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Interior view of a Sumner factory, January 16, 1926
Sumner, Washington, is the oldest town in the Puyallup Valley. The area was settled in the early 1850s, and by the 1910s, it had developed into a center of berry growing and dairy farms. Canning factories, crate plants, and other industries developed to support the agricultural activities. This photo, taken in Sumner in 1926, shows the interior of what appears…
ID Number:1983.10.3116.1
Date:1926
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Women working inside Olympic Garment Co., Seattle, circa 1928
The Olympic Garment Company was located on the third floor of the Sanitary Market Building on First and Pike Streets. Seattle had several clothing manufacturing businesses during the first half of the twentieth century. Handwritten on sleeve: Baxtey [sic] Dress Co. Int.Photographer's Reference Number: 129779
ID Number:1983.10.3518
Date:Circa 1928
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Ford Motor Company assembly plant, circa 1928
In the 1920s, the Ford Motor Company had a number of buildings across the country for local assembly of Model T cars. One assembly plant was located in Seattle, at the southern end of Lake Union, in today's South Lake Union neighborhood.This photo shows the Seattle Model T assembly plant. Like many industrial buildings of its time, its large windows…
ID Number:1983.10.3598
Date:Circa 1928
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Baxley Dress Co., Seattle, April 15, 1929
The Baxley Dress Manufacturing Company shared this building at 115-123 Boren Avenue North with the Peck and Hill Furniture Company. Handwritten on sleeve: Baxley Dress Mfg Co Bldg. - Peck & Hills Bldg - 4-15-29.Photographer's Reference Number: 131232
ID Number:1983.10.3682
Date:1929
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Inside the Northwest Steel Rolling Mills, November 7, 1927
Northwest Steel Rolling Mills was one of several steel companies in Seattle in the late 1920s. In their Ballard mill, they melted scrap metal and made it into steel bars and cylinders for use by other industries. This 1927 photo shows workmen in the factory moving a large bucket of molten metal. Description in handwritten inventory: Auto Tour Steel Plants…
ID Number:1983.10.3841.6
Date:1927
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Olympic Steel plant interior, circa 1929
According to Seattle City Directory, Olympic Steel was located at 151-161 S. Horton Street. This photo shows workers at the plant. Handwritten on sleeve: Olympic Steel Plant Ext & Int. Webster & Stevens number: 134004
ID Number:1983.10.4116.3
Date:Circa 1929
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Seattle Steel Co., Seattle, February 3, 1935
Seattle Steel Company was located at 1200 4th Avenue South when this photo was taken. William Pigott, Jr., was the president of the company. Handwritten on sleeve: Seattle Steel Co. Exterior 2/3/35.Photographer's Reference Number: 140558
ID Number:1983.10.4518.2
Date:1935
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Workers inside Kenworth plant, Seattle, 1934
The Kenworth Motor Truck Company got its start building heavy-duty trucks for the timber industry. It later expanded its line to include moving vans, delivery trucks, fire trucks, and buses.This 1934 photo shows men working in the Seattle Kenworth factory, located at Yale and Mercer streets in Seattle. Kenworth is now a subsidiary of PACCAR. Webster & Stevens number: 34-341Caption…
ID Number:1983.10.4964.37
Date:1934
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Men building bus in Kenworth plant, Seattle, 1934
The Kenworth Motor Truck Company got its start building heavy-duty trucks for the timber industry. It later expanded its line to include moving vans, delivery trucks, fire trucks, and buses. Kenworth is now a subsidiary of PACCAR. This 1934 photo shows men working on a bus in the Seattle Kenworth factory at Yale and Mercer streets in Seattle. During the…
ID Number:1983.10.4964.39
Date:1934
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Assembly line at the Kenworth truck plant, 1934
The Kenworth Motor Truck Company got its start building heavy-duty trucks for the timber industry. It later expanded its line to include moving vans, delivery trucks, fire trucks, and buses. This 1934 photo shows men assembling a truck in the Seattle Kenworth factory. Webster & Stevens number: 34-344
ID Number:1983.10.4964.40
Date:1934