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Richards Studio photograph album of the St. Regis Paper Company, 1949
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Richards Studio (Tacoma, Wash.)
- Title
- Richards Studio photograph album of the St. Regis Paper Company
- Dates
- 1949 (inclusive)19491949
- Quantity
- 1 album with 27 photographic prints (1 box) ; 11 in. x 14 in.
- Collection Number
- PH1181
- Summary
- Photographs related to the St. Regis Paper Company Mill ion Tacoma and logging operations in Mineral, Washington
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
Open to all users.
- Additional Reference Guides
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
The Richards Studio was the foremost commercial photographic studio in Tacoma, Washington for over 35 years. The studio's photographers documented the Tacoma community's weddings, funerals, parades, business growth, and school activities over three decades. Richards Studio was the official studio for the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, the Cheney Lumber Company, and the Tacoma Athletic Commission. Many of the studio's photos appeared daily in the Tacoma Times newspaper.
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
Founded in 1899, St. Regis was a large international paper company. St. Regis produced 360,000 tons of kraft paper per year. Paper production began in Tacoma on January 5, 1949. St. Regis initially purchased a pulp mill in Tacoma in 1939 and spent years updating the mill into a kraft paper facility. Before 1949, St. Regis only manufactured pulp and multiwall bags at the Tacoma plant. By 1985, the mill had become the Simpson Tacoma Kraft Company, when it was puchased by the Simpson Paper Company of San Francisco.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs of the St. Regis Paper Company mill in Tacoma, Washington and logging operations at Camp #2 in Mineral, Washington. The photos depict the landscape, as well as workers performing various logging operations, a variety of machinery, such as highline yarders and spar trees, and images of transportation of the logs by trucks and railroad cars.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Album | item | ||
| 1 | 1 | Aerial view of the St. Regis kraft paper mill with Mt. Rainier in the background, Tacoma, Washington | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 2 | St. Regis Paper Company water tower, Tacoma, Washington | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 3 | Man standing on fallen tree in forest | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 4 | Man measuring width of fallen tree | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 5 | Men and truck on road in forest | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 6 | Man watching truck approach on road in forest | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 7 | Men loading logs on truck trailer | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 8 | Men standing on top of logs loaded on truck trailer | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 9 | Driver leaning out of truck loaded with logs | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 10 | Two men observing truck loaded with logs on forest road | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 11 | Man standing next to tall tree in forest | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 12 | Spar tree and logging engine loading logs on rail car | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 13 | Log being lifted onto rail car using a high line yarder | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 14 | Train car loaded with logs traveling through forest | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 15 | Train car loaded with logs next to empty train car in forest | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 16-17 | Men standing between loaded and unloaded train cars | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 18-21 | Men moving logs with high line yarder and other machinery | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 22-23 | Man driving truck loaded with logs on forest road | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 24 | Men in pickup truck observing truck loaded with logs passing by on forest road | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 25 | Group of men in front of three trucks loaded with logs | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 26 | Man standing between large trees in forest | August 8, 1949 |
| 1 | 27 | St. Regis Paper Company logo | August 8, 1949 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Log transportation--Washington (State)--Photographs
- Loggers--Washington (State)--Mineral--Photographs
- Logging--Washington (State)--Mineral--Photographs
- Lumber camps--Washington (State)--Mineral--Photographs
- Paper mills--Washington (State)--Tacoma--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Corporate Names
- St. Regis Paper Company--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Photograph albums
