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BOLAND-B10621

Two unidentified men gaze at giant wheel constructed at Coast Iron & Machine Works, 1117 Dock St., in August of 1924. The machinery firm was operated by J.A. McRae and R.C.McRae. G35.1-088


Coast Iron & Machine Works (Tacoma);

BOLAND-B11000

Three unidentified employees of Coast Iron & Machine Works pose in the firm's Dock St. plant on September 24, 1924. One man fits neatly inside one of Coast Iron's products. G35.1-087


Coast Iron & Machine Works (Tacoma);

A-2004

ca. 1926. A piece of machinery manufactured by the Rowland Valve Company, Seattle, Washington. (WSHS)


Machinery; Rowland Valve Co. (Seattle);

A-2006

ca. 1927. Rowland Valve Co. Machinery Dept., Seattle, Wa. (WSHS)


Machinery; Rowland Valve Co. (Seattle);

A2007-1

ca. 1927. Rowland Valve Company, Seattle, machinery department. View of machine shop with three men in suits. (filed with Argentum)


Machinery; Rowland Valve Co. (Seattle);

A2003-1

ca. 1927. Rowland Valve Company, Seattle, machinery department. View of machines with belts and pullys. (filed with Argentum)


Machinery; Rowland Valve Co. (Seattle);

A2002-1

ca. 1927. Rowland Valve Company, Machinery Department, Seattle. Interior view of machine shop. (filed with Argentum)


Machinery; Rowland Valve Co. (Seattle);

D19317-2

Mr. Cook and his house cleaning apparatus. Mr. Cook is using pressurized water to clean the exterior of a one-story house. The interior of his truck is shown with a generator to create the strong force of water necessary for this method of cleaning. The house being cleaned appears to be relatively new and has an unusual roofing material pattern.


Machinery; Cleaning personnel; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Houses--Tacoma--1940-1950; House cleaning;

D20900-1

DuCharme Belting and Rubber Conveyor Belt, machine to lift bricks up to brick layers. The machine is shown in use. Scaffolding is set near the wall for the workers to stand on and a brick is on the conveyor belt ready for a ride up to the current height of the wall. The conveyor belt is on wheels for easy placement during construction. Concrete blocks are also shown lying on the ground.


Machinery; Conveying systems--Tacoma--1940-1950; Bricklaying; Bricks;

A21011-22

Pacific Iron and Steel Works, Joseph E. Lansburg, 1602 Canal St. (now Portland Ave.) Manufacturing plant interior. Wheels connected to each other lie on a track to facilitate movement of materials throughout the machine shop.


Machine shops--Tacoma--1940-1950; Foundries--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Iron & Steel Works (Tacoma);

A21011-20

Pacific Iron and Steel Works, Joseph E. Lansburg, 1602 Canal St. (now Portland Ave.) Manufacturing plant interior. Machinery stands ready in a spacious workshop. Large windows line the wall at one side.


Machine shops--Tacoma--1940-1950; Pacific Iron & Steel Works (Tacoma);

D22557-12

A. H. Cox & Co. at St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. logging operation at Puyallup. The first meeting of the stockholders of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. took place on June 4, 1888. The first official officers were appointed at that time. View of five laborers in front of the Ollin-Chalmers machine.


Machinery; Laborers--Puyallup; Lumber industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Food; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co. (Tacoma); Loggers;

D24518-2

South Tacoma Welding. Several men are setting a double pole with the help of two trucks with pole-setting rigs/cranes on their flat beds. One of the men is standing up in the rigging.


Machinery; Equipment; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Vehicles--Tacoma--1940-1950;

A25048-1

Western Machine Works designed and built automatic labor saving machinery. They were owned and operated by Frank Schmidtz. View of machinery built by Western Machine Works.


Machinery industry--Tacoma; Machinery; Western Machine Works (Tacoma);

A25402-2

I. W. Johnson Engineering were well known specialists in the designing and building of sawmill machinery. In 1938 they designed and built the innovative sawdust making machine. View of sawmill designed, built and manufactured at the I. W. Johnson plant.


Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Engineering models; Equipment; Saws; I.W. Johnson Engineering Co. (Tacoma);

D25537-3

Permanente Metals would produce 40 million pounds of aluminum per year. The company sells a million and a half pounds of finished aluminum sheets per year o many U. S. firms. Permanente Metals had their headquarters in Oakland, California, Henry Kaiser was the President. View of laborers stacking up pigs, alloyed metals that have been cast into individual ignots (T. Times, 2/12/47, p. 5).


Machinery; Equipment; Laborers--Tacoma; Aluminum industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Permanente Metals Corp. (Tacoma);

D25557-1

Hooker Electrochemical Co. was focusing on post war prospects which included an increase in funding for the development and research department. This department was concentrating on projects for the further diversification of their chemical products, as well as, looking at the expansion of sales and broadening of markets. The research department was an invaluable component of the company. Interior view of plant.


