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Vigor Industrial Collection on Todd Shipyards, circa 1905-1985

Overview of the Collection

Collector
Vigor Industrial
Title
Vigor Industrial Collection on Todd Shipyards
Dates
circa 1905-1985 (inclusive)
Quantity
1 box plus 2 oversize items
Collection Number
2023.36 (collection)
Summary
Photographs and ephemera related to Todd Shipyards' Harbor Island plant
Repository
Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library

P.O. Box 80816
Seattle, WA
98108
Telephone: 2063241126 x102
library@mohai.org
Access Restrictions

The collection is open to the public by appointment.

Languages
English.
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Historical Note

Todd Shipyards Corporation was formed in the midst of World War l, when William H. Todd purchased the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company (originally Moran Brothers Shipyard) and three East Coast shipyards to create the William H. Todd Corporation in 1915. Todd Corporation was an important producer of military vessels during World War I, with seven plants operating 24 hours a day.

The company had five plants in New York and New Jersey and two in Washington State, in Seattle and Tacoma. The Todd Dry Dock & Construction Co. yard was built in Tacoma on Commencement Bay in 1917, and the Seattle location operated out of the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company shipyard on the Seattle waterfront, where it built cargo vessels for the U.S. Shipping Board. In 1918, the Todd Corporation formed the wholly-owned subsidiary Todd Dry Docks, Inc. and moved the Seattle operation to a new plant on Harbor Island. In the years after WWI, Todd’s Seattle yard performed repairs and reconstruction, as well as routine maintenance. The Tacoma shipyard closed in 1925.

The West Coast operations expanded once again with the outbreak of World War II. In 1939, the Tacoma facility reopened and, with the Seattle yard, became the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, organized by Todd Seattle Dry Docks in partnership with the General Construction Company. In September 1939, the company was awarded a contract to build five C-1 freighters for the US Marine Commission, with the Tacoma yard building the hulls and the Seattle yard finishing construction. At the Seattle yard, Todd Dry Docks, Inc. won a Navy contract to convert two mail liners into transport ships. In September 1940, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding was awarded a Navy contract to build 25 destroyers. The ships were to be built at the Seattle plant, which required a huge expansion of the Harbor Island yard. The yard ultimately completed 45 destroyers and converted or repaired 576 ships for war service.

In June 1944, the busy Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation shipyards in Seattle and Tacoma were renamed Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc. The Seattle Division resumed new vessel construction in 1952, but with the dramatic reduction of work after the war, Todd sold the Tacoma Division to the Navy, which later sold it to the Port of Tacoma in 1959. The Harbor Island yard continued with ship repair operations and began building new civilian and military ships.

In 1987, Todd Shipyards filed for bankruptcy, and by the end of 1990, the yard on Harbor Island was all that remained of Todd Shipyards. In 2011, Vigor Industrial purchased the Todd Pacific Shipyards Seattle Division, and Vigor Shipyards continues to provide ship construction and repair services at its Harbor Island shipyard.

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Content Description

The collection consists largely of views of the buildings, grounds, dry docks and piers of the Todd Corporation shipyards on Harbor Island: Todd Dry Docks, Inc. 1918-1935; Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle Division, circa 1943; and Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle Division, 1945-1983. The photographs also include several images of employees at work, views of named ships in drydock, panoramas, and aerial views. The collection also includes correspondence, a short history of Todd Shipyards Corporation, and 1948 plan of Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle division.

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Use of the Collection

Alternative Forms Available

The collection is available for viewing in digital format in MOHAI's online collection.

