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Box for cumin seed from Crescent Manufacturing Company, ca. late 1950s
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:1994.7.24
Date:Circa 1958
Twilight Tea package from Bemis Company, ca. 1930
The Bemis Brothers Bag Company was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1858. By the early 20th century, the company had shortened its name to Bemis Company and was operating eight bag factories in various parts of the United States, including Seattle, making burlap and cotton bags for grain, flour, feed and many other products. This package of Twilight Tea…
ID Number:1994.15.11
Date:Circa 1930
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
Boeing Fire Department Chief badge, ca. 1940
Wartime production during World War II meant a massively expanded workforce for Boeing and an increased need for plant safety. This badge is from the Boeing Fire Department.
ID Number:1996.37.3
Date:Circa 1940
Boeing Fire Department Deputy Sheriff badge, ca. 1940
Wartime production during World War II meant a massively expanded workforce for Boeing and an increased need for plant safety. This badge is from the Boeing Fire Department.
ID Number:1996.37.4
Date:Circa 1940
Boeing Corporal Deputy Sheriff badge, ca. 1940
Wartime production during World War II meant a massively expanded workforce for Boeing and an increased need for plant safety and management.
ID Number:1996.37.5
Date:Circa 1940
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) Diploma awarded to Merlino Olive Oil, 1909
Italian immigrants working in the coal mines of the Black Diamond/Ravensdale area wrote home asking friends and relatives to send foods they missed from Italy. Angelo Merlino, one of those miners, opened his first store in 1900. Angelo Merlino & Sons has been shipping cheese, olive oil and Mediterranean delicacies throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska ever since. The Merlino's…
ID Number:1996.48.1
Date:1909
Olive oil can, from Merlino Olive Oil Company, 1985-1995
Italian immigrant Angelo Merlino founded Merlino Foods in 1900 and introduced olive oil to Seattle.
ID Number:1996.48.3
Date:1985-1995
Astoria & Puget Sound Canning Company safe, ca. 1910
The fishing and canning industry has always been a boon for Seattle and all of the Pacific Northwest, including Alaska. This safe was first used by the Astoria & Puget Sound Canning Company in the early 1900s, and then shipped to Excursion Inlet, Alaska, for use in the company cannery store located there. The tumblers locked in the early 1970s…
ID Number:1997.11.1
Date:Circa 1910
Rainier Brewery crate from Prohibition era, ca. 1920-1927
During Prohibition, Rainier Brewery produced beverages under the name "Rainier Products", generally referred to as "near beer," which included birch and root beer, ginger ale, and cider.
ID Number:1997.45.1
Date:Circa 1920-1927