37 results for: Agriculture and Farms
Fruit picker, ca. 2008
City Fruit was founded in 2008 when a a group of people decided to manage and grow urban orchards in Seattle. This picker was used by the City Fruit volunteers to harvest fruit from these urban orchards.
ID Number:2017.57.1
Date:Circa 2008
Brass bell and mallet made in honor of Bob Meyer, a leader in the Puget Sound farmers markets community, 1938-2002
Bob Meyer was a revered member of the Puget Sound region farmers markets community. He served on the board of Tilth Producers of Washington and was board president of the Olympia Farmers Market. Meyer sold his produce at farmers markets throughout the Thurston, Pierce, and King counties. This bell was made in his honor at the time of his death…
ID Number:2017.60.1
Date:2002
Round maple and fir table made by Henry Van Asselt, 1858
Henry Van Asselt settled in the Seattle area in 1851 intending to make his living through agriculture. He later opened up a cabinet shop and his furniture was under demand by other Seattle settlers. Van Asselt made this simple kitchen table for David Denny and it is believed to be his first piece he made in Seattle. It was used…
ID Number:2018.12.3
Date:1858
Green crate from Mountain View Berries, 2019
Mohinder “Moe” Sangha, owner of Mountain View Berries, is now one of dozens of Sikh berry farmers in Whatcom County. The community was much smaller when he first leased acres for raspberries back in 1981. Prior to living in the Pacific Northwest, Moe farmed in India’s Punjab region. Despite its struggles, he sees Mountain View Berries as an opportunity. As…
ID Number:2020.17.1
Date:2019
Committee to Save the Market pin, 1971
The Pike Place Market is one of the oldest continuously operated farmers' markets in the US. Local farmers, craftspeople and merchants have travelled to the market and set up shop for over one hundred years. In 1963, Seattle City Council proposed razing the Pike Place Market in hopes of obtaining federal urban renewal funds. Opponents to the demolition banded together…
ID Number:2021.20.5
Date:1971
Pin, "vote yes market," 1971
The Pike Place Market is one of the oldest continuously operated farmers' markets in the US. Local farmers, craftspeople and merchants have travelled to the market and set up shop for over one hundred years. In 1963, Seattle City Council proposed razing the Pike Place Market in hopes of obtaining federal urban renewal funds. Opponents to the demolition banded together…
ID Number:2021.20.6
Date:1971
Pike Place Public Market Crafts Permit pin, 1975-1976
The Pike Place Market is one of the oldest continuously operated farmers' markets in the United States. Local farmers, craftspeople and merchants have travelled to the market and set up shop for over one hundred years. Permits like this one were issued to vendors at the Market.
ID Number:2021.20.7
Date:1975-1976