New machinery at Titus Manufacturing Company, Mr. Leon Titus. A young workman is steam cleaning the bare block of a Ford "flathead" V8 engine at Titus Manufacturing Company engine rebuilding shop.

Machine Shops--Tacoma--1940-1950; Titus Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Engines; Automobile equipment & supplies; Vehicle maintenance & repair--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Dignitaries for the launching of "New Georgia" pose for a group portrait at Pacific Boat Building Company. The new 56 foot by 16 foot salmon seiner was built for the fleet of Tony and John Kuljis. Peggy Kuljis, center with the bottle of champagne, was the daughter of John Kuljis and sponsor at the launching ceremony. The fishing boat was designed by James J. Petrich. (TNT, 4/19/1950, p.13)

Pacific Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Launchings--Tacoma--1950-1960; Kuljis, Peggy;

The trucks advertise the company's fur service. The trucks are painted in two tones, light colored bodies with darker fenders. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Hal Dixon.

Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Dodge trucks; Cleaning establishments--Tacoma;

Opening of Stauffer Chemical Company. Several men are visiting one of the labs at the new Tacoma plant. Quality control was maintained with frequent tests. Research and development of the company's products was mainly carried out at their Los Altos, California, and Chauncey, New York, research centers. Ordered by Wilson & George Meyer & Company.

Stauffer Chemical Co. (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Laboratories--Tacoma;

Dexter's Machine at St. Regis Paper Company. During 1950 the pulp mill at Tacoma was expanded. St. Regis made kraft paper at six mills with a combined capacity of approximately 360,000 tons a year. Ordered by Bird Machine Company, South Walpole, Massachusetts, Mr. V. Fahlgren.

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

Signe Sutherland, Helen D. (Mrs. Larry) Harris and Elizabeth Robb (L-R) have their bags packed and are leaving Union Station for the 10th biennial convention of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs in San Francisco. They are reviewing the schedule while waiting for the next step of their journey. Ordered by the Tribune, Barbara Dana.

Railroad travel--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1950-1960; Luggage; Railroad stations--Tacoma; Union Station (Tacoma); Tacoma Business & Professional Women's Club (Tacoma); Sutherland, Signe; Robb, Elizabeth; Harris, Helen D.;

A Pennsalt guide explains to interested visitors how caustic-chlorine is created during Pennsalt's 100th anniversary open house. Despite its name, Pennsalt does not produce ordinary table salt. It does, however, produce caustic and chlorine from coarse gray California salt for pulp mills. Brine flows into cylinders and caustic soda drains off at the bottom with chlorine gas emerging from the top. These chemical products are then shipped back to California by tanker for a profit. (TNT 8-6-50, p.A-9, Seattle Times, 7-4-54, p.2)

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Pennsalt (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

A large display of drawings was exhibited at the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company of Washington's open house held at its tideflats plant on August 8, 1950. The display commemorates the 100th anniversary of the firm's parent company, Pennsalt, and shows a series of illustrations regarding its history.

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Pennsalt (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

View of fishing boat's shaft alley, this area is the distribution center for bait water, brine circulation and refrigeration control. Electric cables, steering control and propulsion shafting passes through the shaft alley. Interior view of "Conqueror" a newly built fishing boat; photo ordered by Charles F. A. Mann of Industrial Development Service, an advertising agency; possibly for a company catalog. TPL-8983

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Control rooms--Tacoma; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Advertising agencies--Tacoma; Advertising--Tacoma; Industrial Development Service (Tacoma);

Conqueror was being launched into Puget Sound, it was a fishing boat built in Tacoma. View of "Conqueror" with owners and crew aboard the newly built fishing boat; photo ordered by Charles F. A. Mann of Industrial Development Service, advertising agency. TPL-8982

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Advertising agencies--Tacoma; Advertising--Tacoma; Industrial Development Service (Tacoma);

Cheney Lumber Company. Men move large, cut timbers from a flat-bed truck onto railroad freight cars using long-handled hooks. The first Cheney stud mill was at National, Washington, near Eatonville. Mills were later established at Willapa Harbor, Vancouver, Chehalis and Tacoma. Later mills were established in Oregon and California as well. The eight foot 2" x 4" pieces he began creating from scrap lumber were first known as "shorts." Viewing this as a derogatory term, Ben Cheney conceived a new logo to be stamped on each stud, using the silhouette of a well endowed Belgian stud horse. He also painted the two-by-four ends with bright red wax for instant identification. His product was no longer a "short." It had become a "Cheney Stud." (Med Nicholson, "The Sou'wester", Fall, 2000) TPL-5674

Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Railroad freight cars--Tacoma; Shipping;

In 1950 Rainier Plywood became a co-operative plywood plant venture. The company did not change names and promised there would be no halt in production. As a co-op, every worker in the plant would be a share-holder; they also planned to increase production and increase the number of employees. Interior view of Rainier Plywood Company facilities, laborers are working on plywood panels; photo ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. TPL-9375

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Laborers--Tacoma; Plywood; Lumberyards--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Rainier Plywood Co. (Tacoma);

Northwest Syndicate Inc. was an electrical equipment manufacturing company located at 1321 A Street in downtown Tacoma. George F. Russell was the company's President and Julius W. Mann was the Vice-President. View of men looking at a 15 foot long by 5 foot high machine at Northwest Syndicate Inc. facilities; photo ordered by B. F. Goodrich Company in Seattle, Washington.

Machinery; Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma; Northwest Syndicate, Inc. (Tacoma);

Wheeler Osgood office interiors. Mr. Robert H. O'Neil was the assistant secretary at Wheeler Osgood at this time. The office walls are covered with plywood paneling and a highly-grained wooden door is open to the hallway. A file cabinet sits against the wall.

Wheeler, Osgood Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Offices--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Wheeler Osgood office interiors. A view of a smaller office at the plant's offices. The walls are covered with highly grained plywood paneling and the door is also. The desk is covered with a bloter and has a phone on the corner. One side chair sits against the wall and the floor is covered with linoleum.

Wheeler, Osgood Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Offices--Tacoma--1940-1950; Office furniture; Desks; Chairs;

Wheeler Osgood office interiors. A view of one of the offices at Wheeler Osgood with a large desk, two large windows with draperies and venetian blinds. There are guest chairs around the room and a shadow of a round table shows against the carpeting. The walls are covered in wood paneling. Florescent light fixtures are set at an angle to the corners of the room.

Wheeler, Osgood Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Offices--Tacoma--1940-1950; Office furniture; Desks; Chairs; Windows--Tacoma;

The purse seiner, "Sea Rose" was launched from the ship builders' yards, located at 202 Highline Road, but the vessel would not be completed for another month; two and a half months had already been spent on building the fishing boat. View of unidentified woman who was chosen to sponsor the launching of "Sea Rose", she is holding the champagne bottle which will be used to christen the boat and a beautiful bouquet of roses (T. Times, 1/10/49, p. 5).

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Champagne (Wine)--Tacoma; Roses; Kazulin-Cole Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

Mike Kazulin was the President of Kazulin-Cole Shipbuilding Corporation, the company's yards were located at 202 Highline Road near Tacoma's Hylebos Waterway. The purse seiner, "Sea Rose", was designed by Mike Kazulin and would be complete within the next month. View of a tugboat guiding "Sea Rose" for its trial run through Puget Sound (T. Times, 1/10/49, p. 5).

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Tugboats--Tacoma; Towing--Tacoma; Kazulin-Cole Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

Sea Rose measured 70 feet long, with a 19 foot 6 inch beam and displaces 90 tons. It had a 500 horsepowered General Motors diesel engine, and would house a crew of nine people in a deck house. This purse seiner was built for Peter Skarponi and John Zorovich of Gig Harbor. View of "Sea Rose" sliding into the water from the Kazulin-Cole Shipbuilding yards (T. Times, 1/10/49, p. 5). TPL-9213

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;Launchings--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fishing boats--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Kazulin-Cole Shipbuilding Corp. (Tacoma);

Valley Sales Pavilion was an animal and items auction center, located between Fife and Firwood on the Fife-Puyallup Road. People traveled throughout the state to buy their animals and other household goods at the auction. Interior view of lunch room at Valley Sales Pavilion and view of Mrs. J. W. Flood, Mrs. Lyle Foreman, Mrs. Phil Hartman, all of Auburn, and Caroline Deering of Tacoma, feeding the hungry farmers and animal buyers (T. Times, 12/26/48, p. 6).

Farm life--Tacoma; Employee eating facilities--Tacoma; Animal auctions--Tacoma; Dining rooms; Sandwich boards; Restaurant workers--Tacoma; Valley Sales Pavilion (Tacoma);

A four kiln unit building is being built at St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company, as part of their improvement plan. The kilns will be able to automatically stack lumber up to 12 feet high and 9 feet wide, and have a capacity of 2,500,000 board feet per month. Aerial view of St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company's kiln additions; four new drying kilns and concrete footings for green lumber storage in center (T. Times, 2/6/49, p. 17).

Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Kilns--Tacoma; Construction--Tacoma; Aerial views; Aerial photographs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma);

St. Regis Paper Company, Tacoma's pulp mill, was constructing two major additions at their industrial site. The additions being constructed are expected to cost the company an estimated $6,000,000, this is probably the largest single industrial expansion project in Tacoma in the coming year. The expansion project began shortly after World War II ended, the project is expected to be completed in 1949. Aerial view of St. Regis Paper Company, construction in progress. TPL-5706

Paper industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mills--Tacoma; Logs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Progress photographs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1940-1950; Aerial photographs;

Permanente Metals approaching the end of their first year of operations in Tacoma, which proved to be quite successful. Permanente's new research lab will be looking for ways to improve uses of this lightweight metal, increase aluminum production and the development of new products and product applications. Exterior view of Permanente Metals Corporation, laborer in foreground is hauling aluminum pigs using a forklift, workmen are walking by in background (T. Times, 8/23/48, p. 5)

Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma; Research facilities--Tacoma; Hoisting machinery; Aluminum industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Permanente Metals Corp. (Tacoma);

Four or Five displays at plant, Nalley's, Jack Walrath. Lumber Jack Syrup, made by Nalley's Inc., is displayed in octagonal tubs made of cardboard. Jars of the syrup are piled in the tubs with advertising that says it is "Simply Delicious".

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

Exterior view of Wheeler Osgood plant, on spec.Some of Wheeler Osgood's "multiplicity of smokestacks" are shown here along with their water tower. The company started in Tacoma in 1889 and was a mainstay on the Tacoma tideflats. They became the world's largest producer of wooden doors.

Wheeler, Osgood Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Factories--Tacoma--1940-1950; Smokestacks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Water towers--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Setting a 42 ton engine in a tuna boat using a 60 ton crane, Studio, Spec., Bob. The 600 h.p. Washington diesel engine is being set into a 121 foot funa clipper at the Port Piers. The boat was built by Puget Sound Boat Building Corporation, designed by James Petrich. Owners of the shipyard were John Breskovich and John Petrich. (T.Times, 10/23/1948, p.1) TPL-8981

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boat engines; Hoisting machinery; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puget Sound Boat Building Corp. (Tacoma);

Setting a 42 ton engine in a tuna boat using a 60 ton crane, Studio, Spec., Bob. A huge diesel engine weighing 43 tons was swung into a 121 foot tuna clipper by a Port Piers crane. It was the only crane in the harbor capable of handling such a heavy load. The boat was built by Puget Sound Boat Building Corp. for the French Sardine Company of San Diego that cost $350,000 when outfitted. The engine is being guided by Adrian Luchino, a Puget Sound Boat employee. (T.Times, 10/23/1948) TPL-8980

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Boat engines; Hoisting machinery; Fishing boats--Tacoma--1940-1950; Puget Sound Boat Building Corp. (Tacoma); Luchino, Adrian;

Truckload of Carsten's products being loaded on plane, O'Connell Ragan, Howard O'Connell. The propeller-driven airplane as being loaded with products from Carsten's through a door into the hold located behind the wings. Carsten's Packing Company were meat packers with locations in Tacoma, Spokane and Seattle. They advertised being the largest independent meat packers on the West coast.

Carstens Packing Co. (Tacoma); Meat industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Transport planes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Truckload of Carsten's products being loaded on plane, O'Connell Ragan, Howard O'Connell. A large Chevrolet truck is backed up to the airplane for loading. Several men stand on the air field, one wearing a meat handling apron, are possibly reviewing packing lists and instructions for handling. The airplane has an insignia on the tail and again by the front entry with the letters TW.

Carstens Packing Co. (Tacoma); Meat industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Transport planes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950;

In September of 1948 a large truck load of Carstens Meats products was loaded onto a Curtiss C-46 Commando cargo plane for air shipment. Carstens' went under a TC Brand and handled Kimberly beef, TC bacon, pork, lamb, Sweet-N-Tender ham, TC sausage, veal and canned meats. The Carstens Packing Company opened on Tacoma's tideflats at 1623 East J. Street in 1903. By 1905 Carstens was one of the largest slaughtering and packing houses on the west coast. In 1954 the Hygrade Food Product Corp. took over the Carstens Packing Company; they closed their Tacoma plant in 1990. The logo on the tail of the cargo plane may be the logo for Westair Transport.

Carstens Packing Co. (Tacoma); Meat industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Transport planes--Tacoma--1940-1950; Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950;