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;

Extension of Sperry Flour Milling Co.

Sperry Flour Milling Co. (Tacoma);

Sperry Flour Milling Co. loading extension

Sperry Flour Milling Co. (Tacoma);

In 1943, Magic Foods Inc. opened a plant in Tacoma at 617 E. 25th St. to prepare quick-frozen, ready-to-serve dishes. This photograph shows Chef Ray Seger and his wife, Eunice, preparing one of his carefully tested recipes. Ready cooked dishes were aimed at busy housewives and war workers who did not have enough time to prepare more traditional meals. The five ready cooked meals available in July of 1943 were baked beans, green lima beans and ham, beef hash, chili con carne, and chicken a la king. Before becoming the chef for Magic Foods, Mr. Seger had been a chef at several of Tacoma's better restaurants. (T.Times, 7/30/1943, p.11; TNT, 7/29/1943, p.24)

Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Magic Foods, Inc. (Tacoma); Seger, Ray; Seger, Eunice;

Sperry Flour Co. Flour milling is one of the oldest industries in the Northwest. Sperry Flour Division in Tacoma was just one plant of the many throughout the West. The Tacoma plant did most of the international exporting. The company celebrated its 92nd anniversary this year. Exterior view of plant.

Flour & meal industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; General Mills, Inc., Sperry Division (Tacoma);

Nalley's original plant in downtown Tacoma at Puyallup Avenue & "D" Street. Built in 1929 by J.E. Bonnell & Son, contractors, the huge factory opened in February of 1930. Walker-Wilkeson cut stone and brick from Clay City were used in the design. Nalley's would move to the 3000 block of South Lawrence in the 1940's when they outgrew the Puyallup Avenue plant. This building would be purchased by the Salvation Army for use as a social and rehabilitation center in 1953. TPL-5863

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1950-1960; Food industry--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Twelve Nalley's employees smile and pose in a group picture taken on September 23, 1950. For years Nalley's had a large display booth at the Western Washington Fair; presumably those in this photograph took their turn assisting customers and demonstrating Nalley's large variety of products. The seven women in the group all seem to wear crispy white uniforms; several have name tags: Ann Murray, Vivian Stebbins and Hilda Willis.

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Fairs--Puyallup--1950-1960; Group portraits;

Equipment installations, General Mills. A workman is ready to place another bag at the filling machine. One bag that has already been filled with Egg Mash and sewn shut is seen on the conveyor belt to the left of the sewing machine. Ordered by Mr. Meinecke.

General Mills, Inc., Sperry Division (Tacoma); Centennial Flouring Mills Co. (Tacoma); Flour & meal industry--Tacoma; Mills--Tacoma; Machinery; Mechanical systems--Tacoma; Sewing machines;

31st Anniversary of Nalley's Fine Foods. Mayor Val Fawcett, center, is flanked by company founder Marcus Nalley, right in photo, and company president L. Evert Landon; boxes of Nalley's products on floor (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Landon, L. Evert; Nalley, Marcus; Fawcett, Clarence Valdo, 1900-1965; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma)--Commemoration;

Nalley's Inc., founded by Marcus in 1918, celebrated its 31st anniversary in August of 1949. By then the company, which started by making potato chips, had grown to be a $10,000,000 per year business. Pictured, left to right, are Cecil Walrath, Joe Lehman, Cliff Wold, company founder Marcus Nalley, company president L. Evert Landon and Henry Willis.They are holding various Nalley's products, including: mayonnaise, "Tang" and "Lumber Jack Syrup." (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Business people--Tacoma--1940-1950; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nalley, Marcus; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma)--Commemoration; Walrath, Cecil; Landon, L. Evert; Willis, Henry; Lehman, Joe; Wold, Cliff;

Mayor C. Val Fawcett commended Nalley's and he stated he knew Marcus Nalley when he was selling his potato chips to housewives from a basket. By 1949 the company employed more than 600 people. View of visitors touring the Nalley Valley facilities; they are seeing a Nalley's employee work with the assembly-line method used in manufacturing the famous potato chips (T.N.T., 8/25/49, p. 34).

Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Potato chips; Spectators--Tacoma--1940-1950; Assembly-line methods--Tacoma; Anniversaries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma)--Commemoration;

Washington Co-operative Farmers' Association would be one of the country's finest and most modern feed mills constructed. The building was on 8-1/2 acres of the Hylebos waterway, this would facilitate future water transporting by sound and ocean going vessels. The facilities gave access to all transcontinental railroads. Exterior view of new feed mill for Washington Co-operative Farmers' Association.

