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Image of Cotton tote bag featuring the logo for

Cotton tote bag featuring the logo for "Fin Records," ca. 2015

Fin Records promoted Hip Hop music in the Seattle community and was voted Best Local Label of 2012 by the Seattle Weekly. It was founded in 2010 and promoted a variety of artists including KAIROS, Low Hums, Lures, Tangerine, SEACATS, Gavin Guss, Red Jacket Mine, J. Pinder, Pigeonhed, The Young Evils, Jack Endino, Long Distance Poison, STAG, and dozens more,…
ID Number:2016.43.RefFinBag
Date:Circa 2015
Image of Pair of shoes with wooden soles, made during WWII, ca. 1943-1945

Pair of shoes with wooden soles, made during WWII, ca. 1943-1945

L. Jane Hastings became a prominent and well-respected architect in Seattle in the 1950s and was involved in many architectural, professional, and community organizations in the area. Jane owned several pairs of clogs made to order and she remembers wearing these clogs on a trip to Holland where people pointed at them and were amazed. The maker, Oscar Auestad, a…
ID Number:2016.46.1
Date:Circa 1943-1945
Image of Peach delivery bag, 2016

Peach delivery bag, 2016

Peach is an online food delivery company in Seattle focusing on delivering local restaurant food to working professionals.
ID Number:2016.48.1
Date:2016
Image of Denim shirt made by Brittania, ca. 1975-1979

Denim shirt made by Brittania, ca. 1975-1979

This denim shirt has leather piping and a woven embellishment on the front pockets. It belonged to Don Holder, who worked in IT at Brittania from 1975 to 1979 and purchased it from the company store. Brittania Sportswear, is credited with bringing fashion jeans from London to the United States in the early 1970s. Prior to this, denim was mostly…
ID Number:2016.57.1
Date:1975-1979
Image of Brown leather jacket made by Brittania, 1975-1979

Brown leather jacket made by Brittania, 1975-1979

This brown leather jacket belonged to Don Holder, who worked in IT at Brittania from 1975 to 1979 and purchased it from the company store. Brittania Sportswear was an influential Seattle-based casualwear brand, credited with bringing fashion jeans from London to the United States in the early 1970s. Prior to this, denim was mostly a workwear staple, available in simple,…
ID Number:2016.57.2
Date:1975-1979
Image of Beer bottle, Reuben's Brews and Rainier Brews,

Beer bottle, Reuben's Brews and Rainier Brews, "R & R Pils," 2017

In 2017, the iconic and long-established Rainier Beer paired up with a Seattle microbrewery, Reuben's Brews, located in the Ballard neighborhood, to create this hoppy pilsner.
ID Number:2016.100.5
Date:2017
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Beer bottle, Pyramid Brewing Co., "Local Generations Imperial IPA," 2017

Seattle-based Pyramid Brewing Company celebrates the iconic and long-standing Bartell Drugs, founded in 1890, and one of the first businesses established in Seattle. The retail drug company has been owned by four generations of the Bartell family.
ID Number:2016.100.6
Date:2017
Image of Visio software company neon-lighted building sign, ca. 1995

Visio software company neon-lighted building sign, ca. 1995

Visio Corporation was a software company based in Seattle, Washington. Its principle product was a diagramming application software of the same name. Visio was acquired by Microsoft in 2000 and is now a division of that company. This sign is from the Seattle World Trade Center East building.
ID Number:2016.105.1
Date:Circa 1995
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Visio product box, "Drag & Drop Drawing for Everyday Graphics," 1992

Visio Corporation was a software company founded in 1989 in Seattle. Its principal product was a diagramming application software of the same name. Visio was acquired by Microsoft in 2000 and became a division of that company.
ID Number:2016.105.2
Date:1992
Image of Metal printing template for Uwajimaya advertisement, ca. 1970

Metal printing template for Uwajimaya advertisement, ca. 1970

This printing plate is from the Moriguchi family who founded Uwajimaya, a family-owned supermarket chain headquartered in Seattle's Chinatown International District with other locations in the Pacific Northwest. It was used to create newspaper advertisements for the store. Fujimatsu Moriguchi began his enterprise in 1928, selling fishcakes and other goods from his truck in Tacoma, Washington. In the mid 1940s,…
ID Number:2016.Uwajimaya.4
Date:Circa 1970
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