University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0812Kraft Foods CompanyKraft Foods Company
photograph collection between 1949 and 1959?41 photgraphic prints (1 box) ; 8" x 10"Collection materials are in
English.Photographs of
Krafts Food Company Kraft representative at stores and other Washington State
locations.James L. Kraft started a wholesale cheese distribution business in
Chicago in 1903, incorporating in 1909 as the J.L. Kraft Bros. & Company.
In 1914, Kraft opened its first cheese factory, and in 1924 the company changed
its name to Kraft Cheese Company and went public. In 1930, Kraft was acquired
by the National Dairy Products Corporation but continued to operate
independently. It became the Kraft Cheese Company in 1945 and the Kraft Foods
Company in 1948. In 1957, the company became the Kraft Foods Division of the
National Dairy Products Corporation and at the 1969 renaming of the parent
organization it became the Kraft Foods Division of the Kraftco Corporation. In
1976, when the Kraftco Corporation was renamed Kraft, Inc., the division ceased
to exist and its functions were divided among other divisions. In 1989, Philip
Morris combined General Foods and Kraft under a new holding company called
Kraft General Foods, though each unit continued to operate separately. Major
restructuring in 1995 melded Kraft and and General Foods into Kraft Foods, Inc.
Photographs of a Kraft Foods Company Kraft representative at work,
including images of the Kraft Foods Company building and the Kraft
representative with other employees; the Kraft representative speaking with
proprietors inside and outside various Washington State businesses on the
Olympic Peninsula; and travelling by car and ferry. Photographs which do not
depict the Kraft representative include exterior views of businesses and
waterfront views.
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Source: Fairlook Antiques, February 27, 2007.
Processed by: Sara Martinez, 2009; Sara Cordes, 2017.
Originally accessioned as PH2007-028
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)PhotographsWashington (State)Retail Trade
Kraft Food Company Building- Seattle Branch and
employees1/11Front exterior of Kraft Foods Company building (possibly
Seattle branch at 5300 Denver Ave.)circa 1954 1/12Rear exterior of Kraft Foods Company building, including
towers and parking lotcirca 1954 1/13Loading dock exterior of Kraft Foods Company
buildingcirca 1954 1/14Interior marketing display with cutouts of eyes and
mouth exclaiming "The Eyes Have It!circa 1954 1/15Five men standing in front of interior marketing
displaycirca 1954 1/26Two men at a desk discussing a printed
advertismentcirca 1954 1/27Twenty men during a business meetingcirca 1954 Signatures of men on verso.
1/28Five men working at deskscirca 1954 1/29 Kraft representative standing out front of Kraft Foods
Company buildingcirca 1954 Stores on the Olympic Peninsula1/310Exterior of a grocery co-opcirca 1954 1/311Exterior of Thriftway, McGlenn's Food Store, 520 S.
Lincoln, Port Angeles, WAcirca 1954 1/312Exterior of Pope & Talbot Lumber Co. store and gas
station, Port Gamble, WAcirca 1954 1/313Exterior of Aldrich's grocery co-op, 940 Lawrence
Street, Port Townsend, WAcirca 1954 1/314 Kraft representative outside of storecirca 1954 Kraft representative at stores1/415-16 Kraft representative outside Tradewell Grocery
(possibly in Port Townsend)circa 1954 1/417-18 Kraft representative and proprietor (probably Lauritz
Hansen) outside Hansen's Grocery and gas station, Port Ludlow, WAcirca 1954 1/419-20Group of Native Americans outside Washburn's General
Merchandise, Neah Bay, WAcirca 1954 1/421 Kraft representative shaking hands with proprietor of
Washburn's General Merchandise, 1450 Bayview Ave, Neah Bay, WAcirca 1954 1/522Two proprietors talking with Kraft representative inside
storecirca 1954 1/523 Kraft representative talking with woman inside
storecirca 1954 1/524 Kraft representative talking with man inside grocery
storecirca 1954 1/525-26 Kraft representative talking with proprietor at counter
inside storecirca 1954 1/527 Kraft representative cutting slices of cheese behind
the counter of a storecirca 1954 1/528 Kraft representative speaking with woman at a coffee
barcirca 1954 1/529 Kraft representative speaking with woman outside
storefrontcirca 1954 Kraft representative working1/630-31 Kraft representative organizing product on shelves in
storecirca 1954 1/632 Kraft representatives on merry-go-round with clown
advertising Hickory Smoked Productscirca 1954 1/633 Kraft representative and two men petting a
dogcirca 1954 Transport- Cars and Ferry1/734Line of cars waiting for the ferrycirca 1954 1/735 Kraft representative standing on bank of
watercirca 1954 1/736Mechanic fixing the Kraft representative's car (possibly
a 1953 Chevrolet Bel Air or 210 Sedan)circa 1954 1/737MV Rhododendron ferry at
terminalcirca 1954 1/738 Kraft representatives on MV Rhododendron ferrycirca 1954 1/739 Kraft representative looking out porthole on MV
Illaheecirca 1954 1/740Cars parked on shore by ferry terminal with logs
floating on the water (possibly Lofall dock)circa 1954 1/741Panorama of town and waterfrontcirca 1954