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Tin for cream tartar from Crescent Pure Spices, ca. 1910
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.
ID Number:1977.6413.8
Date:Circa 1910
Tin for turmeric from Crescent Pure Spices, ca. 1910
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.
ID Number:1977.6413.9
Date:Circa 1910
Mock up model of Boeing Lunar Landing Module, ca. 1965
During the space race of the 1960s, several aerospace companies were inventing and mocking up model lunar landing modules, including engineers at Boeing. This is a Boeing model of a lunar module that was never built. For the 1969 Apollo moon landing, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. built the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), and Boeing later designed and built the Lunar…
ID Number:1979.6767
Date:Circa 1965-1968
Glass ashtray from Northwestern Glass Co., ca. 1936
The Northwestern Glass Company was founded in south Seattle in 1932 and was making wine bottles and other glass containers for local customers since before the end of Prohibition. The manufacturing plant has gone through several owners and is now owned by Verallia, a subsidiary of Paris company Saint-Gobain.
ID Number:1979.6873.10
Date:Circa 1936
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