ca. 1936. An unidentified man wearing a cap and leather jacket stands beside a sleek two-door automobile parked in front of the Tacoma totem pole. The Mason Block building and top of the 11th Street Bridge are in the background. Richards Studio notes describe this photograph as "Dick Rodius." (WSHS)

Automobiles--1930-1940; Totem poles--Tacoma; Sheard & Thorne Totem Pole (Tacoma); Tacoma Totem Pole (Tacoma);

ca. 1932. Front view of an automobile parked in front of the Edward B. Rhodes Post, American Legion Memorial Building, an art deco structure designed by Heath, Gove and Bell, Architects in 1929. Since 1991, this building has been home to the Karpeles Manuscript Library. (filed with Argentum)

Automobiles--1930-1940; American Legion Edward B. Rhodes Post No. 2 (Tacoma); Patriotic societies--Tacoma--1930-1940;

ca. 1935. Three trucks with drivers parked in front of Davis Motor Truck Company. Davis Motor Co. manufactured Diamond T trucks. (filed with Argentum)

Davis Motor Truck Company (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1930-1940; Diamond T trucks;

This new oil delivery truck, with Clifford Griffin at the wheel, had just been purchased by the Griffin Fuel Company in August of 1940. It was made especially for quick small deliveries and had a visible recording meter. The Griffin Fuel Co. was a pioneer Tacoma firm founded in 1889. The truck is parked outside the company offices at 1910 Commerce Street. The building to the right was the Snoqualmie Falls Power Company Transfer House, 250 South 19th Street. The Transfer House is now part of the Library at the University of Washington Tacoma; the Griffin Fuel Co. building has been demolished. (T.Times 8-15-40, p. 4) (Additional identification provided by a reader)

Griffin, Clifford; Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Snoqualmie Falls Power Co. Transfer House (Tacoma);

Griffin Fuel Company truck and employees. Coal bunkers, Snoqualmie Falls Power Company Transfer House, 250 So. 19th St., on right.

Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Snoqualmie Falls Power Co. Transfer House (Tacoma);

Ace Furnace & Steel Co., truck loaded with two boilers, a fan and tanks. Ace Furnace was located at 3740 So. Union Ave. and was owned by Alvin T. Davies. Davies was also president of Birchfield Boilers. Ace manufactured industrial products out of steel. Their product list included boilers, furnaces, tanks and pre-fabricated gas stations.

Ace Furnace & Steel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Storage tanks--Tacoma; Metalworking--Tacoma; Signs (Notices);

Ace Furnace & Steel Co., truck loaded with two boilers, a fan and tanks. Ace Furnace was located at 3740 So. Union Ave. and was owned by Alvin T. Davies. Davies was also president of Birchfield Boilers. Ace manufactured industrial products out of steel. Their product list included boilers, furnaces, tanks and pre-fabricated gas stations.

Ace Furnace & Steel Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Storage tanks--Tacoma; Metalworking--Tacoma; Signs (Notices);

Truck loaded with castings at Atlas Foundry.

Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Atlas Foundry & Machine Co. (Tacoma); Foundries--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Flatbed truck with large casting on back in front of Atlas Foundry.

Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Atlas Foundry & Machine Co. (Tacoma); Foundries--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Consolidated Freightways Building, trucks parked at rear of building.

Consolidated Freightways, Inc. (Tacoma); Shipping--Tacoma--1940-1950; Loading docks--Tacoma; Trailers; Trucks--1940-1950;

Exterior -Packard Bell Co. Delivery trucks and vans stand ready at the Packard Bell Co., 2515 Tacoma Avenue South, on April 17, 1957. They provided in-home factory service and repairs of Packard Bell televisions. According to the 1957 City Directory, Hjalmer E. Olson was manager of the store. Packard Bell shared space in the building with the T.W. Heckel Co., also dealers in television equipment. Packard Bell had previously been located nearby at 2329 Tacoma Avenue South. Photograph ordered by Bozell & Jacobs.

Packard Bell Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Televisions--1950-1960;

Two new International Harvester trucks used by Tacoma City Light on display on March 29, 1941.

