Scenes from Potlatch Forests, Inc., pulp and paper operations, Lewiston, Idaho. Warehouse employees in the foreground are busy packing loads of Clearwater facial tissue into cardboard boxes in the fall of 1964. The small boxes of tissues pass through a conveyer belt onto a rectangular table for shipping. A tall stack of boxes containing Clearwater toilet paper is nearby. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York, for inclusion in Potlatch Forests' annual report.
Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Warehouses--Idaho--Lewiston; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID);
Hooker Chemical Co. operations. View of brick one-story office for Hooker Chemical Co. in October, 1964. Unlike many faceless concrete industrial facilities, the older plant buildings were built in the Georgian style. Even the newer structures, such as the office building above, retained a classic facade. The Hooker plant was opened on February 16, 1929. It retained the Hooker name until 1982 when it changed its name to Occidental Chemical Corp. Photograph ordered by Hooker Chemical for annual report.
Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970;
Hooker Chemical operations. October, 1964, view of large storage tank believed to be liquid ammonia holding tank on Hooker Chemical property. Smaller tanks surround it. A new storage tank was built for a program of marketing agricultural ammonia as a fertilizer. Photograph ordered by Hooker Chemical for annual report. TPL-6607
Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970; Storage tanks--Tacoma;
Hooker Chemical Co. operations. Although this hard hatted employee appears to be maneuvering his machine to spray over a mountain of snow, he is actually adding to the enormous stockpile of salt on the salt pad at Hooker Chemical Co. The pile of salt is reflected in the adjoining pond of water. Photograph ordered by Hooker Chemical for use in annual report.
Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970;
Hooker Chemical Co. operations. Knee deep in water on a cool day in October, 1964, a Hooker Chemical Co. employee uses a sprayer on giant piles of salt. The Georgian-style plant with steeple is in the background. Photograph ordered by Hooker Chemical for annual report.
Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970;
Hooker Chemical operations. A Hooker Chemical Co. employee appears to be monitoring the gauge on the large machinery outside the company plant in October, 1964. Photograph ordered by Hooker Chemical Co. for annual report.
Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;
Hooker Chemical Co. operations. Color photograph taken in October, 1964, of Hooker Chemical employee in hard hat spraying large piles of salt on company property. This particular scene is very similar to D142933-15. The salt is reflected in the adjoining pool of water. The huge pulp and paper industry in the Pacific Northwest created large new demands for pulp bleaching chemicals. Photograph ordered by Hooker Chemical Co. for annual report. (1964 Hooker Chemical Corp. annual report, p. 10)
Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970;
Hooker Chemical Co. operations. Although this resembles mounds of snow reflected in a clear pool of water, the piles are actually made of salt. Hooker Chemical Co. used tons of salt in their daily operations. A Hooker employee is pictured above in October of 1964 spraying water onto the salt piles. ALBUM 15.
Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1960-1970;
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)
Elevated July 13, 1965, view of Potlatch Forests, Inc., land in Lewiston, Idaho. Man in hard hat on hilltop is looking at tree-filled landscape with river flowing adjacent to the property. Potlatch Forests had 440,000 acres in Idaho alone in addition to 113,000 acres in Washington and another 383,000 acres in Arkansas. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York, for company report. (TNT 2-24-65, A-3)
Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Trees; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID);
Scenes from Potlatch Forests logging operations. Two men watch as a crane lifts a log from a stack loaded on a nearby logging truck. The log joins others already placed on open rail cars. Potlatch employed 9,540 persons company-wide. It owned nearly 1,000,000 acres of land, and enjoyed record sales of 182.9 million in 1964. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York, for Potlatch Forests, Inc., annual report. (TNT 2-24-65, A-3)
Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID);
Man in hard hat surveys stand of tall trees. This photograph was taken on Potlatch Forests property in the Lewiston, Idaho, area, for possible inclusion in the company's annual report. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Trees;
Pulp and paper operations at Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lewiston, Idaho. View of Potlatch employees in pulp and paper mill; large rolls of paper on right portion. Cast-iron Lamb machinery in use. According to Potlatch's annual report, the company employed 9,540 persons and owned nearly 1,000,000 acres of forests in three states. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York, for company report. (TNT 2-24-65, A-3)
Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID);
Scenes from Potlatch Forests pulp and paper operations. Interior of Potlatch Forests, Inc., paper plant shows two men at work handling paper products. Small rolls of what appear to be toilet paper emerge on a conveyor belt. A large roll of paper is apparently in the process of being wound. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York, for company report. TPL-3856
Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID);
A rail car full of wood chips pours into an outdoor receptacle on September 16, 1965. This photograph, taken on behalf of Malcolm McGhie, New York industrial consultant, was probably taken at St. Regis Paper Co.'s Tacoma plant. The plant would receive purchased chips and proceed to unload them rapidly using this 60-foot car which could hold 70 tons. St. Regis would haul these chips to Tacoma from their sawmills in Montana. (1965 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 8)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970;
A small boy appears to be probing at one end of a cut log at St. Regis' Kapowsin facility on November 2, 1965. He is dwarfed by the size of the numerous logs stacked before him. The young logger-to-be is wearing knee-high boots, suspenders supporting his trousers and a striped shirt. A book is carried and held open by his thumb, perhaps to make notations regarding the cut logs. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York, for annual report.
