Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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Museum of History &
Industry Sophie Frye Bass
Library
2700 24th Avenue East Seattle, WA 98112 Phone: 206-324-1126 URL: http://www.seattlehistory.org
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Collection Number:
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1994.15
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Creator:
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Bemis
Company
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Title:
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Bemis Company
Records
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Dates:
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1904-1994 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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10 boxes 9.3 linear feet plus oversize materials
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Languages:
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Collection materials are in
English.
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Summary:
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The collection documents the activity of
the Seattle plant of the Bemis Brothers Bag Company (later the Bemis Company,
Inc.), manufacturer of textile, paper and plastic bags and packaging. It
includes business records, equipment blueprints and manuals, promotional
materials, original bag artwork and photographs of Seattle plant facilities,
equipment and personnel.
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Location of Collection:
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Library Annex I, 1.2-5
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Historical Note
J.M. Bemis & Co. was founded in 1858 when Judson Moss Bemis opened
a factory in St. Louis, Missouri to produce the first commercially
machine-sewn, color-printed textile bags in the United States, bags that had
previously been hand sewn and hand stenciled. The business grew steadily, and
by 1881 J.M. Bemis & Co. had additional offices in Boston and Minneapolis.
After Bemis' brother Stephen took charge of the St. Louis plant in 1885, the
official name of the company changed to the Bemis Brothers Bag Company. That
same year, the company was incorporated and introduced its cat-in-the-bag
logo.
By 1900, Bemis Bro. Bag Company operated eight textile bag factories
across the country, making burlap and cotton bags for grain, flour, feed and
other products. By the early 20th century, the company also ran two cotton
mills and became the worldæs largest importer of burlap from India. In 1913,
Bemis built its first paper mill in Peoria, Illinois, beginning its expansion
from cotton and burlap packaging into the manufacture of paper products.
Judson Moss Bemis died in 1921, to be succeeded first by his son,
Albert Farwell Bemis, then his nephew J.S. Bemis, and later his grandson F.G.
Bemis. The company continued to expand, with some factories producing other
canvas goods such as tents and tarpaulins. In the 1930s, the company began to
design and manufacture machinery to fill and close bags, and in the 1940s, it
expanded into plastics, using polyethylene for bags and packaging materials,
and as an additive to strengthen its textile products.
In the late 1950s, Bemis entered a phase of growth characterized by
heavy acquisition of companies that used related technologies. During this
period, in 1964, the Bemis Bro. Bag Co. became the Bemis Company, Inc. and
abandoned its cat-in-the-bag logo for the "b" shaped bar and oval still in use
today. The acquisitions period ended in the 1970s, to be followed by phase of
internal restructuring and growth focusing on increasing profits.
In the 1980s, Bemis sold the rest of its textile mills and expanded
manufacturing to produce plastic film for packaging foods, polyethylene
packaging and pressure sensitive materials. The company continued to develop
new plastic film products and modernize its plants through the 1990s. Today
Bemis continues to be a major producer of flexible packaging and pressure
sensitive materials.
The Seattle plant was one of Bemis' many facilities across the
country. Built in an industrial area just south of the downtown business
district, the Seattle plant became the ninth branch of the Bemis Bro. Bag
Company. Traveling to Seattle from the Omaha plant with a rail car full of bags
to be broken down for delivery, Robert MacAusland set up a small sales office
in Seattle in 1904. With the permission of company president Albert Farwell
Bemis, MacAusland and J.M. Bemis' son-in-law Reginald Parsons joined forces to
build a Bemis plant in Seattle. The new building was constructed on Colorado
Avenue near Atlantic Street in 1904 and bag production began the following
year. A 1917 addition to the original building, designed and constructed by
Thomas M. Scruggs, more than doubled the floor space of the plant. The original
building was badly damaged in the 1949 earthquake and a third building was
subsequently constructed.
The Seattle plant began with production of textile bags and expanded
into manufacture of paper bags in 1941, with textile production phased out
completely in 1978. The Seattle plant closed in 1993 and its production was
transferred to the Vancouver, Washington plant. The four-story brick building
was subsequently bought by a group of artists who reopened it in 1996. The
Bemis Building currently operates as a space for artists to live and work and
includes a gallery for fine art exhibitions.
