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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
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
Denim “crawler” overalls made by the Black Manufacturing Company, 1910
George G. Black founded the Black Manufacturing Company in Seattle in 1902. Their specialty was durable workwear and outdoor gear, with overalls being one of their leading products. This small version was designed just like durable overalls for an adult but built to withstand heavy crawling! These overalls were worn in Seattle by two sisters when they were between 1…
ID Number:1961.2366.10
Date:1910
Glass milk bottle, 1/2 pint, ca. 1920-1940
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:1961.2384.3
Date:Circa 1920-1940
Oil portrait of Charles F. Clise by Charles J. Fox, ca. 1957
The Clise family have strong roots in Seattle with JW Clise arriving in this area in 1899, one day after the Great Seattle Fire. Clise helped rebuild the city after that devastation and Clise Properties flourished and Charles Clise continued that legacy. The artist signature, CJ (Charles J.) Fox, was an alias for Leo Fox, a New York artist who,…
ID Number:1962.2613
Date:Circa 1957
Metal pail of "Dan's famous home rendered pure lard," ca. 1928
Polish immigrant Dan Zido came to Seattle in 1906. He had been an apprentice to a sausage maker while in Poland, and when he arrived in Seattle he worked at a meat packing plant. He opened Dan’s Market at the north end of the Pike Place market in 1924. Zido retired in the 1940s and died in 1953. The business…
ID Number:1962.2684.1
Date:Circa 1928
Ice pole or ice pick from the William Myers meat market in Georgetown, ca. 1900
William Myers was in the meat business since before 1900, but he opened his butcher shop in the Georgetown neighborhood on Duwamish Avenue, now Airport Way, around 1911 and was in operation until the 1960s.
ID Number:1962.2713.4
Date:Circa 1900
Cast iron receipt holder from the William Myers meat market in Georgetown, ca. 1911
William Myers was in the meat business since before 1900, but he opened his butcher shop in the Georgetown neighborhood on Duwamish Avenue, now Airport Way, around 1911 and was in operation until the 1960s.
ID Number:1962.2713.21
Date:Circa 1911
Carnation Milk bottle used by William Myers in his butcher shop on 2nd and Cherry, and in Georgetown, ca. 1900
William Myers was in the meat business since before 1900, but he opened his butcher shop in the Georgetown neighborhood on Duwamish Avenue, now Airport Way, around 1911 and was in operation until the 1960s. Amos Eldridge Stuart founded the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company in Kent, Washington in 1889. He changed the name to Carnation Evaporated Milk Company in…
ID Number:1962.2713.44
Date:Circa 1900
Gold Shield tin for black pepper from Schwabacher Bros. and Company, ca. 1910
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened a branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:1962.2713.46
Date:Circa 1910