Machinery; Equipment; Chemical industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Hooker Electrochemical Co. (Tacoma);

D25640-1

Atlas Foundry was giving over 100 Purchasing Agent's Association members a tour of their facilities. The tour would show the complete cycle machinery manufacturing and producing goes through. It started in the drawing room, followed by the pattern shop, brass foundry, steel foundry, cleaning department, sand laboratory and ended with the finished product. View of men looking at finished machinery pieces (T. Times, 2/19/47, p. 7).


Machinery industry-- Tacoma; Machine shops--Tacoma; Businessmen--Tacoma; Atlas Foundry & Machine Co. (Tacoma);

A29986-7

Globe Machine Company manufactured modern machines for Western Washington. Jesse Bamford was the President and Calvin D. Bamford was the Secretary-Treasurer of the company. View of machinery designed and manufactured by Globe.


Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Equipment; Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

A30702-2

Globe Machine Company was working with Weyerhaeuser Lumber Company to develop a log barker. The log barker would remove the bark using compression and shearing action, leaving the log free from bark without cutting into the outer sapwood. The machine would have rotating wheels that would guide the logs through and the de-barking was taking place. With this new machine, average de-barking time for an 8 foot long, 40 inch diameter log would be: one and three quarter minutes long. Interior view of plant with de-barking machine (T. Times, 12/15/47, p. 10).


Machinery industry--Tacoma; Woodcutting--Tacoma; Logs; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Machinery; Equipment; Globe Machine Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma);

A33943-2

Truck hauling large machine, designed and manufactured by I. W. Johnson Engineering Company. The machine is possibly a wood chipping machine or a log debarking machine, Northwest Machine Works building in background. I. W. Johnson machines could be found in the lumber mills and plants throughout Tacoma and other Pacific Northwest towns and cities, the machines were custom built to fit your company's needs.


Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; Engineering--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; I.W. Johnson Engineering Co. (Tacoma); Northwest Machine Works (Tacoma);

A34615-1

In August of 1948, an unidentified employee of the I.W. Johnson Engineering Company, 601 East 11th Street, was photographed standing next to a new ban resaw built by the company. For approximately 40 years the I.W. Johnson Engineering Company designed and built sawmill equipment and machinery for any size business in the lumber industry. Under Irvin W. Johnson, the company had a long successful history of working with the leading lumber companies of Tacoma. Mr. Johnson died in 1973 at the age of 92; he had lived in Tacoma for over 40 years.


Machinery; Equipment; Machinery industry--Tacoma; Engineering--Tacoma; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Laborers--Tacoma; I.W. Johnson Engineering Co. (Tacoma);

A36769-1

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);

D37052-3

South Tacoma Welding and Equipment Company was owned by Nick Bosko Jr. and Luke J. Caraway. The company was located in the south Tacoma district at 7047 South Tacoma Way; this facility was built in 1946 by Nick Bosko Jr. Exterior view of South Tacoma Welding and Equipment Company facilities, view of a recently constructed logging arch.


Machinery industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Machinery; Industrial facilities--Tacoma; Trailers--Tacoma; Welding--Tacoma; South Tacoma Welding & Equipment Co. (Tacoma);

D37526-1

Taken in January of 1949, this photograph of N.O. Johnson was taken at Standard Brands, Inc. in Sumner where Mr. Johnson, a machinist specialist, had been employed for 36 years. N. O. Johnson was born in New York City in 1889, he came to Sumner in 1912 and decided he wanted to stay. Johnson arrived with a marine engineer's license, and spent one year at sea before settling down in Sumner. Standard Brands manufactured yeast and vinegar. Photo ordered for the Sunday Tacoma Times 25 Year Club. (T. Times, 1/6/49, p. 4).


Machinery industry--Sumner; Machinery; Equipment; Laborers--Sumner; Industrial facilities--Sumner; Johnson, N. O.; Standard Brands, Inc. (Sumner);

D42127-8

Tacoma Vocational School began on October 1, 1940 when a Public Works Administration grant of $40,000 was combined with a $175,000 worth of federally supplied tools and machinery. The school is expected to be a big success, with classrooms already filled with students and a waiting list of interested students for the next school year. View of two unidentified students working in the machine shop at Tacoma Vocational School (T.N.T., 5/1/49, p. 1, B-1). TPL-8333


Machine shops--Tacoma; Machinery; Equipment; Apprentices--Tacoma--1940-1950; Students--Tacoma--1940-1950; Vocational education--Tacoma--1940-1950; Tacoma Vocational School (Tacoma);

A42562-4

Shartle Brothers Machinery. A specialized form seen from one side, the form decreases in size from the top to a cylinder at the lower edge of the floor. Pulleys are seen on the left and a hose is connected to the form on the right.


Machinery;

D43896-8

New machinery at Titus Manufacturing Company, Mr. Leon Titus. A workman is bench testing one of the rebuilt Ford "flathead" V8 engines.


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

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