Two men are loading a sheet of plywood into one of Liberty Lumber Company's trucks along side the building. A large sign hanging out front announces that the lumber yard is, "Open for Business". They advertise General Paints with a sign over the store where they also carry metal garbage cans, screen doors, gardening tools, trellises and a garden arch. Neon letters spell out that, "We Cut Glass". The building materials company was owned by Kenneth Heiman.

Liberty Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Hardware stores--Tacoma; Building materials; Electric signs--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Tacoma Fire Station No. 16 under construction. Workers install roof sheathing by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. This area by the Narrows Bridge was just being developed. The fire station was built at a cost of $24,000 and dedicated on July 20, 1952. The fire station had a 12 man crew and one engine and provided fire protection to the Highlands district, from Stevens St. to the Narrows bridge, and University Place. This building was razed and replaced in 1999.

Plywood industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Carpentry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fire stations--Tacoma; Tacoma Fire Department, Fire Station No. 16 (Tacoma);

Ordered by the Holroyd Company. A Studebaker is seen parked in the car port at the front of this newly built one-story, single-family residence built of texturized brick. Poles support the roof at the near edge of the car port. The roof is nearly flat. Photograph taken on April 20, 1951; address not given.

Concrete products industry--Tacoma; Holroyd Co. (Tacoma); Building materials; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Studebaker automobile;

Ordered by Holroyd Company. This one-story, single family residence built of concrete block has a cedar shake roof and an attached one-car garage. A concrete walkway and driveway lead to the house. Another similar house is seen on the left.

Concrete products industry--Tacoma; Holroyd Co. (Tacoma); Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Building materials; Concrete--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Aerial view of the plywood plant at Garibaldi, Oregon. The log boom can be seen in the foreground. The best of the Douglas Fir from the Northwest's forests in brought into the mills to be barked, peeled, dried and coated with waterproof glue to produce plywood, America's #1 building material.

Plywood; Lumber industry--Oregon--1950-1960; Oregon-Washington Plywood Co. (Garibaldi);

This new fishing boat launched by J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. has a large dining room with three tables and charis. The windows are covered with draperies and storage has been built in at the far end of the room that could also could be used for recreation. Ordered by Martinac Shipbuilding.

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

The galley aboard a new fishing boat built by J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. She is possibly the "Royal Pacific" that was launched at Martinac May 5, 1951. Ordered by Martinac Shipbuilding. The cabinets and tile counters look very like a residential kitchen. (TNT, 5/6/1951, p.B-2; 5/8/1951, p.3) TPL-9042

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma); Galleys (Ship kitchens)

A group of men on the "Crusader", a tuna clipper, during her trial run. She was 105' x 25.5' x 15' with a wooden hull. The "Crusader" was built for Capt. John W. Cardosa (on the left), designed by James J. Petrich (on the right). John G. Cardosa was one of the principal owners of the boat. Third from the left is John Breskovich, president of Puget Sound Boat. Earl M. Nielsen, president-general manager of the California Tuna Canning Co., San Diego, for whom the Crusader would fish, is third from the right. Ordered by Junge-McGregor Company, Seattle. (TNT, 6/17/1951, p.B-2; Pacific Fisherman August 1951, p.16) TPL-9046

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Puget Sound Boat Building Corp. (Tacoma); Ship trials--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960; Cardosa, John W.; Petrich, James J.; Breskovich, John; Nielsen, Earl M.;

Several open containers have been built using plywood. The narrower ends have been secured with metal rods and nuts to strengthen the joints. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Equipment; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);

A man is using a forklift to move a large number of small pieces of wood into a large vat made of plywood at West Coast Chair. The vat has been made with plywood. A lid to the vat stands open at the back. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Equipment; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); West Coast Chair, Inc. (Tacoma);

Launching of "Miss California" at Peterson Boat Building Company. Portrait of Captain Manuel Sousa, Mrs. Sousa with a bouquet of roses and Teres Sousa, daughter of Miss California's captain, with an orchid corsage and the ceremonial champagne bottle, and George Peterson, general manager of Peterson Boat. (TNT, 5/13/1951, p.B-2; Pacific Fisherman, Sept, 1951, p.53)

Peterson Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Sousa, Teres; Sousa, Manuel; Sousa, Manuel--Family; Peterson, George J.;

Purex-Trend (Purex Corporation LTD), exterior view of building. Large warehouse type building. Semi trucks and trailers at loading dock.

Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Purex Corp. (Tacoma); Storage tanks--Tacoma;

An interior view of Columbia Breweries, Inc., showing the brewing equipment. The new brew house provided for two gleaming copper kettles in a tile setting. Here batches, or brews, of hundreds of barrels each were brought to a vigorous boil several times a day under the eye of the brewmaster, Anders W. Erikson, and his assistants. (TNT, 1/7/1952)

Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Columbia Breweries, Inc., bottling department, showing up-to-date, automatic bottling equipment. Four fillers could fill an average of 265 bottles per minute each. A line of cans winds from near the ceiling to the filling machine on the left. Two men can be seen behind the two filling machines on the right that are filling stubby glass bottles. (TNT, 1/7/1952)

Columbia Breweries, Inc. (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Brewing industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Assembly-line methods--Tacoma--1950-1960; Bottles;

A newly completed, one-story, single-family residence has been built with a full basement with garage doors. The upper level has been built using decorative concrete bricks. The end gable and visible side of the basement have been covered with cedar boards. Ordered by the Holroyd Company.

