University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
PH1388
Photographs of the
Ballard Concrete Products company
approximately 1948-1952
1 folder (11 photographs)
Collection materials are in
English.
Photographs from
a concrete manufacturing company in Seattle
Lander Enock Bjork (January 16, 1885-April 29, 1953) owned the Ballard
Concrete Products company. He was originally from Polk County Minnesota and
came to Seattle in 1904. His father was born in Sweden and his mother born in
Norway. He worked as a shingle weaver before he founded the concrete company in
1945. His wife Signe continued to run the company after his death in 1953.
Photographs of the Ballard Concrete Products Company building located
at 1545 Ballard Way in Seattle, operations, and personnel. Included in the
collection is a photograph of three people in front of the building who are
probably Lander Bjork, the owner, his wife Signe, and a worker at the
company.
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Source: A.J. Smith & Co., 2010.
Processed by: Christen Robichaud, January 2019.
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Bjork, Lander, 1885-1953--Photographs
Bjork, Signe A., 1889-1975--Photographs
Ballard Concrete Products (Seattle, Wash.)--Photographs
Ballard Concrete Products (Seattle, Wash.)--Employees--Photographs
Concrete products industry--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
Photographs
Businesses and Corporations
1
1
Probably Lander Bjork and wife Signe with employee
(possibly the manager?) at the Ballard Concrete Company office, Seattle,
Washington
between 1948 and 1952?
1
2
Probably Lander Bjork standing with his hands on his hips
and a large dog in front of the Ballard Concrete Company office, Seattle,
Washington
between 1948 and 1952?
1
3
Probably Lander Bjork standing with his hands in his
pockets and a large dog in front of the Ballard Concrete Company office,
Seattle, Washington
between 1948 and 1952?
1
4
A street view of the Ballard Concrete Company office,
Seattle, Washington
between 1948 and 1952?
1
5
Probably Lander Bjork leaning against a fence at the back
of the Ballard Concrete Company office, Seattle, Washington
between 1948 and 1952?
1
6
Possibly a manager standing in front of concrete blocks at
the Ballard Concrete Company, Seattle, Washington
between 1948 and 1952?
1
7
Possibly a manager loading concrete pavers into a
wheelbarrow at the Ballard Concrete Company, Seattle, Washington
between 1948 and 1952?
1
8
A view of pavers, pipes, and blocks stacked in the yard of
the Ballard Concrete Company, Seattle, Washington
between 1948 and 1952?
1
9
Possibly a manager posing in front of a stack of concrete
blocks in the yard of the Ballard Concrete Company, Seattle, Washington
between 1948 and 1952?
1
10
Probably Lander Bjork standing with equipment and two
employees in the background at the Ballard Concrete Company, Seattle,
Washington
between 1948 and 1952?
1
11
Three men walking through a work yard possibly at Ballard
Concrete Company, Seattle, Washington
between 1948 and 1952?