Content Description
The collection includes employment and financial records, equipment
manuals and specifications, blueprints of Bemis facilities and equipment, and
ads and promotional publications; most of these are specific to the Seattle
plant though a few items (such as an annual report and some promotional
materials) relate to the Bemis Company in general. The series comprised of the
original artwork for over 400 accounts gives an indication of the range of
products and companies for which the Seattle Bemis plant produced bags. The
collection also includes a biography of company founder Judson Moss Bemis, as
well as a 1912 article by Bemis.
The photographs in the collection document the original Seattle plant
building, the 1917 addition to the building, earthquake damage and subsequent
construction. The various work areas of the interior of the plant are depicted,
including equipment being delivered, installed and in use in the plant.
Photographs show employees working on various aspects of the production of
bags, from graphic designers drawing bag graphics to finished bags being
prepared for shipping. One photo album documents the construction of 1917
addition to the Seattle plant; a second album includes a collection of
photographs of Bemis employees at company events such as parties, picnics and
performances.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into series:
- Series 1: Judson Moss Bemis
- Series 2: Personnel, legal and financial records,
1915-1980
- Series 3: Manuals, blueprints and specifications for equipment
and facilities, 1909-1993
- Series 4: Artwork for bags, 1920s-1984
- Series 5: Promotion and sales, 1926-1982
- Series 6: Ephemera
- Series 7: Photographs
- Series 8: Photo Albums
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information Donated by the Bemis Company, Inc. in 1994.
Processing Note Processed by Anne Petersen in 1995 and Jody Hendrickson in 2006
Separated Materials These materials are part of a donation that also included a number of
artifacts. These artifacts are cataloged and stored separately by MOHAI's
Collections Department. A complete inventory of the Bemis artifacts is also
available in the Library.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access The collection is open to the public by appointment.
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 Bemis Company Records, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle
Subjects
| Bemis,
Judson Moss, 1833-1921 |
| Bemis Bro.
Bag Company |
| Seattle
(Wash.) |
| Blueprints |
| Drawings |
| Photographic
prints |
| Bags--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Employees--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Factories--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Industry--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Packaging--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
| Presses--Washington
(State)--Seattle |
Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series 1:
Judson Moss Bemis
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Book: Judson Moss Bemis, Pioneer by William C. Edgar
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1926 |
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Obituary pamphlet for Judson Moss
Bemis
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1921 |
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Judson Moss Bemis: other
materials
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1903-1974 |
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"The Cost of Living", article
by J.M. Bemis
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1912 |
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Letter to J.M. Bemis' grandson
Judson Bemis about J.M. Bemis' landholdings in Clayton, Missouri in the
1880s-1890s
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1974 April 19 |
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Letter
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1907 July 10 |
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Letters between J.M. and J.S.
Bemis (?)
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1903 May 4 and 1907 June 20 |
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Series 2:
Personnel, legal and financial
records , 1915-1980
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Samples of employee time cards
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1919-1929 |
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Index cards with ratings
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1949-1950s |
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132 cards organized by factory departments and employee
positions within each department (such as "sewing machine mechanic," "rubber
cutter," et cetera ).
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Labor agreement between Bemis
Company, Inc. and Printing Specialties and Paper Products Union Local No. 380
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1970 May 16-1973 April 30 |
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Employment Report
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1978 February 29-1979 February
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Includes Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, characteristics of
workforce, progress report, internal audit, copies of job listings, labor
agreements and two 1977 copies of "Bemistory", a publication for employees
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Equal Employment Opportunity
reports
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1983; 1984 |
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"Bemis Service Pins and Buttons
Record"
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circa 1970s |
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Ledger contains records from 1950s through 1970s on pins and
buttons awarded to employees for long term employment at Bemis
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20 Year Club Annual Meeting and
Banquet programs
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1949-1994 |
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Menus for and directions to 20
Year Club banquet at Salty's on Alki
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1990; 1994 |
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Employee magazine
Bemistory Special Issue "As Time Goes By"
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1972 December |
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Employee magazine
Bemistory Today
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1981 March-April |
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Copies of vouchers given to
employees for payment of premiums from previous year
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1915 January 5 |
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Journal with records for purchase
of postage supplies
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1938-1946 |
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Bemis Bro. Bag Company U.S.
Registered Trademarks
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circa 1964 |
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Binder with list and descriptions, with graphics, of Bemis'
registered trademarks. Trademarks dated 1921-1964
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Bemis Company Inc. Annual Report
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1993 |
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Income tax records
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1917-1934 |
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State and local tax documents
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1904-1957 |
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Includes statement for state and local taxes, personal property
tax statement, and copy of personal property return.
