The figure of a logger is starkly outlined in black as he descends a spar pole. His steel tipped shoes assist in keeping himself steady. The belt circling the pole is used to keep him from falling. The spar pole has multiple cables that are used for yarding logs from surrounding strands of trees. This photograph was taken on September 12, 1958, in Port McNeil, British Columbia. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant.

Loggers; Lumber industry--Canada;

On October 6, 1958, a dairy farmer, possibly Kenneth Dedle, demonstrated a Chore-Boy Roll-O-Measure rigid weigh jar which appears to be filling up with milk. The weigh jar, among many other approved models, was used by both the dairyman and the DHI (Dairy Herd Improvement) programs to weigh the amount of milk each cow produced. Also, the weigh jars had a sampling valve that allowed for a milk sample to be obtained from each cow which was analyzed for milk fat and other components. The dairyman was then able to make management decisions about his herd. The Roll-O-Measure was manufactured in Cambridge City, Indiana. Sepia photograph ordered by Washington Cooperative Farmers Association. (Additional information on Chore-Boy Roll-O-Measure was provided by a reader)

Dairying; Milk; Washington Cooperative Farmers Association (Tacoma);

Washington Cooperative Farmers Association's Feed Mill. The Co-op spent a million dollars in the late 1940's to construct the modern feed mill pictured above. The feed mill would utilize the most modern techniques to blend and weigh its grains. In addition, a bulk feed unit was constructed where the feed could be funneled directly into waiting delivery trucks or rail cars. The Washington Co-op had been serving the Tacoma area since 1920. Its feed mill manufactured much of the formula feeds used by Western Washington members. As the Co-op continued to grow, new additions were made to improve efficiency including eight huge tanks added to the bulk feed loading-out line to increase storage by 50%. A completely new overhead conveying system was added to speed the handling from the mill to the truck. It made it possible to convey two different products simultaneously and increased the loading capacity from 40 to 100 tons per hour. (TNT 9-1-58, C-2)

Washington Cooperative Farmers Association (Tacoma); Food storage buildings--Tacoma; Shipping--Tacoma--1950-1960; Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960;

ca. 1959. The St. Regis Paper Co. kraft pulp and paper mill and multiwall bag plant at Tacoma, Washington. The plant was a major producing unit serving the western states. Late in 1959, construction was started to expand the pulp mill and install a second machine which would produce kraft paper and board, more than doubling the output of the mill. The new kraft paper and paper board machine was 130 feet wide and 630 feet long. It would require 150 additional employees at a payroll of 3/4 million dollars. Additions were being made to the steam and recovery plants, pulp mill (left) and to the paper mill (right.) (St. Regis Paper Co. Annual Report- 1959; TNT 11/5/1959, pg. 1)

Paper industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Mills--Tacoma; Logs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1950-1960;

Stock footage, 1964. City skyline in background, looking onto Tideflats area. Taken apparently on a dark, cloudy day in November, 1964, this is a small glimpse into Tacoma industry. Railroad tracks run parallel to this waterway. Steam from a plant rises to blend into the cloudy sky.

Railroad tracks--Tacoma--1960-1970; Waterways;

A man is photographed on March 3, 1964, studiously perusing a Drop-in Art sheet from the Weyerhaeuser Registered Home Advertising Service. Besides the Drop-in Art sheets, proof & tear sheets, Weyerhaeuser ads, home designs, and art pages were available along with the large Advertising Catalog. Photograph ordered by the Weyerhaeuser Co.

Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Tacoma); Advertising--Tacoma--1960-1970;

Boat under construction. Tacoma Boat Building was under contract to build U.S. Navy aluminum gunboats in 1964. Four gunboats were under construction under two separate contracts. Tacoma Boat would win a $6,731,046 contract to build three more motor gunboats in January, 1965. The lightweight aluminum hulls on these patrol boats would permit operations in relatively shallow waters. They were designed to operate offensively on patrol blockades and surveillance missions. Constructed of aluminum, the boats would be 165 feet long with 25-foot beams and be equipped with 3" gun and 40 mm gun. View of Tacoma Boat Building employee in mid-October, 1964, working with long pieces of aluminum. Photograph ordered by Reynolds Metals Co., Los Angeles, for company's annual report. (TNT 1-15-65, A-1)

Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Aluminum;

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;

Logging operation scenes from Rayonier, Inc., Grays Harbor. Workers are supervising the hoisting of large logs onto open railroad cars. Once properly situated, the metal chains across the logs will be tightened to prevent slipping. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Hoisting machinery; Logs;

Rayonier, Inc., timber industry scenes, Grays Harbor. Logs are being hoisted onto open railroad cars as Rayonier, Inc., employees gather to watch in July, 1964. This activity probably occurred at Rayonier's large tree farm in Grays Harbor. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York.

