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Image of Tobacco plug cutter from Schwabacher Bros. and Company, ca. 1910

Tobacco plug cutter from Schwabacher Bros. and Company, ca. 1910

The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened a branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:1999.6.88
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Three copper panels from the Mountain Room at the Rainier Beer Brewery, 1948

Three copper panels from the Mountain Room at the Rainier Beer Brewery, 1948

These decorative panels were part of a large fireplace hood in the Mountain Room at the Rainier Beer Brewery. The copper repoussé (a technique of hammering a copper sheet into a desired design) shows a leafy and flowering hop plant. Hops are used for brewing beer, and hop growing has been a significant agricultural crop in Washington since the 19th…
ID Number:1999.64.2.ONLINE
Date:1948
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Baseball cap, "Rainier Brewery Engineering," ca. 1990

Rainier Brewing Company was an iconic Seattle brand founded in 1884. Brewery production at the original site began in 1878 and continued until 1999. This cap was possibly handed out to employees as a gift or souvenir at a company event.
ID Number:1999.64.6
Date:Circa 1990
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Baseball cap, "Rainier Brewery Brewing," ca. 1990

Rainier Brewing Company was an iconic Seattle brand founded in 1884. Brewery production at the original site began in 1878 and continued until 1999. This cap was possibly handed out to employees as a gift or souvenir at a company event.
ID Number:1999.64.7
Date:Circa 1990
Image of Cap advertising Emerald City Ale from the Rainier Brewery, ca. 1992

Cap advertising Emerald City Ale from the Rainier Brewery, ca. 1992

Rainier Brewing Company was an iconic Seattle brand founded in 1884. Brewery production at the original site began in 1878 and continued until 1999. This cap was possibly handed out to employees as a gift or souvenir at a company event.
ID Number:1999.64.34
Date:Circa 1992
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Beer bottle, "Truly Mild Rainier Beer," ca. 1950

This 11 ounce bottle of "Truly Mild Rainier Beer" dates to the mid twentieth century and was distributed by Sick's Seattle Brewing & Malting Co., a precursor to Rainier Brewing Company and an iconic Seattle brand originally founded in 1884. Brewery production at the original site began in 1878 and continued until 1999 when it was purchased by Stroh Brewing…
ID Number:1999.64.35
Date:Circa 1944-1956
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Beer bottle, "Rainier Beer Light," ca. 1960

This 12 ounce bottle of "Rainier Beer Light" dates to the mid twentieth century and was distributed by Sick's Rainier Brewing Co., a precursor to Rainier Brewing Company and an iconic Seattle brand originally founded in 1884. Brewery production at the original site began in 1878 and continued until 1999 when it was purchased by Stroh Brewing Company, now Pabst.
ID Number:1999.64.36
Date:Circa 1956-1970
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Beer bottle, "Rainier Beer Light-Light," ca. 1960

This 11 ounce bottle of "Rainier Beer Light-Light" dates to the mid twentieth century and was distributed by Sick's Rainier Brewing Co., a precursor to Rainier Brewing Company and an iconic Seattle brand originally founded in 1884. Brewery production at the original site began in 1878 and continued until 1999 when it was purchased by Stroh Brewing Company, now Pabst.
ID Number:1999.64.37
Date:Circa 1956-1970
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Beer bottle "Rainier Old Stock Ale Beer," ca. 1934

In 1915, the Seattle Brewing & Malting Company built a new plant in San Francisco, California, in hopes of skirting the Washington State prohibition due to take effect in 1916. The plant operated as the Rainier Brewing Company but had to switch to distributing soft drinks and near beer when the nation-wide Prohibition was voted in. In 1933, when Prohibition…
ID Number:1999.64.40
Date:Circa 1934
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Neon "R" sign from the Rainier Brewing Company, ca. 1950

This “R” was one of 6 different designs used as logos for the Seattle brewing company. At twelve feet high, it was installed atop the Rainier Brewery in late 1952 just before the company's 75th anniversary in 1953. Initially, the “R” rotated slowly, until it became too much of a distraction to drivers on Interstate 5, and the rotation stopped.…
ID Number:1999.64.53
Date:Circa 1950
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