International Harvester Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma City Light (Tacoma);

ca. 1941. Abbott Petroleum Co.'s "Deluxe Gasoline" truck parked in front of company offices circa 1941. The Abbott Co. were distributors of Sunset Oil Co. products.

Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fuel trade--Tacoma--1940-1950; Abbott Petroleum Co. (Tacoma);

Mack truck & trailer from Northwest Hauling Co. for Tacoma Truck Sales. Industrial Tacoma and Albers Mill in the background.

Northwest Hauling Co. (Tacoma); Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Model Bakery's new truck in front of Olympic Ice Cream Store. Publicity for Titus Motor Company.

Business Enterprises - Food Industry - Bakers - Model Bakery Confectionaries - Olympic Ice Cream Store Truck Dealers - Ford Dealers - Titus Motor Company

Cab and trailer built by Highway Truck Equipment for Mr. Honeycup from Nalley's. Photograph taken on June 2, 1941.

Highway Truck Co. (Tacoma); Nalleys, Inc. (Tacoma); Trucks--1940-1950;

Several Wonder Bread delivery trucks are parked in a basement possibly belonging to Continental Baking Co. Metal carts full of loaves of bread are lined up behind the trucks. Heavy wooden beams hang from the ceiling of the brick basement. The large beams bisect smaller laminated joists. Photograph ordered by Woodlam, Inc., manufacturers of laminated wood products.

Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Bread--Tacoma; Laminated wood;

Rows of repair vehicles, with ladders attached, are parked in a large garage/carport in a July 19, 1958, photograph. Floor of the unit appears to be concrete; the ceiling and beams are made of laminated wood. Lamps dangle from the glue-lam beams. Photograph ordered by Woodlam, Inc.

Garages--Tacoma; Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; Woodlam, Inc. (Tacoma);

A large Dodge truck carrying a load of wooden crates covered with chicken wire is parked in front of a line of Pederson's Fryer Farms delivery vans. The driver's door is held open by Jack F. Kidd Sr. (left) while he has a discussion with Joseph (Jack) M. Pederson Jr. They may be talking about the chickens on board. Pederson's employed 88 people, including fifteen delivery drivers. The company, owned by J.M. (Jody) and Dorothy Pederson, had opened a newly enlarged fryer plant in June, 1958. It was a thriving business for many years; later the firm was sold to the Foster Farms Company in 1996. Photograph ordered by Pederson's Fryer Farms. (TNT 6-19-58, A-4, TNT 6-22-58, B-13)

Pederson's Fryer Farms (Tacoma); Chicken industry--Tacoma; Dodge trucks; Crates--Tacoma; Kidd, Jack F.; Pederson, Joseph M.;

Ford Wonder Bread trucks are parked in a vaguely circular shape in the Continental Baking Co.'s vast parking lot on Sprague Ave. They would make deliveries of freshly baked Wonder Bread and other Continental products to local stores. The large number of trucks ensured that there would be no delay in delivering the baked goods in time for the stores' earliest customers. Sepia photograph ordered by Continental Baking Co.

Continental Baking Co. (Tacoma); Ford trucks;

ca. 1926. A new 1926 Moon Jubilee 6-60 grinds up the steep So. K Street hill, showing off the strength of the new automobile. The Moon Jubilee was created to celebrate 20 years of automobile manufacturing by the Moon Motor Co. (1905-1929) of St. Louis, Mo. The vehicle, which sold for under $1,000, had European styling with a Continental motor. The local agent for Moon cars was the Bye Thompson Motor Sales Co., 3320 So. G St. The So. K St. hill, heading north from Center St., was often used to test the prowess of new cars. This portion of the road closed around 1960. A residence and the spire of Holy Rosary church can be seen in the background. (filed under Argentum)

Automobiles--1920-1930; Bye Thompson Motor Sales Co. (Tacoma); Moon automobiles; Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1920-1930; Dirt roads--Tacoma--1920-1930;

ca. 1926. Men gather along the side of the road to cheer on the 1926 Moon Jubilee 6-60 as it powers its way up the So. K St. hill. The Moon Jubilee was manufactured in 1926 to celebrate 20 years of car manufacturing by the Moon Motor Co. of St. Louis, Mo. The automobile, according to advertising at the time, featured European styling adapted to American driving needs and sold for under $1,000. The dealer for the automobile in Tacoma was the Bye Thompson Motor Co., R. Bye Thompson president, at 3320 So. G St. The So. K St. Hill climb started at Center St. and headed north. It was closed around 1960. (filed under Argentum)

