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Seattle Hardware razor, ca. 1900-1950
Seattle Hardware Company opened in Pioneer Square in 1883, and held several locations in the Seattle downtown area through the 1950s.
ID Number:1982.116.101
Date:Circa 1900-1950
Hook with handle, Japanese tool from Tashiro Hardware, Seattle, early 20th century
This hook was from Tashiro's Hardware Store, established in 1917, and located on Prefontaine Avenue in the heart of Seattle's Nihonmachi. Kanjiro Tashiro (without hat) sold Japanese folding knives before opening his hardware store in Seattle. During World War II, he stored his inventory at Northcoast Importing. After the war, Tashiro reopened his business and continued to sell hardware as…
ID Number:1982.156.31
Date:Circa 1920-1940
Candy box, "Helen Ardelle's Chocolates," ca. 1917
Sisters Martha and Helen Ardelle started selling chocolates in 1917 from a Seattle boarding house, wholesale and "by mail--everywhere--even to Cuba!" Martha took over the business, changed her name to Helen, divorced a renowned Arctic explorer and fur trader, and later sold the company to Brown & Haley (of Almond Roca fame).
ID Number:1982.200.1
Date:Circa 1917
Set of brass luggage claim check tags from Seattle Steamship Company, ca. 1900-1920
The Seattle Steamship Company waiting room was located at the White Star Dock at the foot of Spring Street. In the early twentieth century, travellers most likely received their baggage claim checks at this location before boarding. The numbers on these tags include: 108, 302, 375, 492, 719, 725,773, and 794.
ID Number:1984.20.ONLINE
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Hand-lettered sign for mochi, used at the Sagamiya Confectionery Co., ca. 1905-1950
This sign was from the Sagamiya Confectionery, formerly located at 6th and Main in the area previously known as Nihonmachi, or Japantown, now in Seattle's Chinatown International District. Sagamiya used traditional Japanese methods in the making of mochi and other wagashi (Japanese sweets). The bakery was founded in 1904 and closed in the early 1970s.
ID Number:1984.54.1
Date:1905-1950
Hand-lettered sign for mochi, used at the Sagamiya Confectionary Co., ca. 1905-1950
This sign was from the Sagamiya Confectionery, formerly located at 6th and Main in the area previously known as Nihonmachi, or Japantown, now in Seattle's Chinatown International District. Sagamiya used traditional Japanese methods in the making of mochi and other wagashi (Japanese sweets). The bakery was founded in 1904 and closed in the early 1970s.
ID Number:1984.54.2
Date:1905-1950
Daitoku good fortune figurine, used at Sagamiya Confectionary Co., ca. 1905-1920
Figurines of this particular god were said to provide good luck to those in the food industry. It was donated along with other materials from the Sagamiya Confectionery, formerly located at 6th and Main in the area previously known as Nihonmachi, or Japantown, now in Seattle's Chinatown International District. Sagamiya used traditional Japanese methods in the making of mochi and…
ID Number:1984.54.29
Date:1905-1920
Ebeisu good fortune figure, used at Sagamiya Confectionary Co., ca. 1905-1920
Figurines of this particular god were said to provide good luck to those in the food industry. It was donated along with other materials from the Sagamiya Confectionery, formerly located at 6th and Main in the area previously known as Nihonmachi, or Japantown, now in Seattle's Chinatown International District. Sagamiya used traditional Japanese methods in the making of mochi and…
ID Number:1984.54.30
Date:1905-1920
Serving tray used at Sagamiya Confectionary Co., ca. 1910
This serving tray was from the Sagamiya Confectionery, formerly located at 6th and Main in the area previously known as Nihonmachi, or Japantown, now in Seattle's Chinatown International District. Sagamiya used traditional Japanese methods in the making of mochi and other wagashi (Japanese sweets). The bakery was founded in 1904 and closed in the early 1970s.
ID Number:1984.54.58
Date:Circa 1910
Press for stamping confections, used at Sagamiya Confectionary Company, ca. 1910
The Sagamiya Confectionery, founded in 1904 by Unosuke Shibata, was formerly located at 6th and Main in the area previously known as Nihonmachi, or Japantown, now in Seattle's Chinatown International District. Sagamiya used traditional Japanese methods in the making of mochi, pastries and other wagashi (confections). The bakery was a popular neighborhood establishment until it closed in the 1970s.
ID Number:1984.54.61
Date:Circa 1910