Restrictions on Use

The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

Vigor Industrial Collection on Todd Shipyards, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle

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Administrative Information

Location of Collection

4a.1.8 ; 12b.3.4

Acquisition Information

Gift of Vigor Industrial LLC; received in 2023

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Detailed Description of the Collection

  • Photographs, 1905-1983

    96 photographs
    • Description: 2023.36.1: Main Shop Building, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22583

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.2: Caulkers' Oakum Loft, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22584

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.3: Lumber Shed, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22585

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.4: Paint Shop, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22586

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.5: Hospital, Todd Dry Docks, Inc

      Photographer's number: 22587

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.6: Oil House, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22588

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.7: Kitchen, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22589

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.8: Checkboard Entrance to Yard, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22590

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.9: Outdoor Substation, Todd Dry Docks, Inc

      Photographer's number: 22591

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.10: Plate Shed, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22592

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/1
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.11: Boiler Shop, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22593

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.12: Bending Slabs, Todd Dry Docks, Inc

      Photographer's number: 22594

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.13: Power Plant, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22595

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.14: Carpenter Shop, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22596

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.15: Boiler Shop Tool Room, Todd Dry Docks, Inc

      Photographer's number: 22597

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.16: Blacksmith Shop, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22598

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.17: Pipe Shop, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22599

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.18: Joiner Shop, Todd Dry Docks, Inc

      Photographer's number: 22600

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.19: Machine Shop, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22601

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.20: 12,000 ton wooden sectional dry dock, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22602

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/2
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.21: 12,000 ton steel dry dock, Todd Dry Docks, Inc

      Photographer's number: 22603

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.22: 3,000 ton wooden dry dock, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Written on back: SS Eastern Gale SS Admiral Rodman Date 1920?

      Photographer's number: 22604

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.23: 3,000 ton wooden dry dock, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22605

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.24: Steel Storage Yard, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22606

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.25: Pier No. 2, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Written on back: In Background: USS "Lea" DD113. Built by Wm. Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, 2/10/1918

      Photographer's number: 22607

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.26: Pipe Storage Shed, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22608

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.27: Dry Dock Control Station, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22609

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.28: Rivet Shed, Todd Dry Docks, Inc

      Photographer's number: 22611

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.29: Yard Locomotive Crane, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22612

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.30: General Office, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22613

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/3
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.31: Yard Dining Room, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22614

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.32: Section of Yard Store, Todd Dry Docks, Inc

      Photographer's number: 22615

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.33: Section of Yard Store, Todd Dry Docks, Inc

      Photographer's number: 22616

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.34: Power Plant, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22617

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.35: Yard Kitchen, Todd Dry Docks, Inc

      Photographer's number: 22618

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.36: Panorama of Yard, Todd Dry Docks, Inc. Seattle

      Photographer's number: 22619

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/4
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.37: Exterior View of Yard, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22620

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.38: Machine Shop, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22621

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.39: Section of Yard Store, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22622

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.40: General Offices, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22638

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.41: S.S. "M.S. Dollar" drydocked at Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Photographer's number: 22828

      Dates: 1920 February 26
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.42: S.S. "M.S. Dollar" drydocked at Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Written on back: SS Eastern (Gale?) SS ______ , SS "M.S. Dollar" Feb. 26, 1920

      Photographer's number: 22829

      Dates: 1920 February 26
      Container: Box/Folder 1/5
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.43: Panorama view of Todd Dry Docks, Inc.
      Frank H. Nowell (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 19667

      Dates: 1918 November 4
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.44: S.S. Fort Harrison and S.S. President [?] at Todd Dry Docks
      Frank H. Nowell (photographer)

      Written on back: S.S. "Fort Harrison" (Ferris-Type, 3,688 DWT) S.S. "President"

      Photographer's number: 19668

      Dates: 1918 November
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.45: Main Shop Building, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.
      Frank H. Nowell (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 19669

      Dates: 1918 November
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.46: View of ships at Todd Dry Docks, Inc.
      Frank H. Nowell (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 19670

      Dates: 1918 November
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.47: View of ships at Todd Dry Docks, Inc.
      Frank H. Nowell (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 19671

      Dates: 1918 November
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.48: Main gate, administration and other buildings, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.
      Frank H. Nowell (photographer)

      Written on back: M[ai]n. Gate, Admin Bldg, Restaurant & Hospital Bldgs.