Lumber industry--Grays Harbor--1960-1970; Rayonier, Inc. (Grays Harbor); Hoisting machinery; Logs;

Scenes from Potlatch Forests, Inc., pulp and paper operations, Lewiston, Idaho. A kneeling employee of Potlatch Forests, Inc., examines one roll on the C-fold facial tissue line at the Idaho facility. There may have been 200 rolls running, extending the length of the September, 1964, photograph. As each roll would unwind around the rollers folding into a c pattern, it would run along the bottom and go through the saw house. They were cut down to size prior to being put into facial tissue boxes. This machine was later phased out as it was replaced by the I-fold machines that made the interfolding facial tissue. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. ALBUM 15. (Additional information on the C-fold facial tissue line & process provided by a reader)

Lumber industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Paper industry--Idaho--1960-1970; Potlatch Forests, Inc. (Lewiston, ID);

In June of 1965, Douglas Tenzler was photographed standing next to a section of an old growth Douglas fir, almost 13 feet in diameter, which was installed outside of the new Flora B. Tenzler Memorial Library at 6300 Wildaire Road SW in Lakewood, one of the branches of the Pierce County Library system. The cross section of fir used to stand outside the entrance of the Northwest Door Company when Herman E. Tenzler was president of the company. The enormous old growth tree was cut on the company's timber holdings near Packwood in 1946. The log monument was officially unveiled on July 1, 1965, in a Lakes Summer Festival ceremony by its donor, Herman E. Tenzler. The library is named in honor of Mr. Tenzler's late wife. Photograph ordered by Cole & Weber Advertising. TPL-6598 (TNT 7-1-65, A-9)

Logs; Tree stumps--Lakewood--1960-1970; Flora B. Tenzler Memorial Library (Lakewood);

St. Regis Paper Co. president and CEO William R. Adams stands next to enormous rolls of (kraft) paper on June 15, 1965, during a visit to the company's Tacoma plant. Adams, of New York, was in Tacoma along with Chrm. of the Board Roy Ferguson for dedication ceremonies commemorating the grand opening of the company's new $5,000,000 veneer plant and studmill. He would speak to 400 invited guests at a luncheon held at the plant site. Photograph ordered by St. Regis Paper Co., New York. (TNT 6-16-65, p. 1)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Adams, William R.;

Informal portrait of St. Regis Paper Co. president and CEO, William R. Adams. Mr. Adams paid a visit to the company's Tacoma plant in mid-June, 1965. He stands with his arms crossed near rolls of (kraft) paper. He and Chairman of the Board Roy Ferguson were present for the dedication of St. Regis' new veneer plant and studmill. The new studmill had an annual capacity of 40 million board feet. The veneer plant used peeler logs for its plywood plants in Tacoma and Olympia. Photograph ordered by St. Regis Paper Co., New York. (TNT 6-16-65, p. 1)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Adams, William R.;

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);

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);

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);

Quality control testing in the bulk grain storage, photograph ordered by the Washington Co-op. The uniformed man is selecting samples of the grain in the compartments of a long pole. The length of the pole is perhaps due to the need to test samples from the core of the pile of grain.

Washington Cooperative Farmers Association (Tacoma); Grain elevators--Tacoma; Mills--Tacoma; Food storage buildings--Tacoma; Product inspection; Food adulteration & inspection; Testing;

One man saw set up at St. Paul & Tacoma, Olympia, ordered by Globe Machinery Manufacturing Co. of Tacoma. Photograph shows "skinner end with tilt lift tilted." The saw was used for cutting sheets of plywood. Globe Machinery was founded in the early 1900s by Jesse Bamford, an English immigrant. In 1917, when his son Calvin Sr. took over the business, he focused specifically on designing and manufacturing machines for the developing forest products industry. The firm designed hundreds of machines for high efficiency veneer, plywood and board production. The address listed on their letterhead is 701 East "D" St. The company maintained a plant at 301 East 11th St. from 1929-1988.

