412 results for: Retail and Department Stores
Red-orange patterned shoes, ca. 1960s-1970s
A pair of women's orange and gold brocade-covered patterned shoes from Nordstrom department store. Donor is a well known local architect.
ID Number:1996.03.8
Date:Circa 1960-1970
Pack board, made by Eddie Bauer for Mrs. Virginia Denny, ca. 1920-1960
Famed outdoor enterpreneur Eddie Bauer, who established his business in Seattle in 1920, made this pack for Mrs. Virginia Denny, a member of the early settler family.
ID Number:1996.05.1
Date:Circa 1920-1960
Armchair, ca. 1910
This mission-style oak and leather chair was purchased at Ballard furniture store Mission Craft Products.
ID Number:1996.53.1
Date:1900-1930
Store token for Head's Cigar Store, 1935
Head’s, a cigar shop owned by E.A. Head, was located at 1406 4th Ave in downtown Seattle. Tokens such as these were commonly used in Seattle during the Depression Era.
ID Number:1998.51.5
Date:Circa 1930
Pair of Julianelli high-heel shoes in original box, ca. 1960-1965
This pair of women's pink leather pumps feature a florette decoration at the toes. These were likely purchased at a Seattle store called Frank More, once located at 1519 5th Avenue.
ID Number:2000.46.1
Date:Circa 1960-1965
Pair of hiking boots purchased at REI, 1967
Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) imported these hiking boots from Switzerland to sell in its Seattle store. They belonged to Seattleite Leila Martin, who wore them to climb Mount Rainier in 1970.Lloyd and Mary Anderson founded REI in 1938 as a way to get better gear for climbing. They formed the co-op to buy high-quality gear from Europe in large, cost-effective…
ID Number:2000.55.1
Date:1967
Seattleopoly Board Game, ca. 1989
This board game, based on the famous Monopoly game, features actual Seattle businesses, industries, and organizations such as Safeco, Cutters, Warwick Hotel, Victoria Clipper, and KOMO 4 TV. Each property has an address and phone number for the business named.
ID Number:2000.57.1
Date:Circa 1989
Green dress with rhinestones, sold by John Doyle Bishop, ca. 1965
This 1960s evening gown was purchased from John Doyle Bishop— a fashionable Seattle store run by a charismatic owner of the same name. Bishop (1913-1980) was known as "Seattle's most colorful Irishman" and loved the color green. Bishop sold fashions from high-end American and European designers. This gown was designed in New York by Elinor Simmons for the company Michael…
ID Number:2000.70.1
Date:Circa 1960
Chess set made in 1946 by Seattle jeweler Anchor O. Jensen and depicting the Roman Invasion of Gaul
This intricate and delicately-made chess set features chess pieces that represent the Roman invasion of Gaul (modern-day France) by Julius Caesar in 58-52 BCE. The chess pieces--silver for the Gauls and gold for the Romans--were made by Anchor O. Jensen, uncle to Anchor HH Jensen who designed and built the championship hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV also in the MOHAI collection. Anchor…
ID Number:2000.104.1
Date:1946
Brass paper knife, ca. 1927
This brass letter opener bears the logo of Currin's Shoe Company, a Seattle company founded in 1908 that manufactured handmade work shoes and boots.
ID Number:2000.110.2
Date:Circa 1927