Food storage buildings--Tacoma; Farming--Tacoma; Food industry--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma; Washington Cooperative Farmers Association (Tacoma);

The new feed mill was constructed with a concrete foundation and concrete structure, it was built by slip form method. The new Washington Co-operative Farmers' feed mill has a headhouse that reaches 163 feet above ground. They also have 10 large cylindrical storage bins that measure 18 feet in diameter and 105 feet deep; there are additional storage bins throughout the new building. Interior view of new Co-op feed mill.

Food storage buildings--Tacoma; Machinery; Equipment; Mills--Tacoma; Farming--Tacoma; Food industry--Tacoma; Washington Cooperative Farmers' Association (Tacoma);

Storage bins at the new feed mill help Washington farmers get the feeds they need in the amounts needed. The new mill also has an innovative weighing and packing machinery. These new modern machines are 99.9% accurate in packaging feed bags. Interior view of Washington Co-operative Farmers' Association feed mill; possibly possibly the feed and grains mixing machines.

Food storage buildings--Tacoma; Machinery; Equipment; Mills--Tacoma; Farming--Tacoma; Food industry--Tacoma; Washington Cooperative Farmers' Association (Tacoma);

Banquet at Carstens for retiring employee, O'Connell-Fagan, Denton. Emil T. Mortensen was retiring from Carstens Packing Company after 39 years. He started with Carstens in 1908 and served as floorman in the killing floor department. The entire department attended a steak dinner at the plant restaurant where Mr. Mortensen was presented a gold watch. Emil Mortensen is wearing the three-piece suit in the front row. His wife, Anna W., is next to him. Karl J. Maxwell, general manager of Carstens, is also in the front row with suit and bow tie. (T.Times, 8/25/1947, p.2)

Carstens Packing Co. (Tacoma); Meat industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Retirements--Tacoma--1940-1950; Employees--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mortensen, Emil T.; Mortensen, Anna W.; Maxwell, Karl J.;

In this photograph from September of 1947, workers at the Sperry Flour Company use sewing machines to sew 100 pound bags of flour closed after filling. The unidentified worker in the foreground weighs a bag on a scale with the sewing machine head next to his left hand. The line of work stations continues into the background. The Sperry Flour Company was on the waterfront in Tacoma on what is now Schuster Parkway. The flour operations at the mill ceased in 1965, and the last of the mill buildings was demolished in the late 1980s. TPL-8721

General Mills, Inc., Sperry Division (Tacoma); Centennial Flouring Mills Co. (Tacoma); Flour & meal industry--Tacoma; Mills--Tacoma; Machinery; Mechanical systems--Tacoma;

Shows flour sack being filled by machine. Brand of flour is Sperry's Golden Gate. This photograph was taken on October 2, 1947.

Flour & meal industry--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Potato chip and popcorn factroy, Nalley's, Henry Willis. Four lines of women work peeling potatoes, onions and carrots for one of Nalley's products, probably canned stew which was added to the product line during World War II. The work lines have automated peelers and a conveyor-belt system to carry away the peels. Large tubs of the peeled vegetables stand at the end of the line.

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Food--Tacoma--1940-1950; Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Assembly-line methods--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950;

In this photograph from August 1948, three unidentified employees carefully hand bag potato chips at the Nalley's plant at 3410 So. Lawrence St. Nalley's Inc. had its beginning in 1918 when Marcus Nalley started production of his by now famous Nalley's potato chips in his kitchen. What was once a one man operation covered the entire west coast by 1946. Production operations were located in Tacoma, Vancouver, B.C., and Spokane. In Vancouver a complete line of Nalley's products was made. In Spokane, manufacturing of potato chips was the main operation, and in Tacoma, two large factories, Nalley's on Puyallup Avenue and the affiliated plant of L & N Products at 3410 South Lawrence Street provided the bulk of the products sold in the western states. (T.Times, 1/9/1946) Henry Willis

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Food--Tacoma--1940-1950; Potato chips; Food industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Women--Tacoma--1940-1950; Assembly-line methods--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Four or Five displays at plant, Nalley's, Jack Walrath. Lumber Jack Syrup was available in several sizes. Here quart and gallon cans of syrup are displayed by stacking the cans on top of one another to form columns of the "Simply Delicious" syrup.

