction. The Tacoma tideflats are in the distance.

Mueller-Harkins Motor Co. (Tacoma); Vehicle maintenance & repair--Tacoma--1940-1950; Building construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Progress photographs;

Eastern Star at the Armory. This session was the Order of Eastern Star's 59th annual session. They expected 2,000 to attend representing 45,000 in the state from 225 chapters. (T.Times, 6/17/1947, p.6)

Order of Eastern Star (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Rites & ceremonies--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Eastern Star Convention at the New Yorker Cafe, Margaret Kinnich. These are five of the men and women who attended the banquet for past grand matrons and past grand patrons from the Order of Eastern Star during the session held in Tacoma June 19 - 21, 1947. (T.Times, 6/12/1947, p.10)

Order of Eastern Star (Tacoma); New Yorker Cafe (Tacoma); Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Laying of Cornerstone at Pacific Lutheran College. Ceremonies were held to lay the cornerstone June 10, 1947, at Pacific Lutheran College for a new, three-story student union building. Dr. C.S. Eastvold, president of Pacific Lutheran College, was the master of ceremonies and the invocation was given by Dr. H.L. Foss, president of the board of trustees. (T.Times, 6/11/1947, p.5)

Pacific Lutheran College (Parkland)--1940-1950; Universities & colleges--Parkland--1940-1950; Rites & ceremonies--Parkland--1940-1950; Cornerstone laying--Parkland--1940-1950;

Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. A banquet is being held in this photograph dated July 10, 1947. A U-shaped table arrangement seats men and women around the room. Several men stand at the head table. The numbers of telephones in Tacoma had grown tremendously since the end of World War II. As of September 15, 1948, Tacoma had hit a record number of 62,559 phones, a gain of 18,737 since V-J Day. The number of phones hit 50,000 September 3, 1946. The druggist W.P. Bonney was the first Tacoman to have a telephone in 1885.

Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. (Tacoma); Banquets--Tacoma--1940-1950; Telephone companies--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Formal coverage of opening plant in Portland, Oregon, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, Fred Shanaman. An ariel view of the new facilities in Portland, Oregon. The Portland plant was established in 1940 and manufactured chlorine, caustic soda, sodium chlorate and DDT. A log boom can be seen on the Columbia River. (T.N.T., 5/16/1955)

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. (Portland, Or.); Chemical industry--Oregon--Portland--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Oregon--Portland;

Formal coverage of opening plant in Portland, Oregon, Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, Fred Shanaman. An ariel view of the new facilities. President Fred C. Shanaman reported that with the addition of the new facilities for manufacture of chlorine, caustic soda and technical DDT, production at the Portland plant increased substantially in 1947.

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. (Portland, Or.); Chemical industry--Oregon--Portland--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Oregon--Portland;

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. A view of a large ventilating or cooling system on the exterior of one of the buildings at the plant yards. Several series of narrow tubes stand vertically with dials visible at the front. One series of four tubes run from underground to a square metal box near the middle of the apparatus.

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

Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Testing plywood for resistance to pressure. One worker manipulates the machinery while another keeps record of the test results. Severs laboratory tests to which fir plywood was constantly subjected assured consumers of consistent high-quality materials. The standards not only set forth grades and types but also consistent testing procedures. (T.Times, 2/25/1949)

Plywood Research Foundation (Tacoma); Plywood; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Laboratories--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Testing plywood at the plywood lab. One of the standards demanded that the adhesives, after setting, be stronger than the wood. The research projects were not only intended to answer today's questions but also future applications. Other studies included industrial and agricultural applications. (TNT, 2/17/1948, p.3-B)

Plywood Research Foundation (Tacoma); Plywood; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Laboratories--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Waste disposal at Buffelen, Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Hugh Peterson & McCollam. Debris is being sent down a chute made of plywood from an upper story into a truck for hauling away. An automobile is parked next to the scaffolding.

