412 results for: Retail and Department Stores
Button hook for spats from Cheasty's Men's Wear Department Store, ca. 1890s
The owner of Cheasty's, E.C. Cheasty, was a well-known Seattle clothier and public representative during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
ID Number:1985.36.13
Date:Circa 1890
Pair of dark brown kid leather high laced boots, ca. 1916
Mabel Frances Whalley Baer (1894-1985) was a lifelong Seattleite and daughter of State Senator John A. Whalley. These high laced kid shoes were sold by Turrell's, an early Seattle shoe retailer.
ID Number:1986.21.42
Date:Circa 1916
Black pump evening shoes, ca. 1960s
These classic women's evening shoes were sold at Nordstrom Best in Seattle in the 1960s.
ID Number:1986.24
Date:Circa 1960
Black beaded platform heels, 1940s
These women's shoes were made for Pessemiers' Shoe Store in downtown Seattle. During 1940, its first year in business, the store promoted itself as a place "Where women may select fine footwear - Leisurely and to their utmost satisfaction." Platform shoes were very popular in the 1940s, 1960s, and 1990s.
ID Number:1987.12
Date:Circa 1940
Bronzed kid leather shoes, ca. 1912
These beaded women's shoes were sold at Turrell's, an early Seattle business, and made by Laird, Schober & Co. in Philadelphia around 1912. They were worn by Mrs. Ada Bonner Staadecker (Mrs. Victor).
ID Number:1988.14
Date:Circa 1912
Bottle of French perfume purchased at Frederick & Nelson in 1919
Seattle department store Frederick & Nelson sold Parisian couture designer Paul Poiret's tantalizing perfumes. The scent of this particular perfume was made by Paul's friend Henri Almeras.
ID Number:1988.27.1
Date:Circa 1919
Can of "Bartell French Cleaner," early 20th century
Bartell Drugs, established in 1890, was one of the oldest and long-standing family-owned stores in Seattle until it was sold to Rite Aid in 2020. George H. Bartell Sr. (1868–1956) purchased the Lake Washington Pharmacy at 2711 South Jackson Street in Seattle's Central District in 1890, and that was the beginning of a long-lived and beloved Seattle business.
ID Number:1989.7
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Pair of back stiletto heels, ca. 1963
These stiletto heeled women's pumps were sold at Nordstrom's in the 1960s.
ID Number:1992.18.1
Date:Circa 1963
Navy blue pumps, ca. 1938
These women's leather pumps feature a cutout pattern in navy blue and light brown. Artist and The Bon Marché window display dresser, Fay Suttles Olson, purchased the shoes at Rhodes Department Store in Tacoma around 1938.
ID Number:1992.37.1
Date:Circa 1938
Pair of sandal pumps, ca. 1948
Fay Suttles Olson, artist and window display dresser at The Bon Marché, wore these women's shoes in Seattle around 1948.
ID Number:1992.37.3
Date:Circa 1948