226 results for: Eating and Drinking
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Howard Schultz sitting at table with cup of coffee, Seattle, October 7, 1993
Howard Schultz (b. 1953) is a businessman who has been CEO of Starbucks multiple times, including during the company’s explosive growth in the late 1980s and 1990s. He joined the company in 1982 as director of marketing and retail operations, then purchased the company in 1987 and became its CEO. At that time, Starbucks had only 11 locations. By 2000,…
ID Number:2000.107.19931007.1.06
Date:1993
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Volunteer Henry Seaman distributing food at Northwest Harvest food bank, Seattle, December 1996
Northwest Harvest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, was founded in 1967 by The Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry (EMM), an interfaith organization committed to identifying and addressing the primary problems of the poor and disadvantaged. The organization created Neighbors in Need and opened 34 food banks in what was initially conceived of as a short-term solution to an employment crisis in Seattle. As…
ID Number:2000.107.19961211.10.23
Date:1996
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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