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Image of Ruth Younker and Dalia Amon cooking for Shabbat Across America, April 1, 1997
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Ruth Younker and Dalia Amon cooking for Shabbat Across America, April 1, 1997

Shabbat Across America (SAA) is a program to introduce Jewish families who are not part of a synagogue to Shabbat, the Jewish weekly holy day of rest, which begins at sundown on Friday and lasts until sundown on Saturday. SAA was started in response to fears that more and more American Jews were disconnected from their heritage, with fewer than…
ID Number:2000.107.19970401.32.29
Date:1997
Image of William Deng holding a bottle of mango juice outside store, Seattle, 2001
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William Deng holding a bottle of mango juice outside store, Seattle, 2001

In August 2001, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that Washington state had gained more foreign residents in the past decade than in the previous thirty years combined. Sudan-born William Deng, 24, was one new Seattle resident. After his village was attacked, he and other children escaped across thousands of miles of desert and spent years in refugee camps before arriving…
ID Number:2000.107.20010803.5.31
Date:2001
Image of Customers sitting outside at Chocolati Cafe, Seattle, January 17, 2003
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Customers sitting outside at Chocolati Cafe, Seattle, January 17, 2003

Seattle entrepreneur Christian Wong bought Sutliff Candy and the former CBM Chocolate Co., creating Sutliff Candy & Promotions Co., a retail business specializing in confectionery treats. Wong expanded the business in 2003, opening the first Chocolati Cafe in the Green Lake neighborhood. As of 2025, the company has three additional cafes in Wallingford, Greenwood, and at the downtown public library…
ID Number:2000.107.20030117.CD01.02.002
Date:2003
Image of Howard Brown behind bar at Eastlake Zoo Tavern, Seattle, September 23, 2007
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Howard Brown behind bar at Eastlake Zoo Tavern, Seattle, September 23, 2007

The Eastlake Zoo Tavern opened in 1974 at the corner of Eastlake Avenue East and East Lynn Street, in a 1902 building that had housed various bars and taverns since the mid-1930s. In 1974, a group of individuals, many from the nearby “hippie” houseboat community in Eastlake, acquired the building and opened the Eastlake Zoo as an employee co-op. Ownership…
ID Number:2000.107.20070923.CD01.001
Date:2007
Image of View of bar area at Eastlake Zoo Tavern, Seattle, September 23, 2007
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View of bar area at Eastlake Zoo Tavern, Seattle, September 23, 2007

The Eastlake Zoo Tavern opened in 1974 at the corner of Eastlake Avenue East and East Lynn Street, in a 1902 building that had housed various bars and taverns since the mid-1930s. In 1974, a group of individuals, many from the nearby “hippie” houseboat community in Eastlake, acquired the building and opened the Eastlake Zoo as an employee co-op. Ownership…
ID Number:2000.107.20070923.CD01.002
Date:2007
Image of Vegetarian Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner mailer, 1988
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Vegetarian Thanksgiving Potluck Dinner mailer, 1988

This mailer is an invitation to a vegetarian Thanksgiving potluck dinner held by the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (P.A.W.S.) and the Central Coop Grocery. In addition to bringing a vegetarian dish large enough for four servings, attendees were encouraged to bring non-perishable food for a food bank. The potluck was held at the Scottish Rite Temple on November 21, 1988,…
ID Number:2002.23.2.39.2
Date:1988
Image of Firland Sanatorium Christmas dinner menu, 1938
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Firland Sanatorium Christmas dinner menu, 1938

Firland Sanatorium was Seattle's municipal tuberculosis hospital. It opened in 1911 to help combat what was at the time Seattle's leading cause of death. Firland was located on 34 acres in the Richmond Highlands area, 12 miles north of the then-border of Seattle.This Christmas dinner menu is printed in three colors and features red and green holiday themed illustrations.
ID Number:2003.9.74
Date:1938
Image of Employees with a display of Mapleine and other Crescent Manufacturing Company products , Seattle, circa 1910
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Employees with a display of Mapleine and other Crescent Manufacturing Company products , Seattle, circa 1910

The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early 20th 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.Pictured here are Crescent Manufacturing Company employees…
ID Number:2005.24.49
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Ivar's Acres of Clams menu, circa 1950
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Ivar's Acres of Clams menu, circa 1950

In 1938, 33-year-old Seattle native Ivar Haglund opened the city's first aquarium on Pier 54. Soon, entrepreneur Haglund opened a stand selling clam chowder and fish and chips to the aquarium's hungry visitors. Though the stand soon closed, in 1946 Haglund opened his first "official" restaurant, the renowned Ivar's Acres of Clams on Pier 54, the first of several Ivar's…
ID Number:2009.19.1.1
Date:Circa 1950
Image of Guests sitting at tables during chili party, Seattle, December 16, 1915
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Guests sitting at tables during chili party, Seattle, December 16, 1915

George Austin Moore, claiming to be the best chili maker in America, served what was then referred to as a Mexican delicacy to guests seated backstage at Seattle's Orpheum Theatre on Third Avenue and Madison Street. At the time, Mr. Moore and his wife Cordelia Haager were performing their song and dance act in Seattle on the Orpheum Circuit, a…
ID Number:2010.46.1
Date:1915
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