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Image of Tanks on assembly line at Pacific Car and Foundry  factory, Renton, 1943
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Tanks on assembly line 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. This 1943…
ID Number:1986.5.6759.7
Date:1943
Image of Women building tank at Pacific Car and Foundry factory, Renton, 1943
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Women building tank 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.This 1943 photo…
ID Number:1986.5.6759.11
Date:1943
Image of Workers manufacturing tanks at Pacific Car and Foundry factory, Renton, 1943
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Workers manufacturing 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.This 1943 photo…
ID Number:1986.5.6759.14
Date:1943
Image of Workers building tanks at Pacific Car and Foundry factory, Renton, 1943
Photograph

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
Image of Ironworkers skidproofing 1st Avenue S. bridge, Seattle, March 23, 1964
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Ironworkers skidproofing 1st Avenue S. bridge, Seattle, March 23, 1964

Seattle's First Avenue South bascule bridge opened in September 1956, connecting the industrial areas northeast of the Duwamish River to the residential neighborhoods to the south and southwest. In this image, ironworkers Whitey Wallace (left) and Roy Garrison weld studs onto the steel deck of the bridge as safety features designed to reduce skidding by automobiles. Caption information derived from…
ID Number:1986.5.7509.8
Date:1964
Image of Workers skidproofing 1st Avenue S. bridge, Seattle, March 23, 1964
Photograph

Workers skidproofing 1st Avenue S. bridge, Seattle, March 23, 1964

Seattle's First Avenue South bascule bridge opened in September 1956, connecting the industrial areas northeast of the Duwamish River to the residential neighborhoods to the south and southwest. This image shows skidproofing work being done on the bridge, with ironworkers welding studs to the steel deck of the bridge to reduce skidding by automobiles. Caption information derived from captions written…
ID Number:1986.5.7509.11
Date:1964
Image of Employees at Cedargreen plant, Seattle, August 11, 1952
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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
Image of Faulty compressor at Cedargreen plant, Seattle, August 11, 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
Image of Workers operating color press at Cello Bag Co., Seattle, July 1955
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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
Image of Boeing workers marching through downtown Seattle, 1943
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Boeing workers marching through downtown Seattle, 1943

Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, Crowds, Boeing workers. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): February 26, 1943.
ID Number:1986.5.8850.1
Date:1943
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