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Ledger: "Cash Receipts Journal"
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1976 January 21-1980 June 30 |
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oversize
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Ledger: "Journal Voucher
Register"
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1979 January 23-1980 June 30 |
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oversize
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Series 3:
Manuals, blueprints and
specifications for equipment and facilities , 1909-1993
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Equipment Manuals
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undated |
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Manuals for equipment by other manufacturers, probably equipment
used at the plant. Arranged in groups as received from Bemis under these
headings:
- Bag Machines and Print presses
- Paper Dept. Machines and Equipment
- Electric and Electronic Equipment
- Miscellaneous
- Instruments and Tools
- Buildings and Service
- Materials Handling
- Power Transmissions and Bearings
- Industrial Quality Control
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Blueprints of equipment and
facilities
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1909-1929 |
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439 blueprints Includes "Numerical List of All Blueprints and Tracings",
compiled in 1929, which lists blueprints in blueprint number order including
brief description, date and an indication whether it is a tracing or drawing.
Includes blueprints for various machines involved in the manufacture of bags
(such as the bag sewing machine, printing press, burlap stripper and hemmer)
and architectural blueprints. Includes a section of "foreign blueprints" of
equipment by other manufacturers, and of Bemis equipment at other facilities,
such as the St. Louis and Minneapolis facilities.
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Blueprints
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undated |
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Blueprints for equipment used at various Bemis plant locations;
also architectural drawings of plants.
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Instruction Manual and Parts
Books for equipment from Dave Fishbein Mfg. Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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1947-1953 |
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List of parts, Union Special
Industrial Sewing Machines, Chicago
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1947 |
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Manuals, brochures and
correspondence regarding ink-drying equipment
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circa 1949 |
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Instruction Manual for Reliance
Electric & Engineering Co. V&S Control Unit
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1949 October |
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4 Weber Bag Machine
Troubleshooting Manuals
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undated |
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Binder of Bemis Packaging
Machinery equipment catalogs
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circa 1978 |
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"Deltaseal Bag Baling Methods.
Bag and Baler Specifications"
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1946 |
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"Deltaseal Salt Bag
Specifications"
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1946 |
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"Deltaseal Rice Bag
Specifications"
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1940 |
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"How to use Tie-Fit Burlap
Tubing"
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undated |
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"Bag Machine Layout" diagram and
related memo
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1956-1957 |
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Bag specifications
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1962; undated |
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Instructions for dying sewing
thread
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1927 |
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"Factory Ideas," Bemis Bro. Bag
Co. Engineering Department, St. Louis
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1943 |
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A binder of ideas and suggestions received from various Bemis
factories for improvements in factory operations. Some ideas include
blueprints.
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Report: "Polyethylene
Investigation" by R.C. Shurig, Bemis Bro. Bag Co., St. Louis, Missouri
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1950 June |
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Result of an investigation into the relative merits of using a
polyethylene coated sheet in place of two asphalt laminated sheets in multiwall
bags.
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Five prints of architectural
drawings for five floors of Bemis Bro. Bag Co. building
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1948 November 18 |
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Technical drawings for
unidentified equipment
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1993 and undated |
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Series 4:
Artwork for bags , 1920s-1984
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Artwork for bags
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1920s-1930s |
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27 folders Original art for bags produced at the Bemis Seattle plant.
Artwork is drawn on a standardized 8 1/2" x 11" bag shaped template and stamped
"proof." The group includes artwork for 371 different accounts. Artwork is
organized first into three series based on type of product: Flour, Feed and
Grain, and Miscellaneous; then alphabetically within series by account name.
Complete list of accounts is available at the repository.
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Original bag artwork on gray
cardboard Bemis bag templates
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undated |
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Blank templates for designing bag
artwork
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undated |
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Artwork folders for individual
accounts.
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1949-1984 |
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81 envelopes, one for each account and
date Arranged alphabetically by account name. Dates span 1949-1984,
with bulk from 1950s and 1970s. Each folder contains proofs, copies of printed,
unfolded bags bearing account logo, memos from Bemis to clients concerning
changes to be made, negatives or transparencies of artwork, and copies of
nutritional information from the product. Complete list of accounts is
available at the repository.
