187 results for: Food and Beverage Industries
J.P. Patches Darigold pin, ca. 1950s-1960s
J.P. Patches was the character host of one of the longest running local children's shows in television history. The J.P. Patches Show aired on KIRO-TV in Seattle from 1958-1981 and broadcast over 10,000 episodes in its 23-year run. Darigold, a local dairy company founded in 1918, was an advertising sponsor.
ID Number:2021.20.2
Date:Circa 1950-1960
Fisher's "Big Gun" flour bag, ca. 1948
In 1911, founder O. D. Fisher began milling flour at the Fisher Flouring Mills on Seattle's Harbor Island in Elliott Bay. The grain silo and milling complex was one of the first facilities built on the artificial island after the island's completion in 1909. This “Big Gun” flour was sold in the late 1940s and 1950s.
ID Number:2021.22.1
Date:Circa 1948
Olympia beer bottle, ca. 1940s
Olympia Brewing was founded in 1896 by German immigrant Leopold F. Schmidt (1846-1914) as the Capital Brewing Company in Tumwater, Washington. In 1902, the firm's secretary, Frank Kenney, came up with the long-used slogan "It's the Water" to promote their beer brewed with water from artesian wells. Through a series of consolidations, the company was acquired by Pabst Brewing Company…
ID Number:2021.30.1
Date:Circa 1940
Milk carton for West View Dairy, ca. 1957
The West View Dairy was located in West Seattle in the early to mid twentieth century. Unlike nearby White Center Dairy, West View did not have any cows on site but did have equipment to pasteurize milk and would provide this service to other local dairies.
ID Number:2021.47.1
Date:Circa 1957
Westland Seattle Kraken whiskey bottle, 2022
Westland Distillery is a Seattle business co-founded by Matt Hofmann who studied Economics at the University of Washington before earning his Master of Arts degree from Heriot Watt University in Scotland. In 2015, the distillery was named Whiskey of the Year by the American Distilling Institute. This bottle features the Seattle Kraken who are the first professional hockey team to…
ID Number:2023.7.1
Date:2022
Wide mouth glass jar for Reliance Brand Coffee, ca. 1930
Reliance was a Seattle-based company that offered many different items including coffee, spices, and other home products. This jar was packed by the National Grocery Company, which was established by Julius Lang in 1902 and located on Western Avenue in Seattle until 1930.
ID Number:2023.14.1
Date:Circa 1930
Cylindrical tin for Garden Grown Coffee from Crescent Manufacturing Company, ca. 1930
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded as the Larsen Extract Company in 1883 in Seattle, Washington. By the early twentieth century, Crescent began supplying fresh roasted coffee in addition to its baking powder, extracts, spices, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.
ID Number:2023.14.2
Date:Circa 1930
Cylindrical tin for 3-4-1 Coffee from Crescent Manufacturing Company, ca. 1910
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded as the Larsen Extract Company in 1883 in Seattle, Washington. By the early twentieth century, Crescent began supplying fresh roasted coffee in addition to its baking powder, extracts, spices, and nuts. The "3-4-1" on this coffee can means "three pounds for one dollar." The back of the label states: " This coffee is a…
ID Number:2023.14.3
Date:Circa 1910
Talking Rain bottle, 1987
Talking Rain beverage company was founded in 1987 by John Stevens and Pete Hiskin in Bellevue, Washington. This bottle is from the first year of production. According to the company website, the name "Talking Rain" was created when the two founders were in Murphy's Bar in the Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle hatching a plan to sell sparkling water with natural…
ID Number:2023.22.1
Date:1987
Large wooden paddle from Borracchini's Bakery, ca. 1940
Mario Borracchini, an Italian immigrant from Tuscany, started his Italian bakery in 1923 in the basement of his home at the south end of Seattle. He soon opened a brick and mortar store and his son Remo took over the business. It was the go-to place to order cakes for birthdays, weddings, or any other celebratory event. In an August…
ID Number:2023.43.3
Date:Circa 1940