187 results for: Food and Beverage Industries
Olive oil can, from Merlino Olive Oil Company, 1985-1995
Italian immigrant Angelo Merlino founded Merlino Foods in 1900 and introduced olive oil to Seattle.
ID Number:1996.48.3
Date:1985-1995
Rainier Brewery crate from Prohibition era, ca. 1920-1927
During Prohibition, Rainier Brewery produced beverages under the name "Rainier Products", generally referred to as "near beer," which included birch and root beer, ginger ale, and cider.
ID Number:1997.45.1
Date:Circa 1920-1927
Potty chair made from a Carnation milk crate, ca. 1910-1920
Necessity is the mother of invention so they say. This unique potty chair was handmade using a milk crate from the Carnation Milk Company. 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. The…
ID Number:1999.6.31
Date:Circa 1910-1920
Tin of Gold Shield Coffee, 3 lbs., 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:1999.6.71
Date:Circa 1910
Tin of Gold Shield Cayenne 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:1999.6.77
Date:Circa 1910
Can of “Happy Home Sweet Corn” from Schwabacher Bros. & Co., ca. 1930s
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:1999.6.86
Date:Circa 1930
Tobacco plug cutter 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:1999.6.88
Date:Circa 1910
Three copper panels from the Mountain Room at the Rainier Beer Brewery, 1948
These decorative panels were part of a large fireplace hood in the Mountain Room at the Rainier Beer Brewery. The copper repoussé (a technique of hammering a copper sheet into a desired design) shows a leafy and flowering hop plant. Hops are used for brewing beer, and hop growing has been a significant agricultural crop in Washington since the 19th…
ID Number:1999.64.2.ONLINE
Date:1948
Baseball cap, "Rainier Brewery Engineering," ca. 1990
Rainier Brewing Company was an iconic Seattle brand founded in 1884. Brewery production at the original site began in 1878 and continued until 1999. This cap was possibly handed out to employees as a gift or souvenir at a company event.
ID Number:1999.64.6
Date:Circa 1990
Baseball cap, "Rainier Brewery Brewing," ca. 1990
Rainier Brewing Company was an iconic Seattle brand founded in 1884. Brewery production at the original site began in 1878 and continued until 1999. This cap was possibly handed out to employees as a gift or souvenir at a company event.
ID Number:1999.64.7
Date:Circa 1990