Name/Title
Area Businesses, Unknown DatesEntry/Object ID
2007-012.B236NDescription
Area businesses, unknown dates. These eleven black and white film negatives were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. It appears that all of the strips in this sleeve are from separate film rolls, so several of the physical numbers on the film strips are repeated. For the purposes of this description, each strip will be assigned a lower-case letter to go along with its physical number (ex: 17a, 17b, 17c, etc.) in the hopes of avoiding confusion. The images on strip "a" show a sign for Olympia Mechanical Corporation and a presentation drawing of a commercial or governmental building. Image 3a shows a sign which reads "OLYMPIA MECHANICAL CORPORATION, 491-1444." The sign is up on two wooden stilts and there is a fence and a tree in the background. Image 4a is virtually identical to image 3a. Image 5a shows a presentation drawing of a commercial or governmental building, part of the building's parking lot, and a tree in the parking lot. Image 6a and 7a are virtually identical to image 5a. The images on strip "b" shows a woman holding a stuffed bear in front of a shelf full of various stuffed animals. To the woman's left is a shelf with boardgames on it. Image 7b shows the woman looking toward the camera and smiling. The image is oriented horizontally. Image 8b is virtually identical to image 7b. Image 9b is very similar to the previous two images, but the image is oriented vertically. Images 10b and 11b are virtually identical to image 9b. The images on strip "c" shows two men standing in a furniture store and/or workshop. One man with glasses stands behind a chest of drawers and a second man, without glasses, stands in front of the ches tof drawers with his right hand touching the chest of drawers. Image 7c shows both men looking toward the camera. The picture frame cuts off the man without glasses off at the knees. Image 8c shows the man in glasses looking toward the left side of the image and possibly speaking to someone. Image 9c shows the scene from a further away, making the man without glasses' lower legs visible. Image 10c shows a similar scene to the previous images, but the man in glasses is looking downward. The images in group "d" shows two men outside of a pickup truck. The truck has a sign on it which reads "WASHINGTON ROOFING CO., ALL TYPES OF ROOFING, LICENSED, BONDED, Phone 491-4183," and it is pulling an asphalt melter on wheels. One man has long hair, the other has shorter hair. Image 16d shows the two men posing for the photo. Images 17d and 18d are virtually identical to image 16d. The images on strip "e" show a man working behind the counter at a convenience store or grocery store. There are many various products visible on shelves behind the man. Image 15e shows the man touching a paper bag on the counter while a woman faces him. Image 16e shows the man lifitng or setting the bag down. The woman is no longer present in the image. Image 17e shows the man facing the camera. The images on strip "f" shows two men in an automotive shop. One man has welding goggles sitting up on his forehead and is holding a cutting or welding torch. The other man is holding an industrial bottle for pressurized gas. Behind the men is an automobile up on a car lift. Image 19f shows the man with the goggles looking downward and holding the torch in his right hand. Image 20f shows the men posing for the photo. Image 21f is nearly identical to image 20f. Image 22f shows the man with goggles holding the cutting torch in his left hand. Images 23f and 24f are virtually identical to image 22f. The images on strip "g" show a man at an indoor construction site and a repair shop of some kind, likely an automotive repair and painting shop. Image 23g shows a man wearing a toolbelt sitting on a sawhorse. There is a ladder and unhung doors visible in the background, and lumber and moldings on the floor. Image 24g is virtually identical to image 23g. Image 25g shows a man in glasses and a pinstriped shirt sitting behind a desk with a cash register to his left. He is wearing a nametag which reads "Stu." There are many items hanging on the walls behind him, including a December 1977 calendar and a January 1978 calendar. The man is looking down and writing something. Image 26g shows the man looking toward his right. Images 27g shows the man with glasses and pinstriped shirt and another man spraypainting what appears to be a car part. The images on strip "h" show a partially cut-off image of a carpeted floor and a shelf with documents or newspapers in it, and a man with a mustache standing in a hardware store. The man is wearing a nametag which reads "Ted" or possible "Jed." Image 24h (half of the image is cut off) shows a carpet and a shelf. Image 25h shows the man with the Ted/Jed nametag standind in the hardware store. He has his right elbow setting up on a board, and he is not smiling. The image is oriented horizontally. Image 26h shows a very similar scene to the previous image, but the image is oriented vertically. Image 27h is virtually identical to image 25h, but the man is smiling. The images on strip "i" show a man (Jim Johnson) in a shoestore (Red Wing Shoes). There are a very large number of "Red Wing Shoes" boxes on a wall of shelves behind him. Image 34i shows the man standing with his hands behind his back and directly facing the camera. Image 35i shows the man posing with his right hand up on a boot display. There is a sign on the wall behind the man which reads "WORKSHOE HEADQUARTERS." Image 36i is virtually identical to image 35i. The images on strip "j" show two women in matching aprons posing in front of a meat and cheese case in a deli. Ken Balsley thought this image may show Oscar's German Deli. The women have their bodies turned toward eachother, but they are facing the camera. There is a menu on the wall behind them advertising items such as Swiss cheese, provolone, and havarti cheese. All of the images on this strip are nearly identical. The images on strip "k" show a man (Fred Delore) posing with several cars and a motorhome. Behind the man a sign reads "Tanglewild Motors, Inc., Used Cars, Leasing, & Lacey Auto Sales." All of the images on this strip are nearly identical.
Jim Johnson was the owner of the Red Wings Shoe store in Lacey, Washington. Fred Delore was the owner of Tanglewild Motors. Mr. Delore was also a member of the Capitalarians, the body that oversees the annual Capital Lakefair in Olympia, Washington.
Printed in alternation along one edge of strips "a" and "e" is "KODAK SAFETY FILM" and "KODAK TRI X PAN FILM." Printed at intervals alone one edge of all of the other strips is "KODAK SAFETY FILM 5063."Made/Created
Date made
1967 - 1981Notes
Film Size: 35 mm
Medium: AcetateLexicon
Search Terms
Business & Commerce, Olympia Mechanical Corporation, Washington Roofing Company, Tanglewild Motors, RoofingRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Jim JohnsonPerson or Organization
Fred Delore