The new paper mill and paper production at St. Regis in Tacoma has helped the company strengthen its position in pulp, kraft paper, kraft board and multiwall bags. Interior view of St. Regis paper plant, machinery used during the paper production process; photo ordered by Pusey & Jones Corporation, a machinery manufacturer from Wilmington, Delaware.
Paper industry--Tacoma; Mechanical systems--Tacoma; Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Pusey & Jones Corp. (Tacoma);
Columbia Powder Company officials would not release any information regarding the explosion until they received clearance from the company headquarters, located on the East Coast. Dan Cope, his wife, two daughters and two sons were killed in the explosion; the family had a home near the plant. Aerial view of Columbia Powder plant site where a three story building was destroyed following a massive explosion (T. Times, 3/15/49, p. 1).
Industrial facilities--Frederickson; Nitrates; Chemical industry--Frederickson; Explosions--Frederickson; Disasters--Frederickson; Columbia Powder Co. (Frederickson);
Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation was a building materials and insulation products business located at 710 2nd Avenue in Seattle, Washington. Edmund N. Still was the manager of Owens-Corning. View of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation representative demonstrating the many advantages of this cold storage insulation product to Mr. Osgood.
Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Sales personnel--Tacoma; Building materials; Selling--Tacoma; Building materials industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (Seattle);
American Smelter and Refining Company (ASARCO) was celebrating 50 years of business with an open-house. ASARCO was founded in 1899 in New Jersey, by Henry H. Rogers and associates. The original smelter at this local site was founded by five Tacoma businessmen, the company merged with ASARCO in 1905. View of ten unidentified ASARCO employees standing in front of a welcome sign (T.N.T., 4/3/49, p. A-15 & 4/5/49, p. 1).
Upwards of 7,000 people from throughout the Puget Sound region visited the ASARCO smelter on April 4, 1949 when the American Smelting & Refining Co. held an open house to celebrate their 50th anniversary. The smelter in Tacoma was actually over 50 years old at the time, having been started in 1890 by W. R. Rust. The celebration marked the anniversary of ASARCO which was founded in 1899 and bought the Tacoma smelter in 1905. (T.N.T., 4/3/49, p. A-15 & 4/5/49, p. 1).
American Smelter and Refining Company (ASARCO) was celebrating 50 years of business with an open-house. ASARCO was proud of their continuous modernization of their facilities, and the local Tacoma plant had recently undergone modifications and was about to expand their production of products. View of people who attended ASARCO's open house (T.N.T., 4/3/49, p. A-15 & 4/5/49, p. 1).
Western Boat Building Company has just completed and launched the "Mary E. Petrich", the largest tuna clipper ever built. The new vessel is 149-1/2 feet long, has a 34 foot beam, 1,600 horsepower submarine type diesel engine, and cost about $500,000 to build. The tuna clipper was named after Martin Petrich's late wife; view of the "Mary E. Petrich" being led out by tugboats, shortly after being christened (T. Times, 3/16/49, p. 1). TPL-8988
Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Western Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);
31st Anniversary of Nalley's Fine Foods. Mayor Val Fawcett, left in photo, holds cake being cut by company founder Marcus Nalley; company President L. Evert Landon looks on. Advertisements for "Tang" salad dressing and other Nalley's products in room (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).
Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Landon, L. Evert; Nalley, Marcus; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma)--Commemoration;
Marcus Nalley, founder and Chairman of the Board, along with the other Nalley's officers: L. Evert Landon, President; Joseph G. Lehman, Vice-President; Cecil Walrath, Henry Willis and Cliff Wold, Division Sales Managers; and Vernon E. Nofzinger, Production Executive, would be greeting guests for their 31st anniversary (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34). TPL-9613
Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Celebrations--Tacoma--1940-1950; Buses--Tacoma--1940-1950; Spectators--Tacoma--1940-1950; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma)--Commemoration;
Marcus Nalley, the founder of Nalley's Incorporated, gave an anniversary speech for the company's 31st anniversary on August 24, 1949. Marcus Nalley came from Croatia to New York in 1903. He had 15 cents in his pocket and couldn't speak a word of English. His name at that time was Marko Narancic. He took several jobs: in a steel mill, as a meat packer, and finally in a hotel kitchen where he moved from kitchen flunky to pantry boy to fry cook. He became a chef on the first "Olympian" of the Milwaukee Railroad which ran between Chicago and Tacoma. Later, at the Bonneville Hotel in Tacoma, he learned to make a new potato delicacy, "Saratoga chips". He began making potato chips in his own small kitchen and selling them door-to-door. In 1918 he rented a $5-a-month storeroom behind his apartment and began adding other food products. By 1969 his company processed 200 different food items. Ordered by Mrs. Hildreth. (South on the Sound, Murray and Rosa Morgan)
Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Public speaking--Tacoma; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nalley, Marcus; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma)--Commemoration;
An unidentified driver and two St. Regis timber workers sent a load of logs on its way from Camp #2 in Mineral, Washington to the company's paper mill in Tacoma in August of 1949. In 1949, St. Regis was making kraft paper in six of their mills; they manufactured about 360,000 tons of kraft paper per year. Tacoma was the newest kraft paper producing mill; paper production began there January 5, 1949. St. Regis purchased a pulp mill in Tacoma in 1930; they spent years modernizing and expanding the company's facilities. Before 1949 they had only manufactured pulp and multiwall bags at the Tacoma plant. In 1985 the mill became Simpson Tacoma Kraft Co. when it was purchased by Simpson Paper Co. of San Francisco. TPL-6875
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);
Mineral, Washington is located fourteen miles north of Morton in north central Lewis County. View of the St. Regis Paper Company's crew at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington; railroad cars are hauling the logs out of the Mineral Forest. TPL-5678
Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Woodcutting--Mineral; Railroad tracks--Mineral; Railroads--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);
Tacoma's St. Regis' paper plant is said to be the most modern pulp mill ever built. The Tacoma facilities are spread out over 65 acres, located between the Puyallup River Waterway and the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company. View of the St. Regis Paper Company's crew at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington.
Woodcutters--1940-1950; Loggers--Mineral--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Woodcutting--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);
St. Regis' expansion project started after World War II ended in 1945, the company was able to begin paper production in Tacoma in January 1949. View of the St. Regis Paper Company's crew at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Washington; unidentified laborer is surrounded by huge firs.
Woodcutters--1940-1950; Loggers--Mineral--1940-1950; Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Logs; Firs; Forests--Mineral; Cutover lands--Mineral--1940-1950; Woodcutting--Mineral; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);
In 1948 Columbia Breweries appointed four new officers and President Norman Davis announced that they would be going through an extensive expansion program. The expansion project was to include a 20,000 square feet two story building housing a new bottle shop, and a can beer line. View of the new canning machinery at Columbia Breweries.
Brewing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Laborers--Tacoma; Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Cans;
Modular Structures, Incorporated was a structural engineering business firm, they worked on residential and commercial contracts, and specialized on prefabricated plywood products. View of laborer moving prefabricated plywood panels with a "Towmotor" forklift; the panels will be used for prefabricated grain bins. Photo ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Plywood; Laborers--Tacoma--1940-1950; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Hoisting machinery; Construction industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma)--Products; Modular Structures, Inc. (Tacoma);
Modular Structures, Incorporated has their business located in South Tacoma at 4702 South Tacoma Way. 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);
View of DeSoto automobile, white washed tires, DeSoto wheels, and Washington State license plates; railroad freight train in background. Photo ordered by Phillip Horther, President-Treasurer of West Coast Fruit and Produce Company, the company was located at 1191 Dock Street; photographer information indicated photo was ordered after an automobile and bicycle accident.
Railroad freight cars--Tacoma; City & town life--Tacoma--1940-1950; Traffic accidents--Tacoma--1940-1950; DeSoto automobile; West Coast Fruit & Produce Co. (Tacoma);
Dravis Engineering and Machine Works was formerly Hicks-Bull Machine Company, Incorporated; the company was originall established in 1912. Dravis had licensed mechanical engineers and specialized in engineering, surveying, marine and general machinery manufacturing and repairs. The Dravis Company was owned by Frederick and Virginia Dravis; they were located at 1101-07 Dock Street. View of unidentified man demonstrating the use of a newly manufactured machine.
Machinery industry--Tacoma; Machinery; Equipment; Business enterprises--Tacoma; Dravis Engineering & Machine Works (Tacoma);
Western Boat. An elevated view of the Mary E. Petrich on the City Waterway headed out for her sea trials. This fishing boat was named after Martin Petrich's wife. She was powered by a 1,600 hp Fairbanks-Moorse submarine-type diesel engine, had a 450 ton capacity, and was capable of 13 1/2 knots. She cost an estimated $500,000. (T.Times, 3/16/1949, p.1; T.Times, 3/6/1949, p.17; Pacific Fisherman Yearbook 1950, p.13 and p.215; Pacific Motor Boat Nov. 1949, p.39) TPL-9014
Western Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Ship trials--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Brew kettles, Columbia Breweries, Davis. An employee adds hops to the large copper brew kettle used to boil the wort, one of the early stages of beermaking. The kettle is fitted with a curved cap with a large tube that filters the evaporation coming from the kettle. The brewery owned two of the kettles that had a capacity of 330 barrels each. Anders W. Erikson was the brew master in 1948.
Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Kettles; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;
Conveyor machinery at Medosweet Dairy, The Heid Company, Seattle, Mr. Claude F. Conrad. An employee places glass milk bottles into the washing machine at Medosweet Dairy. Wooden cartons for returned bottles stand in stacks near him, empty and ready to be filled. TPL-9366
Medosweet Dairies, Inc. (Tacoma); Dairy products industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Conveying systems--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bottles;
Reshoot of interior of building, Wes Crawford & Sons, Mr. Crawford. The large interior of the fresh fruit and vegetable packing company is left open to facilitate movement of large volumes of produce. A conveyor system is seen in the right, foreground and another on the far right. A man is moving pallets with a low truck in the center. Big, swinging double doors are seen on the far right.
Wesley Crawford & Son (Tacoma); Farm produce--Tacoma--1940-1950; Packaging; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950;
ca. 1956. Port Alice, British Columbia; aerial of timber. Alaska Pine & Cellulose Limited operated a chemical cellulose mill at Port Alice, surrounded by fast growing forests logged under a management license from the province. Port Alice lies on Quatsino Sound, an arm of the sea on the western side of Vancouver Island, B.C. The forests are mostly hemlock and offer an abundant supply of raw materials. Nearby Victoria Lake supplies water, the area has its own lime rock quarry and a deep water port for overseas shipping. For all these reasons, Alaska Pine chose to expand and develop this mill further in 1956, upping its capacity to 125, 000 tons of chemical cellulose a year; an investment of $14,000,000. (Rayonier's annual report for 1956)
Lumber industry--British Columbia--1950-1960; Trees; Logs; Alaska Pine & Cellulose Limited (Port Alice B.C.);
ca. 1956. Port McNeil, logging. This appears to be company owned row housing or bunk houses built for the loggers working at the Port McNeil location. The small houses are all identical and two raised wooden sidewalks lie between the two rows of houses. Several men are sitting or lounging on the sidewalks. Housing arrangements like this were provided for the over 2,000 Canadian loggers.
ca. 1956. Port McNeil, aerial, logging. The logging camp sits on the shore surrounded by old growth forests. A dock extends out into the water and rafts of logs lie in the water. Established in 1953, Alaska Pine's logging camp at Mahatta River, on Vancouver Island, is one of three modern logging communities that provide wood for the Port Alice, B.C., chemical cellulose mill. Logs are rafted to the mill, entirely within the protected waters of Quatsino Sound. Non pulp species are barged to the Vancouver area sawmills. (1957 Annual Report, Rayonier Inc.)
ca. 1956. Timber industry scenes from Grays Harbor and the Olympic Peninsula, ordered by Malcolm McGhie. The sign identifies this as an experimental forest established in 1948 by the U.S. Forest Service cooperating with the St. Regis Paper Co. Trees were now being viewed as a renewable resource. They were being raised to support the pulp, paper and wood chemical industry. In the meantime, old growth forests were clear cut to supply timber for commercial purposes.
Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1950-1960; Trees; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;
Exposure of a grinder at the Washington Coop Farmers Association. The workman appears to be changing a screen on the grinder. A chute to the right appears to feed the material to be ground, possibly grain, into the machine. There is another large pipe leading up from the machine. Photograph possibly taken inside the Association's feed mill.
Food storage buildings--Tacoma; Machinery; Equipment; Mills--Tacoma; Farming--Tacoma; Food industry--Tacoma; Washington Cooperative Farmers' Association (Tacoma);
ca. 1956. Alaska Pine, sawmill plant at New Westminster, B.C. During 1956, Alaska Pine set up a new high speed production line, part of which is shown here, for processing western red cedar bevelled siding. The sawmills at the Marpole and New Westminster Divisions produced a variety of products for wholesale markets in the United States and Canada. The products included hemlock and Douglas fir two-inch dimension lumber, sheathing and boards, cedar siding and shingles and industrial grades for such uses as garage doors, ladders and millwork. Alaska Pine was a leading promoter of the use of cedar, especially as siding. (Rayonier's annual report for 1956)
