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Image of Ice cream scoop from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca. 1920-1950

Ice cream scoop from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca. 1920-1950

Located on 15th Avenue, Capitol Hill Drug was open sometime in the 1910s and closed in the early 1980s. This item was donated to MOHAI by Alan K. Lomax, who owned the store in the 1960s. It is likely he was cleaning out historic and outdated items from the long-running business. The store also sold ice cream and had a…
ID Number:1961.2236.1
Date:Circa 1920-1950
Image of Glass bottle from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca. 1900

Glass bottle from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca. 1900

Located on 15th Avenue, Capitol Hill Drug was open sometime in the 1910s and closed in the early 1980s. This item was donated to MOHAI by Alan K. Lomax, who owned the store in the 1960s. It is likely he was cleaning out historic and outdated items from the long-running business.
ID Number:1961.2236.5
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Pharmaceutical bottle,

Pharmaceutical bottle, "Pulv Rhei," from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca. 1910

Located on 15th Avenue, Capitol Hill Drug was open sometime in the 1910s and closed in the early 1980s. This item was donated to MOHAI by Alan K. Lomax, who owned the store in the 1960s. It is likely he was cleaning out historic and outdated items from the long-running business.
ID Number:1961.2236.6
Date:Circa 1910
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Pharmaceutical bottle, "Pulv. Cinchon C," from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca.1910

Located on 15th Avenue, Capitol Hill Drug was open sometime in the 1910s and closed in the early 1980s. This item was donated to MOHAI by Alan K. Lomax, who owned the store in the 1960s. It is likely he was cleaning out historic and outdated items from the long-running business.
ID Number:1961.2236.7
Date:Circa 1910
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Pharmaceutical bottle, "Potassium Carbonate," from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca. 1910

Located on 15th Avenue, Capitol Hill Drug was open sometime in the 1910s and closed in the early 1980s. This item was donated to MOHAI by Alan K. Lomax, who owned the store in the 1960s. It is likely he was cleaning out historic and outdated items from the long-running business.
ID Number:1961.2236.9
Date:Circa 1910
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Pharmaceutical bottle, "Iron Sulfate," from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca. 1910

Located on 15th Avenue, Capitol Hill Drug was open sometime in the 1910s and closed in the early 1980s. This item was donated to MOHAI by Alan K. Lomax, who owned the store in the 1960s. It is likely he was cleaning out historic and outdated items from the long-running business.
ID Number:1961.2236.10
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Pitcher made for the Pacific Steamship Co., with Admiral Line emblem, 1924

Pitcher made for the Pacific Steamship Co., with Admiral Line emblem, 1924

The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line) was a steamship company based in Seattle which operated five ocean liners sailing from Seattle to Japan and China. In 1916 it purchased the vessels of The Pacific Coast Steamship Company, another local company which had begun in 1867 under the name of Goodall, Nelson and Perkins. The…
ID Number:1961.2313.1
Date:1924
Image of Cup made for the Pacific Steamship Co., with Admiral Line emblem, ca. 1920

Cup made for the Pacific Steamship Co., with Admiral Line emblem, ca. 1920

The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line) was a steamship company based in Seattle which operated five ocean liners sailing from Seattle to Japan and China. In 1916 it purchased the vessels of The Pacific Coast Steamship Company, another local company which had begun in 1867 under the name of Goodall, Nelson and Perkins. The…
ID Number:1961.2313.3
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Pair of pince-nez glasses from optometrist Ralph Martin Samuel, ca. 1920

Pair of pince-nez glasses from optometrist Ralph Martin Samuel, ca. 1920

Pince-nez glasses are supported by pinching the bridge of the nose, rather than being supported with arms over the temples and ears. These glasses are from optometrist Ralph Martin Samuel who was active in Seattle in the late 1910s and early 1920s. The case for these glasses includes the tagline “See Samuel & See Better.”
ID Number:1961.2322.5
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Gold-rimmed oval glasses from Seattle Optical Co., ca. 1900-1920

Gold-rimmed oval glasses from Seattle Optical Co., ca. 1900-1920

The Seattle Optical Company was a vision service provider founded in 1900 on Second Avenue. Their slogan was "Everything for the eyes and ears."
ID Number:1961.2322.6
Date:Circa 1900-1920
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