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Image of Theater curtain with advertisement for Schwabacher Bros. & Co., circa 1905
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Theater curtain with advertisement for Schwabacher Bros. & Co., circa 1905

Some Seattle businesses advertised on theater curtains. This photo, taken at the Argus Theatre sometime after 1903, shows an ad for Schwabacher Bros. & Co. Schwabacher Brothers was a wholesale grocery firm which sold canned goods, cigars, coffee, and other products throughout the northwest. The company even had permanent agents in Alaska to supply the Alaskan trade. Webster & Stevens…
ID Number:1983.10.7607
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Standard Furniture building, Seattle, circa 1908
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Standard Furniture building, Seattle, circa 1908

Standard Furniture Company was an early Seattle retailer of imported furniture, owned by Herbert A. and Ralph Schoenfeld, that opened in 1888. The enterprise constructed and opened a permanent high-rise on Second Avenue in 1908, and later moved to Tacoma. Signs in image: Standard Furniture Co. Your Credit is Good.Handwritten on sleeve: Standard Furniture Bldg.Photographer's Reference Number: 5546Caption information source:…
ID Number:1983.10.7610
Date:Circa 1908
Image of Standard Furniture interior, Seattle, circa 1908
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Standard Furniture interior, Seattle, circa 1908

Standard Furniture Company was an early Seattle retailer of imported furniture, owned by Herbert A. and Ralph Schoenfeld, that opened in 1888. The enterprise constructed and opened a permanent high-rise on Second Avenue in 1908, and later moved to Tacoma. Handwritten on sleeve: Standard Furniture Main Floor.Photographer's Reference Number: 5554Caption information source: "Schoenfeld Family Papers, 1904-1996," https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv75408
ID Number:1983.10.7612.1
Date:Circa 1908
Image of Second Bartell Drug store, Seattle, circa 1908
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Second Bartell Drug store, Seattle, circa 1908

George H. Bartell Sr., the founder of one of the longest-running family-owned drugstore chains in the United States, opened his second store here at 506 2nd Avenue. The building was soon demolished to make way for the construction of the Smith Tower at 2nd Avenue and Yesler that opened in 1914. Signs in image: Pabst Milwaukee Beer on Draught. Babcock's…
ID Number:1983.10.7669.3
Date:Circa 1908
Image of Redelsheimer's department store, circa 1906
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Redelsheimer's department store, circa 1906

Julius Redelsheimer owned a department store on First Avenue in Seattle. This photo, taken around 1906, shows the inside of Redelsheimer's store decorated with flowers, plants, and cedar garlands. To the right is a moving walkway which took customers to the upper floor. the building had a skylight and a light well in the center which helped to light each…
ID Number:1983.10.7684
Date:Circa 1906
Image of Hudson Bay Fur Co., Seattle, circa 1910
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Hudson Bay Fur Co., Seattle, circa 1910

Handwritten on sleeve: Hudson Bay Fur Co.Webster & Stevens number: 6160
ID Number:1983.10.7725.2
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Pike Place Market, Seattle, circa 1912
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Pike Place Market, Seattle, circa 1912

Seattle opened its public market at Pike Place in 1907 so that farmers could sell fresh eggs, dairy products, produce, and other things directly to city dwellers. The Corner Market was built in 1912 across the street at the corner of First Avenue and Pike Place. Signs in image: Public Market - Fresh - Meet the Producer. Hotel Leland. [...g]…
ID Number:1983.10.7738
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Bon Marche, Seattle, circa 1911
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Bon Marche, Seattle, circa 1911

In 1890, German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine invested their life savings of $1,200 to start The Bon Marche at First Avenue and Cedar Street. He modeled his new department store after one he had known in Paris. The Bon Marche moved to the corner of Second Avenue and Pike Street in 1896. By 1901, it had expanded…
ID Number:1983.10.8099
Date:Circa 1911
Image of Sanitary Public Market, circa 1910
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Sanitary Public Market, circa 1910

Seattle's Sanitary Public Market was built on First Avenue, near Pike Street, in 1909-1910. Some people said that the building got its name because horses were not allowed inside. The market building was destroyed by fire in 1941, and has since been rebuilt. This photo shows the Sanitary Public Market in about 1910. At that time, the street level of…
ID Number:1983.10.8707
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Candy makers at Augustine & Kyer, 1913
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Candy makers at Augustine & Kyer, 1913

Augustine & Kyer was a wholesale and retail grocery firm with stores in downtown Seattle and in the Queen Anne and Capitol Hill neighborhoods. Among other things, the company sold hand-dipped chocolates.In this photo, two women talk as they dip candy centers into pools of chocolate. They are making the candies for Augustine & Kyer's grocery stores.
ID Number:1983.10.8726
Date:1913
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