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- 1939-02-03
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Mountain Lumber Co. Stacks of lumber with large crane in between them.
Mountain Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;
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Mountain Lumber Co. Stacks of lumber with large crane in between them.
Mountain Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;
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This photograph of the Mountain Lumber Company, located at 919 East F Street on the Tacoma tideflats, was taken on February 3, 1939. Paul Billings, born in Lyndon, Kansas, moved to Tacoma in 1920 and opened the Mountain Lumber Co. in 1924. The mill was rebuilt after it burned in a spectacular fire in 1931. In January of 1950 Mountain Lumber was purchased by the Dickman Lumber Company.
Mountain Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;
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Mountain Lumber Co. Paull Billings - Manager. Small building in front with trestle and lumber piles around it.
Mountain Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940;
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Logs in water - 2 ships in background.
Lumber;
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Fallen piles of wood - 2x4, 2x6, etc.
Lumber;
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St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company milled lumber used by 20th Century Construction Company in building DeLong School. View of wood beams in early construction phase.
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St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company milled lumber used by 20th Century Construction Company in building DeLong School. Worker placing lumber on top of wood beams. Early construction phase.
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St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company milled lumber used by 20th Century Construction Company in building DeLong School. Interior view of office building or house. Plan for school on panel; signs leaning against wall describing concrete subfloors.
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St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company milled lumber used by 20th Century Construction Company in building DeLong School. View from off-site of building under construction with rough framing and roof beams in place.
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Plywood was used for sheathing and concrete forms during construction at the new Custer School. The school was designed by Lea, Pearson & Richards. The building was dedicated September 30, 1953. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Reinforced concrete construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; Custer School (Lakewood);
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An operator for Douglas Fir Plywood is recording the results of a test performed on small plywood samples.
Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Testing--Tacoma; Recording & registration--Tacoma; Research facilities--Tacoma; Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);
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An operator for Douglas Fir Plywood stamps each sheet of plywood in a stack with "EXT-DFPA" denoting the grade and quality of plywood. The Douglas Fir Plywood Association stood behind the designations they developed to assure quality of the products distributed by their members.
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma)--Products; Plywood;
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A young man is building a cabinet or desk. Legs that look like pipes are sticking straight up as he tightens a screw in one of the supporting members.
Plywood; Woodworking--Tacoma--1950-1960;
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A young man is building a cabinet. He is drilling holes in the top, opening corner of the two doors and will be attaching bumpers to keep the doors shut until the owner wants to open them. The legs have been added with a decorative U-shape on the outside of the box portion of the cabinet.
Plywood; Woodworking--Tacoma--1950-1960;
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A young man is building a cabinet. He has attached an adjustable clamp to hold a board in place while he adds a screw from the other side to hold it. Small amounts of glue have squeezed out where the plywood and milled wood are attached.
Plywood; Woodworking--Tacoma--1950-1960;
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Workmen are moving a section of plywood form into position in preparation to pouring a reinforced cement wall. Carstens Packing Company can be seen over the forms in the distance. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma); Construction--Tacoma--1940-1950; Reinforced concrete construction--Tacoma--1940-1950;
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A hanging, mobile sign promoting Douglas Fir Plywood. Ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.
Plywood; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);
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An unidentified man brushing a sealer on the bottom of a plywood coffee table as a primer. The legs, made of dowling stand up from the table. A work bench fitted with a wood vice is standing behind him in his workshop.
Plywood; Woodworking--Tacoma; Men--Tacoma--1950-1960; Coffee tables; Workshops--Tacoma;
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An unidentified man is smoothing the top of a plywood coffee table using steel wool. A work bench fitted with a wood vice is standing behind him in his workshop.
Plywood; Woodworking--Tacoma; Men--Tacoma--1950-1960; Coffee tables; Workshops--Tacoma;
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The Douglas Fir Plywood Association presented a display showing how plywood was made and some of its many uses in the Washington Hall in Portland, Oregon.
