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- 1979-12-07
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Unidentified plant exterior was photographed in December of 1979. This may be a refinery. Photograph ordered by Dorr Oliver.
Industrial facilities;
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Unidentified plant exterior was photographed in December of 1979. This may be a refinery. Photograph ordered by Dorr Oliver.
Industrial facilities;
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Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation hull in progress.
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Industrial building with laborer in hardhat working in the foreground.
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Exterior shot of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association Circus. A banner outside displays the words "Plywood Jubilee" and "Free Show." Flood lighting can be seen at the top and bottom of the structure.
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Large container for Hooker Chemicals with slightly pronounced lettering.
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Fischer & Porter Co. West Tacoma Newsprint Co. in Steilacoom, WA. Man taking notes on a clipboard reading various circular gauges attached to large machines.
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Person pointing at an electrical box with various gauges at the West Tacoma Newsprint Co. in Steilacoom, WA.
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Laborers at the U.S. Plywood Co. in Seattle.
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African American laborer seen in front of what appears to be a large, sealable container for treating lumber with arsenic to prevent rot.
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An enormous Brute Crane manufactured by the Star Iron & Steel Co. of Tacoma balances both men on board and heavy loads of plywood in this customer print copied in September, 1963. The presence of other piles of plywood near the building under construction seem to indicate that the Brute Crane has already been put to good use. Photograph ordered by Star Iron & Steel Co.
Star Iron & Steel Co. (Tacoma); Hoisting machinery; Plywood; Building construction;
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Copy of customer print. Two men are in the process of laying the superstructure onto the hull of this vessel in this undated photograph. This is perhaps a fishing boat. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Boatbuilding.
Boat & ship industry--Tacoma; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);
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Copy of customer's negatives. This undated photograph was probably taken at St. Regis Paper Co.'s Tacoma offices. Several Japanese businessmen are pictured with two men believed to be St. Regis executives. Japan was a prime market for logs and wood products from the Pacific Northwest. Third man from the left is believed to be Katsumi Yasuda. Photograph ordered by St. Regis Paper Co. on February 8, 1974.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma); Guests--Tacoma--1970-1980;
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Copy of customer's negatives. Undated photograph requested copied by St. Regis Paper Co.on February 8, 1974. Man believed to be a St. Regis executive displays a framed painting while several Japanese visitors stand nearby.
St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma); Paintings; Guests--Tacoma--1970-1980;
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Copy of customer photograph. A young couple stand outside the doors of Nalley's in this undated photograph believed to be post-1971. They appear diminished in size compared to the large building and tower. This Nalley's plant is believed to be in Modesto, California, where a new food processing center went into production in 1971. Nalley's was founded in 1918 in Tacoma by Marcus Nalley and generations of Tacomans grew up devouring Nalley's potato chips, pickles, syrup and salad dressings. Photograph ordered on 12-6-74 by Nalley's. (Nalley's Nallevents, June/July 1971)
Nalley's, Inc. (Modesto, Calif.); Food industry--Modesto, California;
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Copy of customer print, ordered by Nalley's on December 6, 1974. Large containers hold some of the many Nalley's processed foods in this undated post-1971 photograph. This is a part of the cannery believed to be in Modesto, California. Chili and beef stew were the first products to come off the line at that location in mid-1971. (Nalley's Nallevents, June-July 1971)
Nalley's, Inc. (Modesto, Calif.); Food industry--Modesto, California;
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Copy of customer photograph, ordered by Nalley's on December 6, 1974. This undated photograph is believed to be the loading dock area of Nalley's new Modesto, California plant. Ground was broken for the new food processing center there on April 9, 1970, for the multi-million dollar operation. It was anticipated that the center would have an ultimate capacity of 6 million cases per year. The processing center began production in mid-1971. (Nalley's Nallevents, Feb-Mar, 1970; Nalley's Nallevents, June/July 1971)
Nalley's, Inc. (Modesto, Calif.); Food industry--Modesto, California;
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Four tall smokestacks on an industrial building.
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Riegel Carolina Paper & Pulp Mill looking out on the docks on a ship named Mogul with a striped and lettered G figure.
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Fischer & Porter Co. West Tacoma Newsprint Co. in Steilacoom, WA.
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Side view of the Henry Mill & Timber Co. building with smoke pluming in the background. A more rustic wooden structure, crane and frame under construction are in the foreground.
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Two men in suits and hats observe a laborer move lumber along a series of rollers outside.
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The American Smelting & Refining Co. (ASARCO Incorporated) Tacoma Plant. TPL-2353. Areas of the plant are labelled with arrows and typed notations. Typed notations read, left hand side, top to bottom: Main Stack, Silos, ESP'S (Hoppers), Flue, Metallic Arsenic Area, Arsenic Kitchens, Arsenic Roasters (Hoppers, Roaster Baghouse Hoppers, Herreshoff Roasters), Acid Plant Bldg (Settling Tanks & Basin), Fine Ore Storage (Settling, evaporation and neutralization impoundment Waste Piles), Liquid SO2 Plant. Across the top, left to right: Laboratory Container Storage, Reverberatory Furnaces, Oil Tanks, Refineries, Settling & Evaporation Basins. Right hand side, top to bottom: Slag Dump, Casting Furnace, Anode Furnaces, Nickel Plant, Converters, Unloading Dock, Crushing & Sampling Mill, Incinerator, and Ore Piles. TPL-2353, TPL-6246
American Smelting & Refining Co. (Tacoma); Smelters--Tacoma--1950-1960; Copper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
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Copy of customer print. Undated photograph of ship under construction at Tacoma Boatbuilding. This is possibly the "SES-100A" experimental craft built in the very early '70s by Tacoma Boatbuilding. If so, the ship would ride on a cushion of air at very rapid speeds. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Boatbuilding.
Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1970-1980; Ground-effect machines; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);
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Copy of customer print, ordered by Nalley's on December 6, 1974. Stacked on pallets are rows of Nalley's canned goods. This undated photograph was believed to be taken within Nalley's new food processing center in Modesto, California. The cannery went into operation in mid-1971. Empty cans would be automatically depalletized at the rate of 500 cans a minute and receive a final sterilization before being filled. Cans would be labled, cased and then palletized. The warehouse capacity, according to Nalley's newsletter, for finished goods totaled 275,000 cases. (Nalley's Nallevents, June-July, 1971)
Nalley's, Inc. (Modesto, Calif.); Food industry--Modesto, California;
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Copy of customer print, ordered by Nalley's on December 6, 1974. This undated photograph is believed to be the interior of Nalley's Modesto, California, food processing plant. The California cannery went into production in mid-1971 when 50 employees joined Nalley's family. This location was scheduled to become the headquarters for the production of Nalley's canned convenience foods. (Nalley's Nallevents, June-July, 1971)
Nalley's, Inc. (Modesto, Calif.); Food industry--Modesto, California;
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Men in a field operating an antiquated thresher.
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Back of Photo:
Farmers with tools vegetable, etc. Colonial Gardens, Fife. Was close to the Poodle Dog Rest. This was an Italian operation owned by Italians. Before 1918.
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Display of faux television sets displaying advertising cells at the Douglas Fir Plywood Association Circus.
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Display kiosk at the Doug Fir Plywood Association Circus with 233 small wooden disks labeled with ways the company creates sales. Black and white photographs of the plywood making process are visible in the background.
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Exterior shot of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association Circus. Two children play on a plywood tiger and giraffe on the gravel.