Beginning about 1917, the Northwest Lead Company operated at 1744 Fourth Avenue South in Seattle. The plant manufactured lead products for the plumbing trade, mainly from lead produced by the Bunker Hill Mining Company of Kellogg, Idaho, which had acquired the plant in 1920.
This image shows employees at work at the Seattle plant.
Caption information source: The Seattle Sunday Times, June 29, 1930, p. 57
ID Number: Lib1995.5.8
Date: Circa 1950
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.25 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.
