University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH1181Richards Studio (Tacoma, Wash.)Richards Studio
photograph album of the St. Regis Paper Company 19491 album with 27 photographic
prints (1 box) ; 11 in. x 14 in.Collection materials are in
English.Photographs
related to the St. Regis Paper Company Mill ion Tacoma and logging operations
in Mineral, WashingtonThe 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.
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.
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.
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Source: Jerry Cook, October 14, 2012.
Processed by Lucas Sheetz, 2013; Gracie Loesser, 2015.
These materials form part of the
, which are described and indexed in the guide to the
.
St. Regis Paper Company--PhotographsPaper mills--Washington (State)--Tacoma--PhotographsLogging--Washington (State)--Mineral--PhotographsLog transportation--Washington (State)--PhotographsLoggers--Washington (State)--Mineral--PhotographsLumber camps--Washington (State)--Mineral--PhotographsPhotograph albumsVisual Materials Collections (University of Washington)PhotographsForestry and Forestry ProductsWashington (State)
11Aerial view of the St. Regis kraft paper mill with Mt.
Rainier in the background, Tacoma, WashingtonAugust 8, 194912St. Regis Paper Company water tower, Tacoma,
WashingtonAugust 8, 194913Man standing on fallen tree in forestAugust 8, 194914Man measuring width of fallen treeAugust 8, 194915Men and truck on road in forestAugust 8, 194916Man watching truck approach on road in forestAugust 8, 194917Men loading logs on truck trailerAugust 8, 194918Men standing on top of logs loaded on truck
trailerAugust 8, 194919Driver leaning out of truck loaded with logsAugust 8, 1949110Two men observing truck loaded with logs on forest
roadAugust 8, 1949111Man standing next to tall tree in forestAugust 8, 1949112Spar tree and logging engine loading logs on rail
carAugust 8, 1949113Log being lifted onto rail car using a high line yarder
August 8, 1949114Train car loaded with logs traveling through
forestAugust 8, 1949115Train car loaded with logs next to empty train car in
forestAugust 8, 1949116-17Men standing between loaded and unloaded train
carsAugust 8, 1949118-21Men moving logs with high line yarder and other
machineryAugust 8, 1949122-23Man driving truck loaded with logs on forest
roadAugust 8, 1949124Men in pickup truck observing truck loaded with logs
passing by on forest roadAugust 8, 1949125Group of men in front of three trucks loaded with
logsAugust 8, 1949126Man standing between large trees in forestAugust 8, 1949127St. Regis Paper Company logoAugust 8, 1949