In 1932, Knute Berger started Berger Engineering Works, Inc. to build rugged equipment for shipyards, loggers, and the U.S. Navy. In 1962, Bergen Engineering merged with the company started by Edmund Smith, inventor of the salmon-butchering machine, becoming Smith Berger Manufacturing Corporation. In June, 1983 the company reorganized as Smith Berger Marine, Inc.
In this image an unidentified Bergen Engineering Works employee poses with manufacturing equipment.
Webster & Stevens number: 44-1543
Caption information source: http://www.smithberger.com/about.html Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, March 24, 1949, p. 49
Physical Description: 1 negative : safety film, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
