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Sign for South Park Poultry Company, ca.1900-1920
The South Park Poultry Co. was one of the earliest tenants in Seattle's Pike Place Market. The Market opened in 1907, and South Park Poultry first occupied the Triangle Market building in 1908, where this sign hung for many years. The Pike Place Market is one of the oldest continuously operated farmers' markets in the US. Local farmers, craftspeople and…
ID Number:2004.37.3
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Lincoln Towing "Pink Toe" tow truck, 1968
No vehicle was more recognizable in late 20th century Seattle than Lincoln Towing's Pink Toe Truck. Inspired by an offhand remark from a forgotten salesman who visited company owner Ed Lincoln, the Toe was built by Ed Ellison from an old VW bus chassis and the toes were sculpted by Joane C. McInnis. The rolling pink foot made its debut…
ID Number:2004.54.1
Date:1968
Bartell Drugs waitress apron, ca. 1940s-1950s
Bartell Drugs, established in 1890, is one of the oldest family-owned Seattle stores still in business. Waitresses at the lunch and soda fountains wore these aprons as part of their uniforms in the 1940s-1950s.
ID Number:2004.66.1
Date:Circa 1940-1950
Portrait of Daniel V. McEachern by Charles A. Veteto, 1971
Horace W. McCurdy (1899-1989), maritime builder and great benefactor of MOHAI, commissioned this portrait of his friend Daniel V. McEachern (1879-1971) who founded with his father and brothers the J.A. McEachern Construction Company in 1911. In 1929, they merged with, and assumed the name of, General Construction Company, which went on to build multimillion dollar construction projects in and around…
ID Number:2005.15.3
Date:1971
Building plaque for The Bon Marché, ca. 1929
The Bon Marché was one of Seattle's first department stores. The chain was launched in 1890 and enjoyed popularity and success throughout most of the 20th century until the brand was absorbed by Macy's.
ID Number:2005.22.3
Date:Circa 1929
The NORDIpenmate, a medicinal delivery device from Zymogenetics, 1999
ZymoGenetics, established in Seattle in 1981, was one of the oldest biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in the US. It was founded by two University of Washington professors. The company was located on Lake Union until it was closed in 2019 after being acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb.
ID Number:2005.26.5
Date:2000
Cane box used for packing chocolate at Gillman's Candies store, ca. 1920s
Gillman Brothers Confections and Produce opened in 1916 on 1st Ave in Seattle. The boxes were imported from China to pack chocolates for sale during the holiday season. There is also a 1919 image of Gillman's Candies store in the Pemco-Webster-Stevens collection at MOHAI.
ID Number:2005.43.1
Date:Circa 1920
Handmade wooden salt grinder, 1880-1890
August Wenzel, a German immigrant, made this salt grinder. He operated a meat market, blacksmith shop, cooperage, and brewery in Seattle in the late 1880s and 1890s. August Wenzel also made beer barrels for the Hemrich Brothers Brewery, which later became Rainier Brewery.
ID Number:2005.60.1
Date:1880-1890
Homemade blacksmith grindstone made and used by August Wenzel, ca. 1890s
August Wenzel, a German immigrant, made this grindstone. He operated a meat market, blacksmith shop, cooperage, and brewery in Seattle in the late 1880s and 1890s. August Wenzel also made beer barrels for the Hemrich Brothers Brewery, which later became Rainier Brewery.
ID Number:2005.60.3
Date:Circa 1890
Sign for David Ishii Bookseller located in Pioneer Square, 1972
David Ishii (1936-2012) owned a local favorite secondhand bookstore that was a Pioneer Square fixture from 1972 to 2005. His store featured, among other things, books on fly-fishing, baseball, opera, dogs, and he especially promoted artwork and literary works by Asian American artists and authors.
ID Number:2005.64.2
Date:1972