188 results for: Food and Beverage
Tin of thyme spice from Crescent Manufacturing Company, ca. 1940s
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.
ID Number:1985.29.27
Date:Circa 1940
Can of "Gold Shield Coffee," ca 1910-1950
The Schwabacher Bros. Company Seattle branch opened in 1869 as one of Seattle's first wholesalers, and they sold Gold Shield Coffee and nuts until 1957.
ID Number:1987.2
Date:Circa 1910-1950
Rainier Beer bottle, ca. 1900
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:1989.23.2
Date:Circa 1900
Bottle of "War Baby Syrup," from Reliance Pure Foods, ca. 1940
Reliance was a Seattle-based company that offered many different items including coffee, spices, and other home products. This "War Baby Syrup" which consisted of refiners syrup, water, and maple syrup, was sold in the early 1940s during World War II.
ID Number:1991.3
Date:Circa 1940
Kwik-Loc food storage tabs invented in the Pacific Northwest, 1991
In the 1950s fruit and produce companies started using plastic bags to store apples. At first they were closing them with rubber bands, but that was cumbersome to put on and off. Floyd Paxton was the president of a small company in Yakima that manufactured automated equipment for nailing wooden packing crates for fruit. In 1952 he created a prototype…
ID Number:1991.22.1
Date:1991
Can for Brown & Haley Almond Roca candy, 1991
Brown & Haley, founded in Tacoma in the early 1900s and still in operation today, began as a candy company before WWI but hit it big with the invention of Almond Roca in 1923. In 1927, they began packaging it in a pink tin, which extended the shelf life. Besides the taste, it was the candy's ability to travel well…
ID Number:1991.22.3
Date:1991
Can for Carnation brand evaporated milk, 1991
In 1889, Amos Eldridge Stuart founded the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company in Kent, Washington. He changed the name to Carnation Evaporated Milk Company in 1901 and established a cow breeding farm in Tolt, Washington. By 1926, the company had six Seattle-area dairies and six local evaporated milk plants, plus 24 evaporated milk plants elsewhere in the country. The town…
ID Number:1991.22.4
Date:1991
Box for cumin seed from Crescent Manufacturing Company, ca. late 1950s
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.
ID Number:1994.7.24
Date:Circa 1958
Twilight Tea package from Bemis Company, ca. 1930
The Bemis Brothers Bag Company was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1858. By the early 20th century, the company had shortened its name to Bemis Company and was operating eight bag factories in various parts of the United States, including Seattle, making burlap and cotton bags for grain, flour, feed and many other products. This package of Twilight Tea…
ID Number:1994.15.11
Date:Circa 1930
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) Diploma awarded to Merlino Olive Oil, 1909
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. The Merlino's…
ID Number:1996.48.1
Date:1909