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Title
Thys
Iron
and
Steel
Foundry
Date
1946
Creator
Clarence
Burkett
Description
Shown
here on
April
4
,
1946
,
is
the
Thys
Iron
and
Steel
Foundry
at
6900
Folsom
Boulevard
. The
business
was
established
in
1940
by the
eccentric
Edouard
Thys
, an
Eton-educated
Belgian
aristocrat
and
electrical
engineer
, and his
equally
eccentric
wife
Pinky
, a
native
of
San
Francisco
.
Edouard
came
to
Sacramento
in the
late
1930s
to
manage
his
father-in-law's
extensive
hops
holdings
.
However
, with the
advent
of the
Second
World
War
, he
started
the
foundry
,
where
Pinky
would
work
as a
steel
meter
,
running
arc
furnaces
. The
company
was
instrumental
in
producing
parts
for the
war
effort
. In the
post
war
period
,
Thys
converted
to
mine
car
couplers
,
portable
hop
picking
machines
,
ship
hardware
,
trailer
hitches
and
various
other
industrial
parts
and
items
. In the
winter
of
1959
, the
building
was
hit
with a
devastating
fire
, but was
soon
after
rebuilt
near
the
intersection
of
Florin-Perkins
and
Fruitridge
Roads
.
Edouard
and
Pinky
went
on to
become
avid
supporters
of the
Republican
Party
and
strong
fund-raisers
for
Ronald
Reagan
and, in their
retirement
,
acquired
pilot's
licenses
and
flew
throughout
North
America
.
Edouard
died
in
1976
,
Pinky
in
1997
.
Format
8 x 10 in.; b&w
Holding Institution
Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Room
Rights
This image may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.). Copyright restrictions applying to the reproduction and use of this image are available from the Sacramento Public Library.
Street/Neighborhood
6900
Folsom
Boulevard
City/County
Sacramento
Subject
Factories
Foundries
Business Enterprises
Machine Shops
Collection
Sacramento Room Photograph Collection
Identifying Number
26
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