Employees at the Blanchard Boat Company plant, ca 1924 (MOHAI 4160)

A new Blanchard plant was built at 3201 Fairview Avenue East after a 1922 fire destroyed the original yard at the foot of Wallingford Avenue. The then-future naval architect Ed Monk, Sr., is seen leaning against the door at left.
Caption by MOHAI staff, and from Blanchard, Norman C. and Wilen, Stephen, "Knee Deep in Shavings," 1999.

Handwritten on verso: ca 1924. May 1924. H. Miller. Burchard, Olsen, John Johanson.
Subjects (LCTGM): Blanchard Boat Company (Seattle, Wash.)
People: Monk, Ed Sr.