This St. Regis Paper Co. stacker was capable of lifting 60 tons. In this November 29, 1965, photograph taken in the company's new Tacoma dry-land log-sorting and storage yard, the stacker picks up a full rail-car load at one time and transfers the logs to storage decks which are classified by species and grades. The new facility was created on the harbor front by filling in a saltwater log pond between the sawmill and the kraft mill. A 15-acre log-sorting and storage yard was established on the 35-acre new addition; an L-shaped veneer mill and a stud mill were also built adjacent to the yard. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (1965 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 12-13)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;
Log stacker in action at St. Regis dry-land log-sorting and storage yard, November, 1965. 1965 saw the completion of several modernization projects for St. Regis Paper Co. A 15-acre log-sorting and storage yard was established on part of 35-acres newly created by the filling in of a saltwater log pond. This would prove to be more efficient than log ponds and booming grounds. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (1965 St. Regis Annual Report, p. 12-13)
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Logs; Hoisting machinery;
1966 Scenes from Idaho pulp and paper mill. This is the pope reel of the #2 paper board machine. Paper from this machine was normally used in liquid packaging, i.e., milk cartons. Ice cream and butter cartons could also be produced from this paper. The paper board would later be coated with plastic resin to make it waterproof. A Potlatch Forests, Inc., employee monitors the many gauges in the background. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (Additional information provided by a reader)
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970;
Men at work in plywood mill associated with Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lewiston, Idaho. These mill employees are caught in action, shifting plywood from racks to stacks. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970;
Scene from Idaho Potlatch Forests logging operations. Shot from a possible hillside is a common scene from logging operations: logs being carefully loaded onto a waiting truck. A dirt road has been carved from the encroaching forest in order trees may be harvested. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs;
Scenes from Idaho logging operations. Two men sitting beside an enormous tree appear to be studying a map of the forest area in this mid-July, 1966, photograph. They are Potlatch Forests, Inc., employees as evidenced by the pfi logo on their hard hats. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;
Scenes from Idaho logging operations. Two Potlatch Forests, Inc., employees survey the dense forestlands near Lewiston, Idaho, in mid-July, 1966. They are possibly the same men pictured in A150112, image 28. Hard hats were de rigueur although no other safety clothing is apparently worn. The men were probably wearing heavy duty boots as a precaution. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Forests--Idaho;
1966 Idaho logging operations. After the logs are harvested, they are brought to one of the many Potlatch Forests, Inc., mills near the Jaype, Idaho, area. Piles of logs are stacked near the large mill above. The plumes of smoke emerging from several chimneys indicate the mill is apparently in full operation. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. (Additional identification provided by a reader)
Potlatch Forests, Inc.; Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970;
1966 scenes from plywood mill. Wearing heavy gloves to protect his hands, a Potlatch Forests, Inc., employee bends over to shift plywood boards at a Lewiston-area mill in mid-July, 1966. Mounds of sawdust coat the mill floor. The large piece of machinery beside him may have been utilized to cut the boards. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Machinery; Plywood;
1966 Scenes from Idaho plywood mill. A Potlatch Forests, Inc., employee carefully monitors the Chip-N-Saw machine located in one of the company's plywood mills in July, 1966. He is seated at the controls of the Canadian Car (Pacific) machine and keeps a steady eye on the large piece of machinery. A "no smoking" sign warns workers not to light up in the presence of the Chip-N-Saw. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Machinery;
1966 Scenes from Idaho plywood mill. Potlatch Forests, Inc., workers are pictured shifting plywood sheets from an assembly line onto large wheeled carts in mid-July, 1966. Once stacked, they are moved off the carts in rows and numbered. The men pictured were just a few of the many hired by Potlatch Forests, one of the area's largest employers. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970;
A logger looks back from his skidder to check on the logs he is dragging to the landing where they will be loaded and transported to Potlatch Forests mills in Idaho. Another tractor or skidder is further in the background. Color photograph was taken in July of 1966. (scan from original color negative, no print on file)
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs;
Sections from a dense forest have been harvested and a dirt road carved out of a hillside to transport logs to nearby Potlatch Forests mills in Idaho. Color photograph taken in July of 1966 for Malcolm McGhie, New York industrial consultant. (scan from original color positive, no print on file)
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs;
Scenes from Idaho logging operations. A man steadies the stacked load of logs before the heavily laden truck departs for a Potlatch Forests, Inc., mill in July, 1966. Other workers are busy dragging logs and clearing the land to make logging roads. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.
Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID); Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Logs; Tractors--Idaho;