St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Olympia); Lumber industry--Olympia--1950-1960; Plywood; Machinery industry--Tacoma; Machinery; Equipment; Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

One man saw set up at St. Paul & Tacoma, Olympia, ordered by Globe Machinery Manufacturing Co. of Tacoma. The saw is used in plywood production. The plywood is moved on the conveyor belt to the left and one man can operate the machine using the electronic controls mounted to the right of the platform. Globe Manufacturing, founded in the early 1900s, designed and manufactured equipment for the veneer and plywood industry.

St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Olympia); Lumber industry--Olympia--1950-1960; Plywood; Machinery industry--Tacoma; Machinery; Equipment; Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1960. Aerial photograph of the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. in 1960 Richards Studio's stock footage. This Tacoma plant, opened in 1929, covered nearly 40 acres of tideflats on the Hylebos Waterway. A ship is docked ready to transport Pennsalt's chemical products. TPL-6578

Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co. of Washington (Tacoma); Chemical industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Aerial photographs;

The Brynn Foss tug gently guides the MSC-290 minesweeper, Gannet II, after its launching on May 26, 1960, at Tacoma Boat Building. It would be commissioned in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard a year later, on July 11, 1961, and eventually be sent to monitor the waters of Japan and Vietnam. The MSC-290 was the sixth of seven coastal mindsweepers built by Tacoma Boat Building under contract with the Navy. It was christened by Mrs. F.P. Luongo. (TNT 5-27-60, p. 3)

Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tugboats--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);

A Towmotor forklift operator keeps his eye on the plywood pallet on which several large bags of Mariposa brand products are being transported in this August 9, 1961, photograph. This portion of the General Mills warehouse appears loaded with bags of White Rose and other brands of flour. Photograph ordered by Cole & Weber.

Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Hoisting machinery; Flour & meal industry--Tacoma;

Logs are being lowered via wire rope at Rayonier logging operations in Sappho in July, 1961. Steel lines are attached to the spar. Photograph ordered by Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp., Seattle.

Logs; Lumber industry--Sappho;

ca. 1961. Engine #120, with an exhaust of smoke, travels with a full load of logs probably bound for the St. Regis Paper Co. sawmill in Klickitat, Washington, circa 1961. From there the finished lumber would be shipped via railroad cars. (scan from original negative, no print on file)

St. Regis Paper Co. (Klickitat); Lumber industry--Klickitat; Railroad locomotives--1960-1970; Logs;

Chip feeder in operation at St. Regis Paper Co. May, 1961, photograph of one of the chip feeders on wheels employed at the St. Regis Paper Co. plant in Tacoma. Pounds of wood chips accumulate on wooden shelf. Photograph ordered by Improved Machinery, Inc.

St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Machinery;

Western Gear Corporation of Seattle installed new machinery at St. Regis Paper Co. Tacoma plant on October 13, 1961. View of machine with mountain of pulp-mill chips in background. The kraft mill stored outdoors piles of the chips, most of them purchased from local plywood and sawmills.

Machinery; Western Gear Corp. (Seattle); St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970;

The Samuel M. Langston Co. of Camden, N.J., made equipment for the corrugated container industry for over 100 years. View of Langston machinery at the St. Regis Paper Co. plant in September, 1961; machines may include the counter roll rewinder and/or shaftless rewind stand. Large roll of kraft paper on Langston machine. Northern Pacific boxcars conveniently located in rear of picture. Photograph ordered by the Samuel M. Langston Co.

Machinery; Paper industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; St. Regis Paper Co. (Tacoma)--1960-1970; Railroad freight cars--Tacoma;

The Masonic Temple's Fellowship Hall was packed with employees of the Northern Pacific Railway, their wives, railway officials, representatives of city, chamber and the South Tacoma Business Club, and railway medical staff on April 25, 1962, as the company enjoyed the annual awards banquet. Approximately 900 people were in attendance. View of long rows of tables; dais in background where dignitaries were seated. The South Tacoma Shops had won for the fifth time the annual President's Safety Award. Photograph ordered by Northern Pacific Railway. (TNT 4-26-62, B-9)

Northern Pacific Railway Co. (Tacoma); Banquets--Tacoma--1960-1970; Masonic Temple (Tacoma);

The minesweeper MSC-298 was successfully launched at Tacoma Boat Building on the evening of September 14, 1962. The 145-foot minesweeper was the 26th of its kind built for the Navy by Tacoma Boat since 1951. The ship weighed 372 tons when fully outfitted and had a 27-foot beam. Photograph ordered by Tacoma Boat Building Co. (TNT 9-15-62, p. 3)

Launchings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma);