198 results for: Food and Beverage Industries
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Our House Rye Whiskey label, circa 1910
The Our House saloon opened around 1898 at the corner of Washington Street and Occidental Avenue in Seattle. Owner John B. Rogers did an enormous business during the Gold Rush, selling drinks to men passing through Seattle on their way to and from the Klondike. Our House became one of the famous saloons in the city. The Seattle city directories…
ID Number:1965.3520.18
Date:Circa 1910
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Our House Wine & Liquor Co. Maryland Rye bottle label, circa 1910
The Our House saloon opened around 1898 at the corner of Washington Street and Occidental Avenue in Seattle. Owner John B. Rogers did an enormous business during the Gold Rush selling drinks to men passing through Seattle on their way to the Klondike, and Our House became one of the famous saloons in the city. The Seattle city directories list…
ID Number:1965.3520.19
Date:Circa 1910
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Carnation Evaporated Milk can label, circa 1940
A small evaporated milk company which opened in Kent in 1899 grew to become the nationally known Carnation Company. Canned milk had a small market at first, but was soon accepted by hungry babies and gold-rush miners alike. By 1926, the company had six Seattle-area dairies and six local evaporated milk plants, plus 24 evaporated milk plants elsewhere in the…
ID Number:1967.4158.13
Date:Circa 1940
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Brochure for the "Iron Chink" fish cleaning machine, circa 1909
In 1903, Seattle inventor Edmund A. Smith (1870-1909) developed a machine that gutted and cleaned salmon for canning 55 times faster than human workers. Most Northwest cannery workers were Chinese immigrants, and Smith, with "unselfconscious racism" (in the words of historian Carlos Schwantes), called his invention the Iron Chink. The innovation increased cannery profits, but forced thousands of people to…
ID Number:1970.4992.2
Date:Circa 1909
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Manning's coffee bag, circa 1935
Brothers Edward McClure Manning (1872-1956) and William Wayland Manning (1874-1938) began selling freshly roasted coffee beans from a small stall in the Pike Place Market in 1908. Soon, they started offering customers cups of brewed coffee, and before long Manning's expanded its menu to include baked goods and full cafeteria service. By around 1950, the company had ten restaurants in…
ID Number:1974.5919.135
Date:Circa 1935
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Holsum Baking Co. employees pose in front of factory, Seattle, circa 1914
The Holsum Baking Company of Seattle incorporated in 1912, but went bankrupt just four years later amid allegations of fraud. The company was bought out by Seattle Baking Company, who ran a series of advertisements in 1921 called, "A Trip Through the Largest Modern Bakery in the Pacific Northwest." The Seattle Baking Company manufactured "Queenann," "Butter-Nut" and "Holsum" breads, and…
ID Number:1975.6000.1
Date:Circa 1914
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Delicious Recipes Featuring Healthful Arden Yogurt, circa 1950
Arden Farms' dairy was first established in 1904 in El Monte,California. Seattle's headquarters for Arden Dairy Farms was located at 1501 4th Avenue South at Atlantic Street. The Arden milkman was a common sight, his truck traversing neighborhoods early in the mornings to deliver glass bottles of milk, as well as yogurt and ice cream.This small fold-out leaflet features a…
ID Number:1980.7051.76
Date:Circa 1950
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H. Vennes and Son, Poulsbo's Famous Boned Lutefisk, circa 1955
In the early part of the 20th century, Poulsbo was famous as a cod processing center. Ships would dock in Poulsbo to unload fresh cod which was then salted and shipped to all parts of the United States. In later years, Poulsbo would emerge as a center for lutefisk processing. Lutefisk is made from dried fish treated with lye and…
ID Number:1980.7051.87
Date:Circa 1955
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Good Eating from the Dry Pea and Lentil Capital of the Nation, circa 1965
The Washington and Idaho Dry Pea and Lentil Commissions were first formed in the early 1960s in order to support a growing legume industry. The original "office" was a small trailer perched right on the state border between Pullman, Washington and Moscow, Idaho. The Commissions would later expand their mission and grow to a national organization charged with funding and…
ID Number:1980.7051.107
Date:Circa 1965
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Pidduck-Ross Co. grocery receipt, July 7, 1904
Pidduck-Ross Co. grocery sold "high priced groceries and table delicacies" at 720 Second Avenue. The grocery opened in 1901 as Pidduck, Ross & Mehlhorn by George A. Pidduck, John T. Ross, and August F. Mehlhorn (Mehlhorn left the company in the first year). In just a few years, Pidduck-Ross Co. was declared bankrupt in April of 1905, after having been…
ID Number:1982.200.57
Date:1904