Need for Photos of 1950's Plywood Manufacturing Plant Buildings

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I model the transition period, 1940’s & 1950’s, in N-scale. I need to scratch-build or kit-bash a plywood manufacturing plant building of that period. I’ve not been successful in finding photos of such plants.

Can anyone suggest a source of such photos on which I could base a scratch-built or kit-bashed structure?

Thank you for your help,

Bob

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Gidday, hope these help, though are a little small…

http://olympiahistoryspot.org/historical-markers/plywood-pioneers/

http://www.delsonlumber.com/about.html

Cheers, the Bear.

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Bear,

Thanks for the photos. This is what I was trying to find. Since I’m not trying to replicate a specific structure, all I needed was some photos to show the type of structure, e.g., one- or two-stories and the materials from which it’s constructed, e.g., wood, sheet metal or masonary.

From the photos you sent, I think if I scratch-build a structure as a one-story building with a flat or slightly peaked roof with walls made of wood or sheet metal panels, I’ll get something that will be close enough to suggest a plywood production plant.

If anyone else has photos or a source of photos of these types of structures, I’d appreciate it if you could post them.

Thanks again for your help,

Bob

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The Georgia Pacific company has an historical timeline on their website that has some photos from the 1940s that shoul be informative

https://www.gp.com/Company/Company-Overview/History#tab-1

The Olympiua WA historical society has stuff about plywood and veneer on its website with photos and information.

http://olympiahistory.org/wp/

Dave Nelson

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Dave,

Thanks for the information. I did another Google search and found the website for the American Plywood Association (APA). They have the addresses of all their members and a list of all the member’s production plants. By using Google satelite maps of the towns where the plants are located, I was able to get satelite photos of their plant buildings. Granted these are modern plants but since they appear to all be of similar design, e.g., mostly one-story buildings with slightly peaked or curved or flat roof configurations, I think I have enough information to scratch-build a structure that will pass for a plywood plant.

Thanks for your help,

Bob