The Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company (built in 1914), later known as the Carnation Milk (1916) was a major employer in East Stanwood and the surrounding area.  It was later a vegetable cannery with a succession of owners and operators.  This photograph and others like it made popular postcards featuring the attractions and the economic viability of the Stanwood and East Stanwood area.

We had hoped to get a now photograph from the hillside to repeat it more effectively but it wasn’t possible.

But this shows the building now from across the street.  It is not clear exactly what changes were made but we think the building on the left is now gone and the North Star Cold Storage now occupies a remodeled facility in the same footprint.  See the aerial below. (If you click on the images they will enlarge for a closer view.)  Later occupied by Bozeman Canning (about 1933) followed by Stokely Van Camp PIctsweet vegetable processing.