      Photographer's number: 19672

      Dates: 1918 November 4
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.49: Cargo Steamship in drydock, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.
      Frank H. Nowell (photographer)

      Written on back: Wooden "Ferris Type" Cargo Steamer (3,688 DWT) Nov 1918

      Photographer's number: 19673

      Dates: 1918 November
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.50: Group of men in suits posed outdoors
      Frank H. Nowell (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 19680

      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.51: S.S. Western Ally in drydock, Harbor Island
      Frank H. Nowell (photographer)

      Written on back: S.S. Western Ally, 8,500 DWT […] Built by Ames SB & DD Co., Jan. 1919

      Photographer's number: 19731

      Dates: 1919 January 10
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.52: S.S. Western Ally and other ships in drydock, Harbor Island
      Frank H. Nowell (photographer)

      Written on back: S.S. Western Ally, S.S. Eastern ___?, S.S. _______

      Photographer's number: 19732

      Dates: 1919 January 10
      Container: Box/Folder 1/6
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.53: Banquet given for Mr. Todd, Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co
      Webster & Stevens (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 55307

      Dates: 1917 March 29
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.54: One of Commandeered Ships with War-Zone Requirements, and in Loaded Condition, Seattle Construction & Drydock Co.
      Webster & Stevens (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 61661

      Dates: circa 1918
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.55: View of Todd Dry Docks, Inc.
      Webster & Stevens (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 66557

      Dates: 1918 November 4
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.56: View of Todd Dry Docks, Inc.
      Webster & Stevens (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 66559

      Dates: 1918 November 4
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.57: Ship in drydock at Todd Dry Docks, Inc.
      Webster & Stevens (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 66560

      Dates: 1918 November 4
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.58: Main gate, Administration building, restaurant, and garage at Todd Dry Docks, Inc.
      Webster & Stevens (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 66563

      Dates: 1918 November 4
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.59: Main gate, Administration building, restaurant, and garage at Todd Dry Docks, Inc.
      Webster & Stevens (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 66564

      Dates: 1918 November 4
      Container: Box/Folder 1/7
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.60: U.S.S. N.1 Operating Amidships, Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co.
      Dates: 1917 January 22
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.61: U.S.S. N.2 Torpedo Tubes, Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co.
      Dates: circa 1917
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.62: U.S.S. N.1 Top of submarine emerging from water, Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co.
      Dates: circa 1917
      Container: Box/Folder 1/8
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.63: Aerial view looking east, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Label on back: Todd Drydocks, Inc., N.W. Corner of Harbor Island, Seattle, Washington, Founded June 15, 1918

      Dates: 1905 April 11
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.64: Aerial view looking northeasterly, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Label on back: Todd Drydocks, Inc., N.W. Corner of Harbor Island, Seattle, Washington, Founded June 15, 1918

      Dates: 1905 April 11
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.65: Aerial view Looking southeasterly, Todd Dry Docks, Inc.

      Label on back: Todd Drydocks, Inc., N.W. Corner of Harbor Island, Seattle, Washington, October 1934 until December 1943.

      Dates: 1905 April 18
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.66: Repair Yard, aerial view looking south, Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle Division
      Pacific Aerial Surveys (photographer)

      Label on back: Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc. Seattle Division -- Repair Yard, Seattle, Washington, Corporate Name Change 1944

      Photographer's number: 5342

      Dates: 1956 November 17
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.67: Repair Yard, aerial view of yard, Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle Division
      Pacific Aerial Surveys (photographer)

      Label on back: Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc. Seattle Division -- Repair Yard, Seattle, Washington, Corporate Name Change 1944

      Photographer's number: 5346

      Dates: 1956 November 17
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.68: Aerial view of Harbor Island with Todd Shipyards located on NW corner of Island
      Ebert, Jesse (photographer)

      Label on back: Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division, Seattle, Washington. Formed new corporation October 1977 with Seattle Division and Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporations.

      Photographer's number: 20202

      Dates: 1965 February
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.69: Aerial view looking north, Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division
      Ebert-Aerolist Photographers, Inc. (photographer)

      Label on back: Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division, Seattle, Washington. Formed new corporation October 1977 with Seattle Division and Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporations.

