412 results for: Retail and Department Stores
Pewter brooch and earring set with ball and leaf design, ca. 1940s-1960s
This jewelry set was from Layko Ross & Company, Inc., a Seattle-based wholesale importing and exporting firm founded around 1918 by William O. Ross (president) and Joseph Layko (vice-president). Ross immigrated to the US from Russia in 1906 and was in Seattle by 1920. Under the LaRoco trademark, the company distributed various articles of men's and women's adornment including jewelry,…
ID Number:2021.61.1
Date:Circa 1940-1960
Light blue rhinestone brooch and earring set, ca. 1950s
This jewelry set was from Layko Ross & Company, Inc., a Seattle-based wholesale importing and exporting firm founded around 1918 by William O. Ross (president) and Joseph Layko (vice-president). Ross immigrated to the US from Russia in 1906 and was in Seattle by 1920. Under the LaRoco trademark, the company distributed various articles of men's and women's adornment including jewelry,…
ID Number:2021.61.2
Date:Circa 1950
Gold colored brooch with topaz rhinestones, ca. 1960s
This brooch was from Layko Ross & Company, Inc., a Seattle-based wholesale importing and exporting firm founded around 1918 by William O. Ross (president) and Joseph Layko (vice-president). Ross immigrated to the US from Russia in 1906 and was in Seattle by 1920. Under the LaRoco trademark, the company distributed various articles of men's and women's adornment including jewelry, tie…
ID Number:2021.61.3
Date:Circa 1960
Three-strand necklace with faux pearls and clear beads, late 1950s-early 1960s
This necklace was from Layko Ross & Company, Inc., a Seattle-based wholesale importing and exporting firm founded around 1918 by William O. Ross (president) and Joseph Layko (vice-president). Ross immigrated to the US from Russia in 1906 and was in Seattle by 1920. Under the LaRoco trademark, the company distributed various articles of men's and women's adornment including jewelry, tie…
ID Number:2021.61.4
Date:Circa 1955-1965
Two-piece Roffe ski suit, 1990
Sam Roffe founded Roffe skiwear in Seattle in 1953. In the 1960s the company became the first US manufacturer of stretch ski pants and by the 1980s were the largest skiwear manufacturer in the country. This stretch bodysuit and parka set is from 1990. The donor of the suit says she “felt like a million bucks in it.”
ID Number:2021.68.1
Date:1990
Dress from Seattle designer Deliane Klein, 1986
Seattle designer Deliane Klein sold her clothing at Design Products Clothing in Pioneer Square and Marlee’s in University Village. The donor purchased this dress to wear at the 1986 Expo in Vancouver. She wore it with a black suede belt. The dress includes pads on the shoulders. In 1991 Klein was quoted in the Seattle Times as saying, “As long…
ID Number:2021.75.1
Date:1986
Seattle Supersonics World Champs green T-shirt, 1979
This shirt celebrates the Seattle Supersonics championship win in 1979. According to the donor, this was the last one left at Bartell Drugs in the University District.
ID Number:2021.78.1
Date:1979
Charga-plate from Rhodes Department Store, ca. 1950s
Charga-Plates were an early type of credit card used primarily in the 1930s through 1950s. The cards included the customer’s name, address, and signature, and allowed for purchases on credit. This Charga-Plate was for the Rhodes department store which opened in Seattle in 1907. The downtown Seattle store closed in 1968 and remaining branch stores were rebranded as Lamonts in…
ID Number:2021.81.1
Date:Circa 1940-1960
Souvenir jacket purchased during Vietnam War service, 1969
Art Ditzel grew up in Skyway and Des Moines and graduated from Mt. Rainier High School in 1965. He joined the Navy that same year and served until 1969. He was stationed on the Kawishiwi AO-146 which was an oiler and ammunition supply ship. During the Vietnam War the ship spent most of her time in the Tokin Gulf refueling…
ID Number:2021.86.1
Date:1969
Floor decal from All the Best Pet Care, "Please keep 10 Chihuahuas apart," 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC recommended “social distancing” which included standing at least six feet apart from others while in public spaces. Many businesses used stickers or other markings on the floor to keep patrons six feet apart while lining up to pay. Some, like All the Best Pet Care in Seattle, got creative with their signage. This sticker…
ID Number:2021.Stickers.1
Date:2020