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Cobbler's sign made by Leo Sherin, 1925-1975
Leo Sherin (1897-1989) was a "shoetician" who operated a shop at 1909 East Aloha Street in Seattle from 1925-1975. The sign is made of two parts with a painted message on both sides. Mr. Sherin was forced to remove the tall sign from his shop when he refused to pay the city air-space rent to hang it.
ID Number:1980.6949.1
Date:1925-1975
Metal folding bottle opener advertising Aronson Howe, Seattle, ca. 1900
Abe Aronson opened his combination hardware and liquor store in Seattle in the early 1900s. He managed the store for 60 years.
ID Number:1980.7091.2
Date:Circa 1900
Baby's leather bootees, sold at Nordstrom, ca. 1900
Nordstrom began as a shoe retailer established in Seattle in 1901 by Carl Wallin and Swedish immigrant John Nordstrom (Wallin & Nordstrom). By 1929, both Nordstrom and Wallin had retired and sold their shares to Nordstrom's sons, Everett and Elmer. In 1930, when the newly remodeled Second Avenue store was reopened, the name changed to Nordstrom and eventually opened stores…
ID Number:1981.7231.7
Date:Circa 1900
Pale green glass beer bottle, Geo. T. McGinnis & Co., Seattle, WA, ca. 1900-1920
This bottle, unearthed by a scuba diver, was distributed by George (Geo) T. Maginnis & Company. According to historians, this Seattle bottling company was around as early as 1890.
ID Number:1981.7248.4
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Green glass beer bottle, Seattle Brewing & Malting Company, ca. 1892
This bottle, unearthed by a scuba diver, was distributed by Seattle Brewing and Malting Company. Three different breweries, including the Bay View Brewing Co., joined to form Seattle Brewing in 1892.
ID Number:1981.7248.9
Date:Circa 1892
Green glass soda bottle from Pacific & Puget Sound Bottling Company, Seattle, early 1900s
Pacific & Puget Sound Bottling Company was located on the corner of Minor Avenue and Stewart Street in Seattle as early as 1908. The bottle has a rounded bottom because it was meant to be stored on its side to prevent the cork from drying.
ID Number:1981.7296.1
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Clear glass soda seltzer bottle, "Pacific & Puget Sound Bottling Co.," 1910-1919
Pacific & Puget Sound Bottling Company was located on the corner of Minor Avenue and Stewart Street in Seattle as early as 1908.
ID Number:1981.7300.3
Date:Circa 1910-1919
Navy blue acetate evening gown designed by Rudi Gernreich, 1969
This dress belonged to Stella Cane Bacher, an advertising executive for the Bellevue Square Shopping Center. She was born in Pittsburg, Pa. and moved to Bellevue in 1957. In addition to being promotion director of Bellevue Square and previously marketing director for Southcenter Mall, she was a member of the Seattle chapter of Fashion Group International. The dress was designed…
ID Number:1981.7320.1C2577
Date:1969
New York Stock Exchange booth, 1929
This three-part booth was Stock Exchange Tradiing Post #4 on the floor of the New York Stock Echange from 1929 to 1932 during the stock market crash and subsequent Depression. Pneumatic tube stations connected all 13 posts which served to process the increasing volume of trades. Washington state companies listed on Post #4 included Boeing, Weyerhauser, Puget Sound Power &…
ID Number:1981.7352.1
Date:1929
Rubber band making machine, ca. 1930s
During the Depression, Clarence Gowey worked for the Seattle Rubber Band Company located in the basement of the Ankeny-Gowey house on Queen Anne Hill before becoming a pipe fitter. He purchased this machine and, according to one of his grandchildren, Gowey and his children would go to the dump and recover the best inner tubes from car tires. They used…
ID Number:1982.15.1
Date:Circa 1930