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| Title | Pacific Car and Foundry plant, Renton, 1954 |
| Photographer | Scaylea, Josef |
| Date | 1954 |
| Caption | The Pacific Car and Foundry Company got its start in Seattle in the early 1900s building railroad cars for the logging industry. The company expanded quickly and, in 1905, bought land in Renton for a new plant. Now known as PACCAR, the company has factories in five countries, making heavy-duty trucks and other vehicles, railcars, and mining equipment. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Josef Scaylea.
Handwritten on verso: 1954. PACCAR, Seattle, Wa. |
| Subjects | Factories--Washington (State)--Renton; Transportation industry--Washington (State)--Renton; Pacific Car and Foundry Company (Renton, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Renton |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1993.20.193 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Josef Scaylea Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Josef Scaylea Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 20 x 16 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original print as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
