187 results for: Food and Beverage Industries
Candy box, Queen Anne Candy Co., ca. 1917-1930
The Queen Anne Candy Company had a factory in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood as early as 1917. The illustration highlights Queen Anne's reputation as a Victorian-inspired, high-class neighborhood.
ID Number:2009.1.95
Date:Circa 1917-1930
Candy box, Imperial Candy Company, ca. 1906-1930
Imperial Candy Company, in business from 1906 to 1974, was an early Seattle producer of a variety of candies and chocolates.
ID Number:2009.1.96
Date:Circa 1906-1930
Sign advertisement for Sweden 217 Shakemaker, ca. 1950s
Harvey Swenson founded Sweden Freezer Manufacturing in 1932 in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, after having modified a floor polishing motor to run a soft-serve ice cream machine. This advertisement is marketing his Shakemaker to ice cream shops and other food service establishments.
ID Number:2009.33.3
Date:Circa 1950
Rainier Beer bottle opener, ca. 1916-1920
This opener dates from 1916-1920, the time during which Rainier Beer was brewing in San Francisco. In Washington state, Prohibition was voted into law in September of 1915 and all breweries had to shut down and have the distilleries dismantled by January 1, 1916. At the beginning of 1916, the Hemrich family, who owned and operated the Seattle Bewing and…
ID Number:2009.42.1
Date:Circa 1916-1920
Beer bottle for Rheinlander beer, 1934-1935
In 1934, Emil Sick started Century Brewing Association located at 3100 Airport Way. Rheinlander was the flagship beer. The following year, Sick bought the rights to the name of the long-standing brewery, Seattle Brewing & Malting Company, and changed his company's name accordingly. This specific bottle, with the Century Brewing Association name, was only in use from 1934-1935.
ID Number:2009.42.3
Date:1934-1935
Beer bottle for Rainier Beer, ca. 1935-1944
Rainier Beer was first brewed in Seattle in 1878. Over the decades the company had a string of owners, including Emil Sick (1894-1964), from 1933-1977, who also owned the Seattle Rainiers minor league baseball team. The company's Rainier Beer and the brewery itself, with it’s trademark red neon "R" that sat atop the building, were popular icons in the Pacific…
ID Number:2009.42.4
Date:Circa 1935-1944
Original sidewalk sign from first Starbucks shop once located at 2000 Western Avenue in Seattle, 1971
This hand-painted sidewalk sign advertised the first Starbucks coffee shop which opened in Seattle, Washington, on March 31, 1971, by three partners: Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin, and Zev Siegl. The first shop was located at 2000 Western Ave, before it was later moved to what is today considered to be the flagship store in Pike Place Market. This sign was…
ID Number:2009.47.1
Date:1971
Hanging sign for The Wet Whisker, ca. 1971
To help fund his education in optometry, Jim Stewart opened his first store, the Wet Whisker, in 1968 in Coupeville on Whidbey Island, Washington. In the summer of 1969, he purchased his first 12-pound Royal Roaster from a peanut vendor on the beach in Southern California. By the end of the second summer, Jim had roasted and sold nearly 500…
ID Number:2010.1.99
Date:Circa 1971
Starbucks Coffee sign with green-and-black mermaid logo, "We Proudly Serve," ca. 1990
The first Starbucks Coffee opened in Seattle, Washington, on March 31, 1971, by three partners: Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin, and Zev Siegl. The moniker, "Starbucks," comes from the name of the first mate in the Herman Melville novel, "Moby Dick," and the logo, a twin-tailed siren, is representative of Seattle's maritime heritage. The first Starbucks store was located in Seattle…
ID Number:2010.1.100
Date:1990
Coffee tin, "Brehm's Best Drip Grind Coffee, ca. 1950
William Brehm and George Brehm operated a produce and grocery businesses in Pike Place Market in the 1950s. They started in 1915 with Brehm's Egg Company, and in 1938 they had a fish and meat store in West Seattle, then moved to University Way near the University of Washington before opening their Pike Place Market business.
ID Number:2010.32.1
Date:Circa 1950