      Photographer's number: 26003

      Dates: 1966 July 8
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.70: Aerial view looking northeasterly, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp, Seattle Division
      Camera Craft (photographer)

      Label on back: Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division, Seattle, Washington. Formed new corporation October 1977 with Seattle Division and Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporations.

      Photographer's number: 5826-1-12

      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.71: Aerial view of yard looking southwesterly, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp, Seattle Division

      Label on back: Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division, Seattle, Washington. Formed new corporation October 1977 with Seattle Division and Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporations.

      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.72: Aerial view looking northeasterly, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp, Seattle Division

      Label on back: Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division, Seattle, Washington. Formed new corporation October 1977 with Seattle Division and Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporations.

      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 1/9
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.73: Todd Dry Docks annual picnic at Shady Beach
      Dudley, Roger (photographer)

      Label on back: Todd Shipyards Corporation Publication "The Keel."

      Photographer's number: 48722-A

      Dates: 1938 July 7
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.74: Sheet metal workers, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle Division
      Dudley, Roger (photographer)

      Label on back: Todd Shipyards Corporation Publication "The Keel."

      Dates: circa 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.75: Employees, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle Division
      Dudley, Roger (photographer)

      Label on back: Todd Shipyards Corporation Publication "The Keel."

      Dates: circa 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.76: Welders, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle Division
      Dudley, Roger (photographer)

      Label on back: Todd Shipyards Corporation Publication "The Keel."

      Dates: circa 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.77: Craft employee, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation Seattle Division

      Label on back: Todd Shipyards Corporation Publication "The Keel."

      Dates: 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.78: Employee painter, Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Seattle Division

      Label on back: Todd Shipyards Corporation Publication "The Keel."

      Dates: circa 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.79: George Dunlap training Herb Johnson and Jack Ferris, In-Plant Training Department at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle Division
      Leiser, Roy (photographer)

      Slip attached to back: Photo identification - Todd Keel.

      Description explains that George Dunlap, who knows sign language, is training two deaf and mute welder students; unclear if the two students are the men in the photo.

      Dates: circa 1945
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.80: "Snake Farm" at Todd Pacific Shipyards Plant A
      Leiser, Roy (photographer)

      Slip attached to back: Photo identification - Todd Keel.

      Description explains that these are high pressure steam pipes ready for final assembly, having been bent, machined, heat-treated and painted.

      Dates: circa 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.81: Softball team
      Leiser, Roy (photographer)

      Slip attached to back: Photo identification - Sea-Tac Keel- Softball team. Back row: L-R: Gene Grosso, MacConville, Hal Schlicting, "Ziggy" Zigich, James Murdoch, Geo. Stokes, Harry Hamilton. Front row: Ted Adams, George Forsyth, Roger Evans, Tommey Sifferman, Hal Harolson, Maynard Goody, Alex McClannan, manager.

      Dates: 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.82: Machine Shop, Plant A, Todd Pacific Shipyards Inc., looking southwest
      Leiser, Roy (photographer)

      Slip attached to back: Photo identification - Sea-Tac Keel. Notice several types of heavy equipment being worked-propellers, rudder, tail shaft, main shaft, etc.

      Photographer's number: 104

      Dates: circa 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.83: Navy Transport in drydock at Todd Pacific Shipyards
      Leiser, Roy (photographer)

      Slip attached to back: Photo identification - Sea-Tac Keel. Slip includes information on the difficulty of bringing the large vessel into drydock.