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Portland); Exhibition buildings--Portland; Exhibitions--Portland;
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The Douglas Fir Plywood Association presented a display showing how plywood was used by several industries in the Northwest including the boat and ship industry, heavy construction, home building and on farms.
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Portland); Exhibition buildings--Portland; Exhibitions--Portland;
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The Douglas Fir Plywood Association presented a display showing how plywood was used by several industries in the Northwest in the Washington Hall in Portland, Oregon. Washington Hall was part of an earlier exposition in Portland. The hall where the display was housed has been built with columns the look like the trunks of trees. Sky lights in the roof allow plenty of natural light into the interior of the large hall.
Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Portland); Exhibition buildings--Portland; Exhibitions--Portland;
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Men are loading logs onto railroad freight cars using a large crane. The cables for the high line yarder are attached to a tree behind the machinery and a wide grill has been set between two logs attached to the cables to protect the operator from a log swinging into him. Ordered to show lumber camp activities.
Loggers; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hoisting machinery;
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A man on the left operates a high line yarder to move logs onto railroad freight cars while another man standing on a log to the right directs his movements. Photograph ordered to show lumber camp activities.
Loggers; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Hoisting machinery;
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An elevated view of a lumber camp showing several rows of bunk houses and several small houses as well as a couple of larger buildings, possibly the mess hall and machine shops. TPL-2040
Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;
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ca. 1952. The Cheney Studs baseball team brings new meaning to the term "farm team" by playing on an actual farm, with spectators sitting on a low barn or shed roof. The players wear the striped uniform with the stud logo over the heart. The stud logo is in reference to the 8 ft. 2x4 manufactured by Ben Cheney's company called a Cheney stud, credited with standardizing architecture in the U.S. In addition to the batter, a catcher and umpire can be seen. TPL-7911
Cheney Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Lumber industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Baseball--Tacoma--1950-1960; Baseball players--Tacoma--1950-1960;
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Elevated view of Tacoma Fire Station No. 16 under construction. Workers install roof sheathing by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Narrows Bridge and old Highway 16 in background. Area just being developed. This $24,000 structure at 6th Ave and Meyer St. was dedicated on July 20, 1952. The 12 man crew and one engine provided fire protection to the Highlands district from Stevens St. to the Narrows bridge and also to 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);
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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);
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Exposure of "concentrated load test" at DFPA lab. Scientists measure results as several 50 pound weights, totaling 500 lb., are place on top of a circle of plywood. Random testing of the plywood produced in all mills provided quality control. Two laboratories, one in Tacoma and another in Eugene, conducted a continuing program of testing and research funded and supported by the industry itself.
Plywood industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Testing; Experiments; Douglas Fir Plywood Association (Tacoma);
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In May of 1936, L. A. Case, peeking around the tree on the left, and Jack Kasbaum, on the right, used a long, crosscut saw, called a "Misery Whip", to fell a 750-year-old fir tree near Kent. An 18 foot section from the tree made a nation wide tour to advertise Washington state finishing at the Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, expositions. The day appears hot and Jack Kasbaum's undershirt is stained with sweat and dirt from his exertions. Although expert loggers, the two spent an entire day at work; careful to keep the bark and tree intact in its fall to earth. The bottle on the left of the picture is filled with kerosene oil, used to cut the pitch which gathers on the saw. The tree stood over 200 feet high and was nine feet in diameter. After a two year search, it was selected as a typical Northwest timber tree.The section of tree was bound with heavy steel bands and mounted on a semi trailer for its tour. The "Washington to Texas" tour also featured displays from Northwest manufacturers and stopped in hundreds of cities before reaching the Texas exposition. Afterward, the tour made a circuit of the principal Eastern cities.(T.Times 5/6/1936). for more images of the same event see T96 images 1 & 3
Lumber industry--Tacoma--1930-1940; Firs; Loggers; Case, L.A.; Kasbaum, Jack;