376 results for: Manufacturing
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Workers building tanks at Pacific Car and Foundry factory, Renton, 1943
The Pacific Car and Foundry Company got its start in Seattle in the early 1900s building railroad cars for the logging industry. The company expanded quickly and, in 1905, bought land in Renton for a new plant. Now known as PACCAR, the company has factories in five countries, making heavy-duty trucks and other vehicles, railcars, and mining equipment. During World…
ID Number:1986.5.6759.15
Date:1943
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Boeing B-17 ceremony, Seattle, 1945
A large crowd gathers at the Seattle Boeing plant to commemorate the conversion of production from B-17 to B-29 bombers. The Army Air Corps ordered the first B-17s in early 1936, and at the peak of its production in 1944, the Seattle Boeing plant would complete 16 B-17s every 24 hours. The heavily-armed Flying Fortresses were legendary for their ability…
ID Number:1986.5.7449.1
Date:1945
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Employees at Cedargreen plant, Seattle, August 11, 1952
On August 12, 1952 twenty-three employees of the Cedargreen Frozen Pack Corporation were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in a food packing room at the plant on 6000 Airport Way. The employees were taken to Harborview County Hospital for emergency care.In this image three employees stand beside a machine at the plant where their co-workers had been exposed to carbon…
ID Number:1986.5.7734.1
Date:1952
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Faulty compressor at Cedargreen plant, Seattle, August 11, 1952
On August 12, 1952 twenty-three employees of the Cedargreen Frozen Pack Corporation were overcome by carbon monoxide fumes in a food packing room at the plant on 6000 Airport Way. The employees were taken to Harborview County Hospital for emergency care.In this image, Police Patrolman Cliff Holmes inspects the air compressor engine in the food packing room, from which the…
ID Number:1986.5.7734.2
Date:1952
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Workers operating color press at Cello Bag Co., Seattle, July 1955
The Cello Bag Company Inc. was founded in Seattle in 1949 by three Army buddies, William A. Norstrom, Dale M. Bennett, and Joseph L. Proctor. The company initially produced unprinted cellophane bags in their plant on Airport Way, and later utilized flexible-film plastic to manufacture bags for food. The plant moved to Rainier Avenue in the early 1950s, and then…
ID Number:1986.5.7735.1
Date:1955
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Seamstresses sewing skiwear at Roffe, Inc., Seattle, circa 1960
Seattle ski wear company Roffe, Inc., was founded by Sam Roffe (1909-1994) in 1953. Until 1996 it operated as one of the largest stretch ski-pants manufacturing factories in the United States, even outfitting the 1960 U.S. Olympic Alpine Ski Team. In this image seamstresses work on garments at the Roffe manufacturing site at 419 First Avenue South in downtown Seattle.…
ID Number:1986.5.11420.1
Date:Circa 1960
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Seamstresses sewing skiwear at Roffe, Inc., Seattle, circa 1960
Seattle ski wear company Roffe, Inc., was founded by Sam Roffe (1909-1994) in 1953. Until 1996 it operated as one of the largest stretch ski-pants-manufacturing factories in the United States, even outfitting the 1960 U.S. Olympic Alpine Ski Team. In this image seamstresses work on garments at the Roffe manufacturing site at 419 First Avenue South in downtown Seattle. Handwritten…
ID Number:1986.5.11420.2
Date:circa 1960
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Boeing Marine Systems brochure, circa 1972
In the mid-twentieth century Seattle's aerospace giant, The Boeing Company, saw a market in fast ferries. The company began adapting many systems used in jet airplanes for passenger-carrying waterjet-propelled hydrofoils. Boeing Marine Systems (BMS) built their first hydrofoil at the Renton plant in 1960, and manufactured about 8 hydrofoils for the U. S. military, and 28 that were used in…
ID Number:1987.72.7
Date:Circa 1972
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Mapleine Dainties and How to Make Them, circa 1920
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was established in Seattle in 1883 as a small company which specialized in vanilla extract. The company expanded rapidly during the Klondike Gold Rush by selling proprietary spice packets to miners. Crescent Manufacturing grew with their novel creation of an imitation maple flavoring which would not lose flavor over time or with temperature fluctuation. Mapleine debuted…
ID Number:1989.77.a
Date:Circa 1920
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Crescent Recipes for Every Day, circa 1919
Originally located at 122 S. Jackson Avenue in Seattle, the Crescent Manufacturing Company was established in 1883 as a small company which specialized in vanilla extract. The company expanded rapidly during the Klondike Gold Rush by selling proprietary spice packets to miners. Crescent Manufacturing grew with their novel creation of an imitation maple flavoring, Mapleine, which would not lose flavor…
ID Number:1989.77.b
Date:Circa 1919