Plywood; Refuse disposal--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Buffelen Lumber & Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

Here are the big winners in the 1947 Tacoma Poggie Club Father-Son-Daughter Salmon Derby held at Point Defiance on July 13th. At the left, Richard Sheriff holds his top prize bicycle while his dad, Johnny Sheriff holds their 18 lb. 13 oz. salmon. At the right are Judy Weller and her father C.J. (Bud) Weller. Judy's King salmon weighed in at 2 oz. less then Richard's. She also won a new bike. In the center is Ted Lowe proudly holding his second place catch.(T.Times, 7/14/1947, p.1) TPL-4786

Poggie Club (Tacoma); Fishing; Children fishing--Tacoma--1940-1950; Contests--Tacoma--1940-1950; Awards; Salmon; Bicycles & tricycles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sheriff, Johnny; Sheriff, Richard; Lowe, Ted; Weller, Judy; Weller, C.J.; Waterfronts;

Safety Award being presented in Mayor Val Fawcett's office to Police Department and other city departments by the American Automobile Association. The Pedestrian Protection Award was presented to the Tacoma Police Department and citizens for their reduction in pedestrian accidents. (T.Times, 6/24/1947, p.3)

Police--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Police Department (Tacoma); Safety; Accidents; American Automobile Association (Tacoma); Awards; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Home portrait of Burt H. Raymond family, Raymond Electric.

Raymond, Burt H.--Family; Group portraits;

Robert Sconce Agency, Ray Ridge at his desk in office. Ray Ridge was president of Ray Ridge Motors, Inc., Lincoln and Mercury Automobile Dealership.

Ridge, Ray; Ray Ridge Motors, Inc. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Robert Sconce Agency, Ray Ridge at his desk in office. Ray Ridge was president of Ray Ridge Motors, Inc., Lincoln and Mercury Automobile Dealership.

Ridge, Ray; Ray Ridge Motors, Inc. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Exp of fleet of trucks, Rucker Brothers. Six Rucker Brothers trucks and their drivers sit in front of a warehouse. The trucks are fully loaded with plywood. The Rucker Brothers were Murell and Burrell.

Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950; Rucker Brothers (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Plywood;

Theater Guild. Child speaker at South Tacoma Community Center. c/o Mrs. Glastetter. Naomi J. (Mrs. Howard) Glastetter led a group of children in learning how to speak properly, wield a gavel and conduct meetings in groups called "Toast Tots", similar to Toastmasters for adults. L-R, Rex King, Dennis Reeves, Donna Vaaler, Rollin Eberly, Marilyn Parrott and shirley Larson. (T.Times, 7/5/1947, p.12)

South Tacoma Community Center (Tacoma); Children--Tacoma--1940-1950; King, Rex; Reeves, Dennis; Vaaler, Donna; Eberly, Rollin; Parrott, Marilyn; Larson, Shirley;

Old time truck for contest, South Tacoma Motors, Ted Hoakinson. Three men stand with an old Chevrolet truck. The cab is very tall and has a curved hood. The wheels are spoked and the tires are worn flat. One of the men has white hair and points lovingly at the hood over the engine. Both the other men are listening carefully to what he is telling them.

South Tacoma Motor Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1940-1950; Chevrolet trucks;

When the South Tacoma Motor Company at 5602 South Tacoma Way ran a contest for old time trucks in June of 1947, this Chevrolet was probably the winner. An unidentified man, hat in hand, stands next to a 1919 Chevrolet Platform Stake. Chevrolet made their first trucks in 1918. They had only manufactured 8,179 trucks by the end of 1919. Photo taken for Old time truck for contest, South Tacoma Motor Co., Chevrolet, Ted Hoakinson. TPL-6544

South Tacoma Motor Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1940-1950; Chevrolet trucks;

Aerial view of St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company at Olympia plant. TPL-6588

St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Olympia); Lumber industry--Olympia--1940-1950; Aerial photographs;