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Three pieces of illustration
board with original artwork for bags
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Series 5:
Promotion and sales , 1926-1982
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Guide to
Bemis Company
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1982 January |
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Booklet describing the products, markets and technologies of
Bemis' major operations across the country. Includes company history and
addresses and phone numbers.
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Bemis
Company, Inc.
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circa 1969 |
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Booklet with company profile including list and description of
subsidiaries and index to Bemis products
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100 Years:
Entering our 2nd Century of Skill, Vision, Progress
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1958 |
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Print advertisements for various
types of Bemis bag
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1954 and undated |
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Advertisement on board for "Bemis
Special Twine" using Bemis cat-in-a-bag logo
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undated |
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Advertising photo of woman in
minidress made of burlap Idaho potato sack
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undated |
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Catalogs and brochures of Bemis
products and equipment
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undated |
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4 printing ink sample books
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undated |
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8 samples of various shades of
green "water and mildew resistant" fabric
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undated |
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Sample book of colored burlap,
Bemis Ink Plant, Indianapolis, Indiana
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undated |
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Standard Screen Tint Charts,
Northwest Engraving Company
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undated |
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Blank order forms for proofs
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undated |
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Bemis Bro. Bag Co.
Extension Calculator
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1926; 1952 |
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Book of tables for calculating prices of fabric bags.
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Bemis Cotton Handbook
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1946 October |
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Handbook for use of personnel of Bemis Bro. Bag Company, about
the growing, marketing and trading of cotton, and the manufacture of cotton
goods and sewing twine, and the testing, bleaching, dyeing, printing and
finishing of cotton textiles.
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Bemis Company Community Relations
Report
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1992 |
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Series 6:
Ephemera
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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Cardboard strips with gold Bemis
heading on top with cat-in-a-bag logo
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undated |
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Invitation to 125 anniversary
buffet luncheon at the Westin Hotel on March 1, 1983
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1983 |
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1908 calendar by Bemis Bro. Bag
Co., Seattle, Wash.
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1908 |
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Pages from calendar with portraits of U.S. Presidents printed on
bag fabric.
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Celia Lee's Utility Bag,
Centennial Flouring Mills Co., Seattle. Plastic bag (printed by Bemis?)
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undated |
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Roll of uncut 10 pound papers
bags for Kokusai Rice, Sacramento, California
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undated |
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oversize
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"Our Progress Depends on
Satisfied Customers"
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undated |
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oversize Five posters directed to employees about the importance of good
customer service.
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Series 7:
Photographs
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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1994.15.1.1:
Bemis Bro. Bag Co. Building.
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before 1917 |
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Romans Photographic Company
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photographer)
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1994.15.1.2:
Bemis Bro. Bag Co. Building.
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before 1917 |
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Romans Photographic Company
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photographer)
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1994.15.1.3:
Employees posed in front of Bemis
Bro. Bag Co. building
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1914 August |
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1994.15.1.4:
Bemis Company, Inc. building
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after 1964 |
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1994.15.1.5:
Bemis Bro. Bag. Co. building
addition
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after 1917 |
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Asahel
Curtis
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photographer)
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1994.15.1.6:
Workers at burlap web press
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1926 November 30 |
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DePue Morgan and Col, Inc.,
Seattle
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photographer)
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1994.15.1.8:
Earthquake damage to exterior of
Bemis building
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1949 |
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Comfort,
Seattle
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photographer)
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1994.15.1.8.1-1994.15.1.8.14:
Earthquake damage to Bemis
building
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1949 |
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Comfort,
Seattle
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photographer)
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1994.15. 1.9:
Man with woman on ladder near
display of bags for 100th Anniversary
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1958 |
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Comfort,
Seattle
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photographer)
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1994.15. 1.10:
Bemis Bro. Bag Co. baseball
team
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1920 |
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Williams Photo K.C.