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

Fair booth, Nalley's, Mr. Willis. Nalley's' Tacoma location was 3410 South Lawrence Street. The front of Nalley's display at the Puyallup Fair this year featured a heavy line that formed a circle at one end, an arch highlighting a separate display of foods, ran under the sales counter and ended in a curl. A woman stands behind the counter ready to assist fair goers. Photographs of the processing at Nalley's plant hang above shelves of Tang salad dressing, pickles, beef stew, chili, mustard, horseradish, ketchup and hamburger relish. A sign hangs out over the archway again advertising Nalleys. "If it's Nalley's it's good" was their motto. TPL-5910

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Fairs--Puyallup--1940-1950; Merchandise displays--Puyallup; Condiments; Canned foods;

General Mills supervisors, Mr. Meinecke, Sperry Flour Division. Nineteen men from the company, all but one wearing overalls and hats for their work with two policemen. One of the men wears a suit and hat. Several of the white hats say, "GMI, Safety First" on them.

General Mills, Inc., Sperry Division (Tacoma); Flour & meal industry--Tacoma; Mills--Tacoma; Employees--Tacoma--1940-1950; Police--Tacoma--1940-1950;

View of construction workers working on the General Mills Sperry Division expansion project. The men appear to be measuring, cutting, reviewing plans and getting the building materials ready for the flour mill. The expansion project was approved in 1947 and should be completed this year.

Flour & meal industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Grains--Tacoma; Grain industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Grain elevators--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma; Remodeling--Tacoma; General Mills, Inc., Sperry Division (Tacoma);

General Mills Sperry Flour Division had experienced an increase in business, because of the Centennial fire. The company had steadily expanded throughout the years, but experienced a boom last year. Sperry was able to corner the market in national sales and international exports. Interior view of Sperry Flour plant, modern equipment allows them to process more of their products to fill the higher demands.

Flour & meal industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Grains--Tacoma; Grain industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Grain elevators--Tacoma; Remodeling--Tacoma; General Mills, Inc., Sperry Division (Tacoma);

Exposure of Nalley's 1952 Daffodil parade float with posing attendants at Nalley Valley. The Nalley float was titled "A Kings Castle," in keeping with the 1952 "King Alfred" theme. In 1923, The US Department of Agriculture suggested replacing the Puyallup Valley's dead and diseased hop crop with commercial bulbs and the reign of King Alfred began. Puyallup Valley soon became the world's top producer of daffodil bulbs. "Bulb Sunday" was born in 1926, when socialites were invited to go from field to field viewing the different varieties of daffodils. The tradition was going strong by 1932 when 80 - 100,000 people thronged the roads on "Bulb Sunday." It was discontinued in 1934 due to traffic congestion and the parade was suggested by Tacoma photographer Lee Merrill to take its place. ("A History of Pierce County, Washington" Vol. 1)

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1952 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Nalley's float in the 1952 Daffodil Parade makes the turn from 9th onto Pacific Ave. Nalley's won the second place award in the commercial division. Royalty is well represented on this float because the 1952 theme was "Alfred in Wonderland, " with reference to the King Alfred Daffodil- Puyallup Valley's most famous export. More than 1,000,000 blossoms were used in the parade which took more than four hours to complete from starting point in Tacoma until its termination in Sumner. (TNT 4-5-1952, pg. 1)

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1952 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Group shot of about 20 men at General Mills. The men are standing & kneeling behind a banner advertising General Mills cereals Cheerios, Kix and Wheaties.

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

Interior exposure of Nalley display with one woman by table filled with Nalleys products. Products also on shelves behind her. Nalley products featured are potato chips, mayonnaise, lumberjack syrup, chili and spaghetti dinner.

Nalleys, Inc. (Tacoma)--Products; Grocery stores--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Nalley's returned to the Western Washington Fair in Puyallup in 1952 with their recognizable display booth. The name, Nalley's, is spelled out in large letters over a slight awning with cut outs of people holding oversized Nalley products.

Nalley's, Inc. (Tacoma); Western Washington Fair (Puyallup); Fairs--Puyallup--1940-1950; Merchandise displays--Puyallup; Condiments; Canned foods;

Mechanization could relieve men from heavy labor in the loading dock at the Sperry Mill. One man moves bags of flour from a rotating delivery platform to a wooden pallet. A man with a fork-lift can transport the flour directly to the loading dock at the Sperry Ocean Dock. Ordered by General Mills.

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