Concrete--Tacoma; Concrete products industry--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Holroyd Co. (Tacoma);

A small, one-story, single-family residence with a nearly flat roof has been built using cement blocks. Ruffled curtains look out of place against the stark exterior of the cement blocks. A chimney, also built of cement block, is seen over the roof. Ordered by the Holroyd Company.

Concrete--Tacoma; Concrete products industry--Tacoma; Houses--Tacoma--1950-1960; Holroyd Co. (Tacoma);

Studio set-up of hydraulic shear testing machine. Ordered by Globe Machine, Mr. Sutton. Globe Machine manufactured veneer, plywood and woodworking machinery. They were located at 301 East 11th Street. Calvin D. Bamford was president, Stuart Bryan was vice president, secretary and treasurer for the company at this time.

Machinery industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Machinery; Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

Nestle products display at Nalley's Sales Office featuring Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate morsels, Nestle's Toll-House cookie mix, Nestle's Quick, and Nestle's cocoa. Nalley's was appointed as a distributor of Crosse & Blackwell and Nestle institutional food products in Oregon, Washington and Western Montana in October 1961. Nalley's would distribute C & B and Nestle products to restaurants, hospitals, industrial caterers, schools and universities. Nalley's was the exclusive distributor for C&B in the Northwest. They were on a non-exclusive basis with Nestle. Nalleys was one of the largest food distributors in the Northwest. Ordered by Nalley's, Inc., Henry Willis. (TNT, 10/11,1961)

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Food--Tacoma--1940-1950; Cocoa industry--Tacoma; Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Welch board was being used in construction of a tuna clipper at Western Boat. Two men are completing the plywood covering over the upper deck of the fishing vessel. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Jack Leik. TPL-9052

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Western Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Plywood; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Detail of plywood testing at St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber warehouse. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Dave Countryman.

Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Plywood; Product inspection--Tacoma; Testing--Tacoma--1950-1960; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Launching the "Historic" at J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corporation. Sponsored by Mrs. Carl Silva, wife of the engineer-to-be and part owner, the new tuna clipper was built for Oliver Verissimo and Assoc. of San Diego TPL-9049

Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

New construction at Lakewood Center showing the use of hemlock. Additions to Lakewood Center began in May 1951. Lea, Pearson and Richards were the architects for the addition that would make room for a department store, a shoe store, candy shop and a bakery. A supermarket was to be included near a courtyard to connect with the present theater, dress shop, dining room and drug store. Ordered by St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber, Cordy Wagner. (TNT, 5/20/1951, p.C-15)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Building construction--Lakewood--1950-1960; Lakewood Community Center (Lakewood); Progress photographs; Shopping centers--Lakewood--1950-1960;

New construction at Lakewood Center showing use the of hemlock. This new addition to Lakewood Center was part of the long-range program to expand the center which was started in 1937. Ordered by St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber, Cordy Wagner. (TNT 5/20/1951, p.C-15)

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Building construction--Lakewood--1950-1960; Lakewood Community Center (Lakewood); Shopping centers--Lakewood--1950-1960;

Galvanizing operations at the Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation facilities in Seattle where iron or steel was coated with molten zinc to produce a coating of zinc-iron alloy. Long, narrow heated vats stand along the factory floor. A workman operates an overhead crane for lowering and lifting materials being galvanized. The crane can move horizontally along overhead rails. The company listed a Rolling Mill at 4001 28th Ave. S.W.; Bolt & Nut Dept. at 3800 Iowa Ave.; Tank Farm at 3301 26th Ave. S.W.; and a Mill Depot at 3845 26th Ave. S.W. Ordered by Bethlehem Steel, Bill Briscoe.

Factories--Seattle; Steel industry--Seattle; Hoisting machinery; Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. (Seattle);

Workmen are attaching steel components to an overhead crane to move the large pieces of metal throughout the galvanizing department. Ordered by Bethlehem Steel, Bill Briscoe.

Factories; Steel industry; Hoisting machinery; Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp. (Seattle);

Group of four men for General Mills.

General Mills, Inc., Sperry Division (Tacoma); Flour & meal industry--Tacoma;

Plywood veneer production at the Bellingham Plywood Company. After the veneer is cut from the peeler log and the moisture content is regulated, the veneer is again graded. At the glue spreader, the cross-banding veneer is covered with an even coat of glue and sheets are assembled with alternate dry veneer in three, five and seven ply panels. Workers pictured above are building up the layers of plywood. Man to the far right is the glue machine operator, a highly skilled position. ("The Plywood Age" by Robert M. Cour)

Plywood; Lumber industry--Bellingham--1950-1960;

Stand-by crane at St. Regis. This crane, manufactured by Ederer Engineering in Seattle, is able to move loads up and down nearly two stories inside this tall building along a horizontal trolly near the roof line of the building.

Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hoisting machinery; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;

The tuna clipper Mona Lisa, built by J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding, as pictured in February of 1951. The Mona Lisa was under the direction of the industry's youngest skipper, 23 year old Joe Correia. The 118 ft. wooden hulled tuna clipper was valued at $320,000. The ship carried a crew of 15 and had a refrigeration capacity of 230 tons. The Mona Lisa was powered by a 615 HP superior diesel with two 150 HP GM diesels for auxiliaries. She cruised at 11 knots and had a 40,000 gallon fuel capacity. The Mona Lisa was launched on February 10, 1951 with Mrs. Joseph Correia, Sr. as sponsor. Completion of the ship was expected in one month. (TNT 2/11/1951, pg. B-6) TPL-9033

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

The "Golden Glow" fishing vessel built by Peterson Boat Building Company. The boat, moving through water with crew aboard, was photographed on February 12, 1951.

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1950-1960; Peterson Boat Building Co. (Tacoma);