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photographer)
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1994.15. 1.11.1-.3:
Elevation views of Bemis Company,
Inc. building, 55 S. Atlantic Street, Seattle
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1981 May 5 |
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Williams Photo K.C.,
Seattle
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photographer)
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1994.15. 1.11.4:
Exterior of a Bemis Bag building
with smokestack
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undated |
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1994.15. 1.11.5-.7:
Men creating and installing large
letters for Bemis Company Sign on roof of building
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undated |
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1994.15. 1.12.1:
Ground level and birds eye views
of streets adjacent to Bemis building
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circa 1921 |
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1994.15. 1.12.2:
View through damaged wall with
Sears building marked
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1994.15. 1.12.3:
Views from roof of Bemis building
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after 1950 |
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1994.15. 1.12.4:
View with Smith Tower at night
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circa 1940s |
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1994.15.1.13.1:
F.G. Bemis presenting 50 year pin
to William T, Gadke with R.D. McAusland looking on
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circa 1951 |
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1994.15. 1.13.2:
Man with glasses
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undated |
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1994.15. 1.13.3:
Couple seated at table with
signed poster "Congratulations L.E.S from all your friends in the Bemis
business"
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undated |
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1994.15. 1.13.4:
Don Castona looking at gift of
wristwatch in front of Christmas tree
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1958 |
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1994.15. 1.13.5:
Office Procurement Supervisor
Will Winterringer looking at globe with child. Photo for Seattle Times
article.
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1968 |
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Fleming Photography,
Seattle
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photographer)
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1994.15. 1.13.6:
Dick Richards
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undated |
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1994.15. 1.13.7:
J.M. Bemis
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undated |
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1994.15. 1.13.8:
Manager of Bemis Bro. Bag Company
seated at desk
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undated |
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1994.15.1.14.1-1994.15.1.14.55:
Bemis Bag Co. building
construction
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circa 1940s |
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1994.15. 1.15.1-.14:
Bemis factory equipment and parts
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1959 and undated |
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1994.15.1.16.1-.9:
Men unloading, rigging and
installing equipment in factory
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undated |
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1994.15.1.17:
People in open plan business
office
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undated |
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1994.15. 1.18.1:
Ray Perry presenting awards to
employees Linda Ketensburg and Al Mayer at Seattle plant
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1980 |
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1994.15. 1.18.2-.3:
Man and woman working at desk
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undated |
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1994.15. 1.18.4:
Ray Perry, Al Mayer and other
employees after presentation of $1000 Safety Award to Mayer
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1980 |
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1994.15. 1.18.5-.13:
Men working at various pieces of
equipment at plant
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1956 May |
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1994.15.1.18.14:
Equipment in factory
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undated |
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1994.15. 1.19.1:
Men and equipment in factory
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undated |
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1994.15. 1.19.2-.4:
Graphic designers working at
drafting tables
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after 1950 |
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1994.15. 1.19.5:
Man photographing bag display
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undated |
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1994.15.1.20.1-1994.15.1.21.5;1994.15.1.23.1-.7,.9-.12:
Workers packaging finished bags
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undated |
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1994.15.1.22:
Man and woman working at burlap
web press with attached hemmer
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1926 November 30 |
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DePue Morgan and Co., Inc,
Seattle
(
photographer)
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1994.15.1.23.8:
Teachers on factory tour looking
at gas drier
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1959 |
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1994.15. 1.24:
Truck trailer with 1962 Seattle
World's Fair ad painted on side
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circa 1962 |
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1994.15.1.25:
Bemis football team
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1910-1911 |
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1994.15.1.26:
Bemis employees dressed up for
Costume Ball
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1923 February |
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1994.15.1.27.1-.3:
Bemis Bro. Bag Co. building
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circa 1950s |
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1994.15.1.28.1-.5:
Bemis baseball teams from
Memphis, New Orleans, Minneapolis, Indianapolis and Omaha.
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1920 |
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Includes letters extolling the relative good looks of the teams,
apparently in response to a photograph of the Seattle team.
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1994.15.1.29-.32:
Delivery, unloading, installation
and dedication of new Kidder press
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circa 1981 December |
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1994.15.1.33:
Bemis second annual Lake
Washington cruise
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1991 August |
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1994.15.1.34:
Employees at 20 Year Club banquet
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1990 |
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1994.15.1.35:
Employees at Alan Dinkelman's 30
year party; Bemis offices
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1987 September |
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1994.15.1.36:
Color snapshots of Bemis
employees in factory and offices
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undated |
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1994.15.1.37:
Work booth in factory showing
placement of lights on top of booth
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undated |
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1994.15.1.38:
Workers in factory; woman at desk
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undated |
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35mm slides for "Bemis Operations" slideshow
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1994.15.1.39:
Color snapshots of equipment and
workers in factory
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undated |
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1994.15.1.41:
Group of men in front of Gulf Bag
Co. building, branch of Bemis Bro. Bag Co.
