In 1921, Brown & Haley was still marketing their candy under the name of Oriole Chocolates. They dipped their chocolate by hand. Female workers are pictured in September of 1921, dressed in spotless white dresses and matching hats, but without gloves. Each woman has one hand covered in chocolate, as she rolls the center piece in chocolate and places it on a tray to dry. G33.1-141; TPL-8700

Oriole Chocolates (Tacoma); Candy--Tacoma; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Brown & Haley (Tacoma);

Candy manufacturing in 1921 at Brown & Haley. At this time, their candy was still marketed under the name of Oriole Candies. A number of workers pose in the factory. The women are dressed in pristine white dresses and matching hats, the men wear clean white aprons, but none of the workers wear gloves. The front group is gathered around an early assembly line. The candy comes down the belt where it is loaded by hand into trays. A woman with a dolly takes the trays away. It is unclear what the group in the back is doing, although the man on the right stands behind some kind of a vat. All Orioles candies at this time were made by hand. G33.1-140

Oriole Chocolates (Tacoma); Candy--Tacoma; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1910-1920; Brown & Haley (Tacoma);

Candy making at Brown and Haley in September of 1921. The female workers are dressed in spotless white dresses, some with matching hats, but no gloves. They are working with the candy with their bare hands. The women in the back are possibly either wrapping medium size tubes of a harder candy, such as toffee or caramel, or unwrapping them and slicing them into nougats. The woman in the front is dipping something into a stainless steel pot beside her. A fan on the left cools her work. The chocolate covered candies to the right are possibly the finished product. G33.1-133

Oriole Chocolates (Tacoma); Candy--Tacoma; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1910-1920; Brown & Haley (Tacoma);

A woman at Brown & Haley displays part of the billing system the company used from the Remington Rand Company. She is entering data from account ledgers into a card punching machine. Remington Rand was known in the business world for its 90-column punch card Tabulating line of equipment.

Remington Rand Co. (Rowayton, Ct.); Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Office equipment & supplies; Desks; Office workers--Tacoma--1950-1960; Punched card systems;

Unidentified Brown & Haley salesmen, January 3, 1939. (filed with Argentum)

Brown & Haley (Tacoma)--People;

Brown & Haley, candy boxes. A box with lid open displaying Almond Buttercrisp. The lid is decorated with Dutch motifs. The candy is advertised at 5 cents each. Brown & Haley was founded in 1913 and has an international distribution.

Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Candy--Tacoma; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Packaging;

Brown & Haley, candy boxes. A box with lid open displaying Mountain Bars. This is a box of 24 - 5 cent bars. The candy is made of fondant dipped in milk chocolate and mixed with nuts. The lid of the box is decorated with a drawing of a snow-covered mountain and drawings of people fishing, hiking and bird watching along with deer. The Brown & Haley Company was located at 110-116 East 26th Street.

Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Candy--Tacoma; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Mountain Bars; Packaging;

Brown & Haley candy company was founded upon the ideals of quality, service and principle. They used the purest, richest chocolate, highest grade of sugar, pure cow's cream, Washington creamery butter and the freshest local farm eggs, absolutely no glucose was used in their products. View of candy makers rolling out candy, interior view of candy plant.

Cookery--Tacoma; Candy--Tacoma; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Laborers--Tacoma; Brown & Haley (Tacoma);

Brown & Haley Candy Co., for West Disinfecting Co. This appears to be a combination lunchroom and training area. In the back on the counter are a commercial coffee maker, a hot plate and a display of soup cans. There is a Coca Cola chest cooler with cases of empty bottles beside it. Brown and Haley was founded in 1913 by J. C. Haley, who in 1953 was still serving as president. Fred T. Haley was general manager and Richard G. Haley was production manager. The company's most famous product was Almond Roca, the most desired candy during W.W.II when it was shipped to the Armed Forces. (TNT 9/4/1953, pg. C-15)

Confections; Candy; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Cafeterias--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Photograph of the employees of the Oriole Candy Company taken in April of 1918. Picture is labeled "Farewell to H. L. Brown by employees Oriole Candy Co." It is believed that the banquet was held to bid goodbye to Mr. Brown as he would depart for France to help the Y.M.C.A. as a volunteer. The Y.M.C.A. was one of several organizations that set up recreational "huts" overseas for soldiers. In 1907, Harry L. Brown, a budding confectioner and experimenter in sweet treats, opened his own retail candy shop on Broadway, known as Oriole Chocolates. By 1909, he had converted it into a wholesale operation. He made the acquaintance of an ambitious young salesman, currently employed by Schilling Spices, named Jonathan Clifford Haley. Haley offered to market Brown's sweet treats around the Northwest. By 1914, the pair were officially partnered as "Brown & Haley" with Haley as president and chief salesman and Brown as general manager, candy formulator and head of manufacturing. The company's Oriole Chocolates were made by hand and satisfied the sweet tooth of the soldiers stationed at Fort Lewis during WWI. Brown & Haley is now the oldest, largest candy company in the Tacoma area and one of the oldest in the U.S. G33.1-128; TPL-1027, TPL-9553

Oriole Chocolates (Tacoma); Candy--Tacoma; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1910-1920; Laborers--Tacoma; Brown & Haley (Tacoma);