Automobiles--1920-1930; Bye Thompson Motor Sales Co. (Tacoma); Automobile dealerships--Tacoma--1920-1930; Moon automobiles; Dirt roads--Tacoma--1920-1930;

Alan Buchan and his large staff of delivery truck drivers posed outside the Buchan's Baking Company bakery at 3802 Yakima Avenue South on October 11, 1958. The Buchan family had been in the bakery business in western Washington since 1913. The Buchan bakery in Tacoma opened in 1955 when they purchased the Morning Fresh Bakery at the corner of 38th and Yakima Avenue South. The building was originally built in 1919. The patriarch of the Buchan family business became a baker at the age of 14 in his native Scotland. The bakery was known for their "Bonnie Good Bread Baked in Tacoma" which was made of the choicest Northwest wheat and enriched with protein and vitamins. The Tacoma Buchan's was owned and operated by Alan G. Buchan; it closed in 1968 and the building has since been demolished. (Photograph ordered by Buchan's Baking Co.) TPL-9897

Buchan's Baking Co. (Tacoma); Bakeries--Tacoma--1950-1960; Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Wood paneled station wagon w/fire hydrant on left. The vehicle is parked in what appears to be a vacant lot.

Automobiles--Tacoma--1940-1950; Station wagons--Tacoma; Fire hydrants;

Line puller equipment mounted on a model F600 Ford truck, ordered by Morgan Power Apparatus of Des Moines, WA. This equipment was used for installing power lines.

Ford trucks; Electrical apparatus industry--1950-1960; Electrical apparatus;

A Veneer Chip Transport Kenworth truck and trailer, indicating capacity weight of under 36,000, is parked outside the St. Regis plant on Portland Avenue on April 11, 1960. The photograph would be used for advertising. Photograph ordered by Kenworth Motor Truck Co., Seattle.

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

Four new and old GMC trucks parked outside of Turner Towing on June 24, 1961. The tow trucks are ready to assist travelers with their automobile troubles. Each truck is clearly marked with the company's phone number, MA7-0077, and company symbol, a dragon with the words "White Drag-In" written on the truck doors. A large neon sign is attached to the two-story building housing the Turner Towing Co. Photograph ordered by Irwin-Jones Motor Co.

Trucks--Tacoma--1960-1970; Turner Towing Co. (Tacoma);

Truck #520 is loaded with logs and on its way to St. Regis' Tacoma plant in July, 1962. The harvested logs were taken from the company's tree farms in the Mineral-Morton area. Photograph ordered by Malcolm McGhie, industrial consultant, New York. This picture was used in the St. Regis Paper Co.'s 1962 Annual Report. (1962 St. Regis Paper Co. Annual Report, p. 25)

Trucks--1960-1970; Logs; St. Regis Paper Co. (Mineral);

A fleet of six new International Harvester trucks on display at Dougherty & Zion, logging and general contractors, 3410 Lincoln Avenue, on July 28, 1962. Extra wheels are loaded on top along with the hitch. These International Harvester units were to be used for hauling massive logs from various logging operations. See D135351-3 for photograph of truck in use. Photograph ordered by International Harvester Co.

Trucks--Tacoma--1960-1970; International Harvester Co. (Tacoma);

A look at the new lighted car lot belonging to Walker Chevrolet on April 24, 1964. The 40,000 sq.ft. lot is packed with Chevrolet trucks and automobiles, both new and used. Walker Chevrolet would be welcoming the Tacoma Giants with a "giant" opening celebration. A half-page ad in the May 1, 1964, News Tribune indicated that autographed free baseballs as well as many other prizes would be given away. Walker Chevrolet had been at its Division Ave. location since 1934. In the picture's background are the Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church and on Tacoma Ave. So., the Romanesque First Presbyterian Church. (TNT ad 5-1-64, p. A-4, B-2)

Walker Chevrolet Co. (Tacoma); Chevrolet trucks; First Presbyterian Church (Tacoma); Tacoma Bible Presbyterian Church (Tacoma);