412 results for: Retail and Department Stores
Seafair Prime Minister's costume, 1961
Since 1950, the Seattle Seafair festival has recognized notable local individuals as Seafair Royalty, including King Neptune, Prime Minister, and Seafair Queen (Miss Seafair). Bob Ladd, President of Seattle's Pacific Marine Supply Company, was the official Prime Minister for the 1961 Seafair celebrations and he wore the uniform during the Seattle World's Fair ithe following year.
ID Number:2007.4.62
Date:1961
Modified Eddie Bauer Shirt, 1990s
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. He enjoyed creating costumes and dressing up for LGBTQ parties in Seattle. In the Pacific Northwest, a patterned flannel shirt is a wardrobe staple and often associated with the rugged masculinity of lumberjacks. Weiland strategically modified this Eddie Bauer shirt to make…
ID Number:2007.9.18
Date:Circa 1985-1995
Pocket mirror advertising Pacific Outfitting Co., ca. 1930s
The Pacific Outfitting Company was founded by a Polish immigrant in 1907 as a part of a larger chain. Pacific Outfitting opened a Seattle storefront at 422 Pike Street and survived the Great Depression by forming a monopoly on credit.
ID Number:2008.3.18.71
Date:Circa 1930
Joseph Mayer and Sons street clock from Carroll's Fine Jewelry, 1913
This street clock was commissioned in 1913 by Thomas J. Carroll, the founder of Carroll’s Fine Jewelry established in 1895 in Seattle. The clock was made by Seattle clockmakers Joseph Mayer and Sons and stood for decades at the jewelry store’s entrance at Fourth Avenue and Pike Street. Carroll's Fine Jewelry closed in 2008, and that same year the clock…
ID Number:2008.40.1
Date:1913
Candy box, Queen Anne Candy Co., ca. 1917-1930
The Queen Anne Candy Company had a factory in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood as early as 1917. The illustration highlights Queen Anne's reputation as a Victorian-inspired, high-class neighborhood.
ID Number:2009.1.95
Date:Circa 1917-1930
Candy box, Imperial Candy Company, ca. 1906-1930
Imperial Candy Company, in business from 1906 to 1974, was an early Seattle producer of a variety of candies and chocolates.
ID Number:2009.1.96
Date:Circa 1906-1930
Starbucks Coffee sign with green-and-black mermaid logo, "We Proudly Serve," ca. 1990
The first Starbucks Coffee opened in Seattle, Washington, on March 31, 1971, by three partners: Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin, and Zev Siegl. The moniker, "Starbucks," comes from the name of the first mate in the Herman Melville novel, "Moby Dick," and the logo, a twin-tailed siren, is representative of Seattle's maritime heritage. The first Starbucks store was located in Seattle…
ID Number:2010.1.100
Date:1990
Coffee tin, "Brehm's Best Drip Grind Coffee, ca. 1950
William Brehm and George Brehm operated a produce and grocery businesses in Pike Place Market in the 1950s. They started in 1915 with Brehm's Egg Company, and in 1938 they had a fish and meat store in West Seattle, then moved to University Way near the University of Washington before opening their Pike Place Market business.
ID Number:2010.32.1
Date:Circa 1950
Woman's wool bathing suit, ca. 1925
In the 1920s, bathing suits were at the forefront of modern women’s fashions. At the turn of the century, women were still wearing multi-layered bathing “costumes,” often with separate skirts covering bloomers. The knit one-piece suit, which clung to the body, was a freeing innovation for some and considered indecent by others. Except for the small skirt covering the hips,…
ID Number:2010.34.1
Date:Circa 1925
Sculpted ceramic scene depicting Paul Horiuchi's wall in Chinatown by Lorene Spencer, 1970
This work is part of a series of sculptures that depict the stalls and stores at the Pike Place Market and other places in Seattle around 1970. The artist, Lorene Spencer (1923-2016), was well known for her pottery and clay sculptures. She and her then-husband Ralph owned a studio in south Seattle in the 1950s and 1960s. Lorene also produced…
ID Number:2010.43.10
Date:1970