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undated |
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Includes J.M. Bemis, A.F. Bemis and G.N. Roberts.
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1994.15.1.42:
Bemis Brother Bag. Co. Building
in Minneapolis
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1918 |
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1994.15.1.43:
Union Special Sewing
Machine
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undated |
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Series 8:
Photo Albums
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Container(s)
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Description
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Dates
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1994.15.1.44:
Photo Album
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1917-1920s |
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Construction of building addition
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1917 |
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Pages 1-38 of the album are entitled "Progressive
Photographs-Seattle Addition" and dated February 17, 1917-October 11, 1917.
These pages consist of photographs of the construction of the 1917 addition to
the Seattle building, showing progress of the work from various views, both
exterior and interior. According to the initial correspondence of February 20,
1917 to A.F. Bemis at the Boston office, the photographs were taken by a Mr.
Goddard and a Mr. Scruggs (probably Thomas M. Scruggs). The pages show
installments taken once a week to once a month of approximately three views
each. Each two-page spread displays the photographs on the right and a copy of
the correspondence with date and description on the left. Prints are numbered
serially and marked with the date and the direction of the view. The pages also
include portraits of Thomas M. Scruggs, Jr., engineer for Bemis Bro. Bag Co.,
and A.R. Thompson, superintendent for James Black M. & C. Co.
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Exterior of finished
extension
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circa 1917 |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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Exterior of building with
Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound rail cars, from 1st Avenue
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undated |
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Employee lunch room decorated
for May Day dance
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1920 |
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Office with adjacent Sales
office and Cashier
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1920 March |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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Desk and filing drawers in
Service Department office
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1920 March |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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Desks in Service Department
office
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1920 March |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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Books, table, chairs in
Library
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1920 March |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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Sinks and lockers in Girl's
Locker Room
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1920 March |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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Sinks and lockers in Men's
Locker Room
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1920 March |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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Tables in men's lunch
room
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1920 March |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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Women's lunch room
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1920 March |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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Cafeteria and kitchen
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1920 March |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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Doctor's Office
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1920 March |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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First aid room
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1920 March |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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Tables and sewing machines in
"school" room
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1920 March |
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Asahel
Curtis
(
photographer)
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Woman sewing burlap on machine
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undated |
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Three color press
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circa 1920s |
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Web attachment on burlap three
color press
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circa 1920s |
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Exterior of plate rack
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circa 1920s |
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Plates in plate rack
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circa 1920s |
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Shelves of plates and discarded
proofs
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circa 1920s |
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Flat file storage
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circa 1920s |
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Plates in pattern vault
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circa 1920s |
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Sprinkler supply tank on roof
of original building
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circa 1920s |
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Equipment
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circa 1920s |
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Women sewing at machines
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circa 1920s |
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Press
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circa 1920s |
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Workers at burlap web
press
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1926 |
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DePue Morgan and Co., Inc.,
Seattle
(
photographer)
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Men working at cotton web
presses
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1926 November 30 |
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Men working in machine shop
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1926 November 30 |
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Men working in stereotype and
rubber plate department
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1926 November 30 |
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Equipment
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circa 1920s |
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Burlap feed and burlap web
presses
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circa 1924 |
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Sewing line, bale press and
pressroom
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circa 1920s |
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Stacked bolts of fabric
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circa 1920s |
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Man setting type (?); plate
racks and copy file
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circa 1920s |
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Construction of original
building, from laying of foundation to installation of signs on completed
building
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1904 May-October |
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Construction of annex
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1917 |
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Man leaning on drafting table
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circa 1920s |
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1994.15.1.40:
Two color burlap web presses
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circa 1920s |
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Loose page removed from album.
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1995.15.1.7:
Photo album
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1919-1924 |
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The album consists largely of photographs of Bemis employees at
company events, including the following:
- Girls' Picnic at Alki Beach, June 1919
- Annual picnic at Fletcher's Bay, August 23, 1919
- Valentine Party, February 14, 1920
- Annual picnic at Fortuna Park, July 31, 1920
- 1920 Baseball team
- Informal employee portraits
- Home Folk's Day
- Sword Day, O! Girls, Cabaret
- Cast of Zona Gale's "Neighbors"
- Christmas, 1922
- Costume Ball, February 1923
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