A woman at Brown & Haley displays part of the billing system the company used from the Remington Rand Company. The desk has been designed specifically for account files with three file sections each that fit into the two open drawers.

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

A woman at Brown & Haley displays part of the billing system the company used from the Remington Rand Company. She is adding a stack of punched cards to the Tabulating machine.

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;

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;

An unidentified account clerk with the Brown & Haley Candy Company was photographed in October of 1952 transferring sales data from ledger sheets to punch cards using a Remington Rand key punch machine. As Brown & Haley's business grew, they adopted computer technology to keep track of their clients' orders. Remington Rand, which was a competitor of IBM, offered a punch card that contained 90 columns; these cards were incompatible with IBM machines.

Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1950-1960; Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Office equipment & supplies; Calculators; Punched card systems; Office workers--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Woman working with new equipment, a Remington Rand computer punch card sorter at Brown & Haley, candy manufacturers. Special shelving has been built above the motorized equipment to vertically stack the punch cards. The new method of data processing was one of the first steps in the development of the first business computer by Remington Rand in 1949.

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

Remington Rand equipment at Brown & Haley. Woman seated at desk with two large account drawers pulled out looking over account papers. Desk has been designed specifically for account files which each have three file sections with metal tabs.

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

Offices at Brown & Haley Candy Co., for West Disinfecting Co. A young woman sits typing at a desk labelled "information." Surrounding her are office cubicles, separated by plate glass windows. Light fixtures are suspended from the ceiling. Brown and Haley was founded in 1913 by J.C. Haley and grew because of the company's insistence on quality. In 1948, the company underwent a 1/2 million dollar expansion. The company's most famous product was Almond Roca, but they also made the Mountain Bar, Olympic Mint and the Almond Butter Crunch Bar. The company pioneered packing in a vacuum packed tin for freshness. (TNT 9/4/1953, pg. C-15)

Confections; Candy; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Offices--Tacoma--1950-1960; Office workers--Tacoma--1950-1960;

Although the company name "Brown & Haley" calls to mind their famous Almond Roca candies, the Brown & Haley Candy Company, 108-16 East 26th Street, has always made a variety of candy products. This photograph from September, 1953 shows seven women employees on the manufacturing line that made high quality, hand-dipped chocolates. The second woman on the line, counting from the right, has been identified as Katherine White. The last woman in the line has been identified as Mollie Tripple. TPL-8786

Confections; Candy; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Packaging; Assembly-line methods; Brown & Haley (Tacoma);

Two women employees are working on the assembly line at Brown & Haley Candy Co., the "Home of Almond Roca". The crunchy, log-shaped, mostly butter, chocolate and almond coated delicacy was created in 1923 by an English candy maker working with Harry Brown. J.C. Haley delivered a pound of the company's new product to Tacoma's head librarian, Jacqueline Noel, who suggested that the Spanish word "roca" for rock seemed appropriate in light of the fact that almonds originated in the Mediterranean. Noel found a Sevillian coat of arms that inspired the Brown & Haley product logo. In 1926, Haley conceived the idea of packaging Almond Roca in cans and with the help of American Can Co., the candy was vacuum-packed. This kept the gold, foil-wrapped pieces fresh for up to three years. Today, Almond Roca is an international favorite and the Tacoma company of Brown & Haley is world renowned. TPL-5913

Confections; Candy; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1940-1950; Packaging; Assembly-line methods; 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;

Two views of candy packing machine at Brown & Haley plant, Fred Todd Company, Los Angeles, California. Women are seen in the candy factory packing Olympia Mints. The mints were one ounce and advertised as, "a giant chocolate mint, soft, creamy-cool center, rich dark chocolate coating - the most popular mint bar in the West". The women each wear coverings over their hair and aprons. After the end of the war Brown & Haley began making every kind of candy imaginable: peppermint sticks, lemon drops, gum drops, taffy chews, chocolate bars, fudges and caramels. After 1972 they began to specialize in three basic product lines: Almond Roca, Mountain Bars and boxed chocolates. As of 1989 Brown & Haley was the largest exporter of candy in America. (TNT, 8/23/1978)

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

Brown and Haley was founded by Harry L. Brown and J. C. Haley. They used the purest, richest chocolate, highest quality of nuts and only the best ingredients in candy making. Brown and Haley established a highly respected candy empire in Tacoma. View of Brown and Haley's two pound box of "Mary Ann" Chocolates.

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

Harry L. Brown and J. C. Haley were the founders of Brown and Haley candy company. Although Almond Roca was their most popular item, they also made many other types of candy and chocolates. Brown and Haley chocolates became one of the finest chocolate products produced in America. View of candy maker using Armour's Cloverbloom butter.