      Dates: 1945 May
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.84: Plant A, Todd Pacific Shipyards Inc.
      Leiser, Roy (photographer)

      Photographer's number: 500

      Dates: circa 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.85: Men watching large section being lifted by a crane at Todd Pacific Shipyards
      Leiser, Roy (photographer)
      Dates: circa 1945
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.86: Cranes in yard, Plant A, Todd Pacific Shipyards
      Dates: circa 1943
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.87: Row of cranes, Todd Pacific Shipyards, Plant A

      Photographer's number: B-172

      Dates: circa 1945
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.88: View of Todd Shipyards with Space Needle in the background
      Dates: circa 1975
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.89: Todd Shipyards Seattle Division, crane 5
      Dates: circa 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 1/11
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.90: S.S. President Jackson, first time at Todd Dry Docks
      Dates: 1922 October 28
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.91: S.S. President Jackson at #4 drydock, first time at Todd Dry Docks
      Dates: 1922 October 28
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.92: S.S. President Jackson, first time at Todd Dry Docks

      Written on back: S.S. President Jackson (Ex - Silver State) Built by NNSB & DD in 1921 shown in #4 DD on 10/28/22. (Cleared at 10:25 AM after 2 days voyage repairs)

      Dates: 1922 October 28
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.93: S.S. "West Hartland" from the Admiral Oriental Line at #4 drydock, Todd Dry Docks, after sinking the passenger liner "Governor" of Admiral Line
      Dates: 1921 April 19
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.94: Panorama of ships in dry dock at Todd Dry Docks
      Dates: circa 1920
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.95: Steamer West Harlan in dry dock, Todd Dry Dock, Seattle
      Dates: 1919 July
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983
    • Description: 2023.36.96: Pacific Coast Co. Piers A & B, Seattle
      Dates: circa 1905
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Photographs, 1905-1983

  • Correspondence

    • Description: 2023.36.97: Letter from N.W. Wiley, President of Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company, to William H. Todd, President of Todd Shipyards, sharing "progress photograph" May 2, 1918

      Photographs not included

      Dates: 1918 May 2
      Container: Box/Folder 1/13
      Location: Correspondence
    • Description: 2023.36.98: Letter from Henry C. Ewing, President of Calhoun, Denny & Ewing, to C. W. Wiley at Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Co., about property purchases on Harbor Island

      Photographs not included

      Dates: 1918 May 20
      Container: Box/Folder 1/14
      Location: Correspondence
    • Description: 2023.36.99: Letter from N.W. Wiley, Chairman of the Board of Todd Dry Docks, Inc., to William H. Todd, President of Todd Shipyards, sharing photographs of a Luckenbach boat in drydock

      Includes two 8 x 10 in. photographs.

      Dates: 1922 June 19
      Container: Box/Folder 1/15
      Location: Correspondence
    • Description: 2023.36.100: Correspondence related to ownership of vacated street areas on Harbor Island, September 6, 1963
      Dates: 1963 September 6
      Container: Box/Folder 1/16
      Location: Correspondence
    • Description: 2023.36.104: Notice from R.J. Lamont, President of Todd Pacific Shipyard, Seattle Division, to employees regarding Navy Department Certificate of Achievement

      Includes copy of certificate, dated December 15, 1945 and signed by H. Struve Hensel, Assistant Secretary of the Navy

      Dates: 1946 January 24
      Container: Box oversize A1
      Location: Correspondence

  • Miscellaneous

    • Description: 2023.36.101: "Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division: History and Experience"
      1 sheet

      Includes a map of the shipyard grounds on the back.

      Dates: 1961 September
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: 2023.36.102: "Facts and History of Todd Shipyards Corporation and its Seattle Division"
      1 sheet

      The back of the sheet is printed for use in a "Children's Tour of Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division, sponsored by the Seattle Historical Society, operating the Museum of History and Industry," August 18, 1960

      Dates: 1960 August 10
      Container: Box/Folder 1/17
      Location: Miscellaneous
    • Description: 2023.36.103: Yard plan, also showing second stories, Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division
      70 x 23.5 inches
      Dates: 1946 September 27
      Container: VI.a.top
      Location: Miscellaneous

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Boat & ship industry--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Shipyards--Washington (State)--Seattle

Corporate Names

  • Todd Shipyards Corporation

Geographical Names

  • Harbor Island (Wash.)
  • Seattle (Wash.)

Finding aid prepared by Jody Hendrickson
2024

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