187 results for: Food and Beverage Industries
Metal Tannhauser ashtray, ca. 1912
Tannhauser Brewery, founded by Hans Claussen, was located at 3455 21st Ave W. in Seattle. Claussen was a German immigrant who started several early Seattle brewing businesses. In 1901, after selling his other interests, Hans formed the Claussen Brewing Association.
ID Number:1971.5258.1e
Date:1912
Coaster advertising Rainier Beer and the AYPE, 1909
This coaster, a souvenir from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), advertises the Rainier Brewing Company. The AYPE was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909 which publicized the development of the Pacific Northwest and positioned Seattle as a gateway to Alaska and the Pacific Rim. Rainier Beer was founded in Seattle in 1884.
ID Number:1971.5258.3a
Date:1909
Rainier Beer tray, ca. 1910
Rainier Brewing Company was established in 1878 in Seattle and their signature beer has been a popular brand in the Pacific Northwest ever since.
ID Number:1971.5258.3b
Date:Circa 1910
Coaster advertising Crescent Mapleine and the AYPE, 1909
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. In 1905, a Crescent company chemist and salesman concocted an imitation maple flavoring dubbed Mapleine. This advertising coaster was created for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a major national event held in Seattle. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine,…
ID Number:1971.5258.7
Date:1909
Tin of olive oil from Merlino Olive Oil Company, ca. 1910
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. Their olive…
ID Number:1972.5373.5.1
Date:Circa 1910
Tin of Genova brand olive oil, ca. 1930
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. This Genova…
ID Number:1972.5373.5.2
Date:Circa 1930
Ash tray advertising Rainier Beer from Seattle Brewing and Malting Company, ca. 1900
Local saloons used advertising items like this ashtray to promote sales of Seattle Brewing and Malting Company products. The brewing company was founded in 1878 and Rainier Beer was the firm's premium brand and has been a popular beer in the Pacific Northwest ever since.
ID Number:1972.5373.10
Date:Circa 1900
Grocery box from Augustine & Kyer, ca. 1908-1937
Augustine & Kyer was a grocery store located in the Colman Building at First Avenue and Columbia Street in the early 1900s. Groceries were delivered from the store to Seattle homes in horse-drawn carriages.
ID Number:1973.5594.3
Date:Circa 1908-1937
Black leather wallet, ca. 1890s
This men's wallet, a souvenir from the Hotel Arlington in Seattle, belonged to Leonard Reinig, a German immigrant who was a bakery and grocery store owner in Seattle in the 1870s-1880s.
ID Number:1973.5609.2
Date:Circa 1890
Commemorative ribbon, Seattle Brewers' and Maltsters' Union, ca. 1905
The Seattle Brewers' and Maltsters' union was formed in 1890 to protect the rights of brewery workers, fighting against long hours and dangerous conditions in the city's rapidly growing brewing industry. On May 1, 1905, union workers from 11 breweris across western Washington went on strike, demanding that companies hire exclusively from union membership lists. Management refused, and the strike…
ID Number:1976.6352.2
Date:Circa 1905