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);

Remington Rand, daytime exposure of exterior of building, taken in April of 1955. The house on a rise next to the building that can be seen over the flat roof of Remington Rand is possibly 410 Saint Helens Ave., built in 1905 and now demolished. Remington Rand manufactured office equipment and furniture and had a complete repair department.

Remington Rand Inc. (Tacoma);

A brightly colored studio close up of a Brown & Haley Easter Egg candy was taken in December, 1955, possibly for use in advertising. The candy was photographed against a rosy tinted carpet-like backdrop. The Easter Egg bar had a smiling cartoon rabbit on the cover and cost a mere nickel. Brown & Haley was noted for their chocolate and Almond Roca products; they also made specialty candies like these as well. Photograph ordered by Brown & Haley.

Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Candy--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Display of Brown & Haley chocolates. A stand full of Brown & Haley products is on display on October 7, 1955. There is a variety of chocolate in the form of creams, fruit & nut combinations, wafers, pure chocolate and well-known Almond Roca. A sign urges consumers to "give...and enjoy Brown & Haley Chocolates." The company has been in Tacoma since 1913 when Harry L. Brown and Jonathan Clifford Haley combined forces to form Brown & Haley. Their Almond Roca was the first candy hermetically sealed in coffee tins which allowed the company to promote and sell it extensively outside the Northwest. (History of Pierce County, Vol. 1, p. 428)

Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Candy--Tacoma; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Built in 1902, and originally the home of the Stilson-Kellogg Shoe Company, this building at 108-16 East 26th St. became the new home of the Brown & Haley Candy Company in June, 1919. Harry L. Brown & Jonathan Clifford Haley formally organized the Brown & Haley Candy Co. in 1914 with Haley as president and chief salesman, and Brown as general manager and chief candy formulator. Harry Brown created the company's unique "English Toffee," later given the brand name "Almond Roca," in 1923. This photograph dates from 1948.

Candy product display by Harry Brown Confections. A gift box of assorted Brown delicacies, including chocolates, pecan caramel, Parisian Cream and Almond Omega. In 1944, the Haley family bought out the Brown family's interest in Brown & Haley. Harry Brown then formed his own company, working with his son Alvin and his brother Charles, his partner for over 30 years. He opened a plant at 1932 Pacific Ave.

Candy product display by Harry Brown Confections. Included in the picture are circular tins of Pecan Parisian Rolls, Almond Omega and Pecan Caramel Rolls. Each candy is individually wrapped, some in foil. In 1944, the Haley family bought out the Brown family's interest in Brown & Haley. Harry Brown then formed his own company, with his son Alvin and his brother Charles, and designed his own candy line. He opened his plant at 1932 Pacific Ave. and had a military contract before his plant even opened. (TNT 7/19/1944, pg. 1)

Candy product display by Harry Brown Confections. Included in the picture are circular tins of Pecan Parisian Rolls, Almond Omega and Pecan Caramel Rolls. Harry L. Brown learned the candy trade as a boy at Josslyn's in Tacoma. He was a shop boy with another famous Tacoman, Ray Gamble, who started the wood flour industry and gained fame as an amateur magician and collector. In 1907, Brown formed the Oriole Candy Company. He later partnered with J.C. Haley to become Brown & Haley in 1914. In 1944, after 30 years, the Haley family bought the Brown family interest in the company and Harry formed his own company and later became a partner in Rogers Candy Co. in Seattle. He died in 1979 at the age of 93. (TNT 7/19/1944, pg. 1; TNT 12/7/1979, pg. C-4)

ca. 1921. Brown and Haley delivery trucks picking up a shipment behind the factory around 1921. At this time, the company was still manufacturing its candy under the name "Oriole Chocolates." The trucks have both the name Oriole, and the company's logo of an oriole bird, as well as Brown and Haley on the sides. One truck has printing proclaiming that Oriole Honor chocolates are the "Best in the West." In the center of the picture is one of the famous "All roads lead to Rhodes" street signs. TPL-4408