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

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);

The Brown & Haley Company has been making candy in Tacoma since 1913. Although they are internationally known for their Almond Roca, they have always made other brands of candy. Over the years they have sold Mountain Bars, Almond Buttercrisp, and - as this advertising photograph from 1946 shows - Johnny Peanut bars. Johnny Peanut was a peanut covered taffy bar, and a "Winnah".

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 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 Easter Day display. This ad promotes Almond Roca as the perfect gift for Easter. Three bunnies, three types of boxes, paper cut-outs of animals, children's baskets, round tin center bottom of display.

Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Candy--Tacoma; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Almond Roca promoted as the perfect addition to your Easter Basket in this 1940 ad for Brown & Haley Easter Deal #4008. Ad features stuffed bunnies, Almond Roca in gift boxes and cutouts of ducks, bunnies and girls' faces.

Brown & Haley (Tacoma); Candy--Tacoma; Merchandise displays--Tacoma--1940-1950;

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

Brown & Haley (Tacoma)--People;

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

Brown & Haley (Tacoma)--People;

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);

Three flat bed trucks loaded with cases of Post Toasties. The signs on the side of two of the trucks say "This car load of Post Toasties for the John D. Hamilton Co., Tacoma, Wash. to be used in Hamilton's Dutch Treat and Gravy Bar. ...Biggest selling 5 (cent?) bars in the West." John D. Hamilton was J.C. Haley's, of Brown & Haley, brother-in-law. He learned candy making as a superintendent in the Brown and Haley plant. In 1923, he left to form his own candy company, Hamilton Candy. The company was in business until 1970. G33.1-124

Hamilton Candy Co. (Tacoma); Candy--Tacoma; Chocolate industry--Tacoma--1920-1930; Trucks--Tacoma--1920-1930; Shipping--Tacoma--1920-1930;

The shipping department at Brown and Haley in September of 1921. In their pre-Almond Roca days, before 1923, the company manufactured a wide range of chocolates, taffy, mints and hard candies. Many of the chocolates were still marketed under the company's original moniker "Oriole Chocolates." Here workers in a long, narrow room sort candy packages of many shapes and sizes for delivery. A large sign in the background admonishes "No Smoking." G33.1-123

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

The packaging department at Brown & Haley in September of 1921. Young women garbed pristinely in white robes and nurses caps, inscribed with the name "Oriole," wrap the hand dipped chocolates in foil and place them in packages. Trays of chocolates sit in front of the woman at the right, while boxes sit beside the women to the left, showing the two operations being performed in this department. At this time, the chocolates were still marketed under the name "Oriole Chocolates." G33.1-125

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

The packing department at Brown and Haley, also known as Oriole Chocolates, in September of 1921. Eight women, garbed in sanitary white; some with hats reading "Oriole." The women are surrounded by large boxes of the foil wrapped delicacies and the smaller boxes into which they will be packaged for consumers. The lone man in the back of the picture appears to be sampling the product. G33.1-127

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

A September, 1921, peek inside the salesroom of candy wholesalers Brown and Haley and a display of the many fine candies made by their company Oriole Chocolates. The walls are covered by the boxes of the various candies made by the company. The candies are boxed in ornate boxes, many with portraits of young women on the covers. One of the candies featured is their new line of "Kiss Me Quick." With their lovely packages, the products appear to be luxury items or gifts. G33.1-130

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

Chocolate manufacturing at the Brown & Haley factory in September of 1921. At this time, most of the candy was made and packaged by hand. Automation was of the simple gear and pulley type shown here. Pulleys drive the machinery used to mix the chocolate. To the right are possibly the vats where the more solid chocolate is melted into a liquid, or large mixers where the liquid is mixed with the other ingredients for candy. The primary ingredients of chocolate candy are the liquid chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, sugar and milk. G33.1-126

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

By 1919, Brown & Haley had moved its factory operation into a converted shoe factory at 108-16 E. 26th Street. The company was manufacturing a full line of chocolates, with the most famous being a chocolate and nut confection with a vanilla cream center marketed as "Mount Tacoma." In Seattle the candy bar was sold under the name of Mount Rainier, due to an old rivalry over the name of our landmark mountain. The same candy bar is still sold today under the name of "Mountain Bar" and it is one of the oldest candy bars still manufactured in the US. All of the chocolates and candies were still made by hand requiring a work force of skilled laborers, such as the one shown in the picture. He is possibly working with the cocoa beans, which are processed into chocolate liquor. G33.1-122

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

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);