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Image of Street clock in front of Stacy Shown & Co. Jewelers, Seattle, circa 1918
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Street clock in front of Stacy Shown & Co. Jewelers, Seattle, circa 1918

Street clocks such as this one were popular during the first two decades of the 1900s and were often found in front of jewelry and watchmaking shops. Jos. Mayer and Bros. began in 1897 in Seattle and manufactured many clocks during the first two decades of the 1900s. Joseph Mayer and Bros. assembled this street clock, and many others in…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.50
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Street clock in front of L.W. Suter Jeweler, Seattle, circa 1918
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Street clock in front of L.W. Suter Jeweler, Seattle, circa 1918

Street clocks such as this one were popular during the first two decades of the 1900s and were often found in front of jewelry and watchmaking shops. Jos. Mayer and Bros. began in 1897 in Seattle and manufactured many clocks during the first two decades of the 1900s. Joseph Mayer and Bros. assembled this street clock, and many others in…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.52
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Joseph Mayer & Brothers Co. street clock for Friedlander Jewelers, 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1920
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Joseph Mayer & Brothers Co. street clock for Friedlander Jewelers, 2nd Ave., Seattle, circa 1920

This street clock was made by Joseph Mayer & Brothers Company, a watchmaking and wholesale jewelry business begun in Seattle in 1897. Founded by German immigrants Markus (1878-1950), Albert (1872-1929), Emil (1881-), Herman, & Joseph (1868-1937) Mayer, the company existed in various form until 1991. About 100 Mayer street clocks were produced between 1909-1930, often placed in front of jewelers…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.53
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Joseph Mayer & Brothers Co. street clock, Market Street, San Francisco, circa 1920
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Joseph Mayer & Brothers Co. street clock, Market Street, San Francisco, circa 1920

This street clock was made by Joseph Mayer & Brothers Company, a watchmaking and wholesale jewelry business begun in Seattle in 1897. Founded by German immigrants Markus (1878-1950), Albert (1872-1929), Emil (1881-), Herman, and Joseph (1868-1937) Mayer, the company existed in various form until 1991. About 100 Mayer street clocks were produced between 1909-1930, often placed in front of jewelers…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.55
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Street clock in front of Albert Hansen jeweler, Seattle, circa 1910
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Street clock in front of Albert Hansen jeweler, Seattle, circa 1910

Albert Hansen was one of Seattle's first jewelers, beginning in 1883 and continuing in various locations for thirty years. This photo shows the street clock in front of Hansen's store at 624 First Avenue, on the southeast corner of Cherry and First Avenue. Street clocks such as this one were manufactured by Joseph Mayer and Brothers and often stood in…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.56
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Financial district, 2nd Ave. and Columbia St., Seattle, 1925
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Financial district, 2nd Ave. and Columbia St., Seattle, 1925

This view of the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Columbia Street in downtown Seattle includes several buildings that remain standing. In the center of the frame The Seattle National Bank Building (now the United Way Building), built in 1921, stands at 720 Second Avenue. Moving south on Second Avenue, the 15-story Dexter Horton building is at 710 Second Avenue,…
ID Number:1980.6877.32
Date:1925
Image of Intersection of Fifth Avenue and Spring Street, Seattle, circa 1930
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Intersection of Fifth Avenue and Spring Street, Seattle, circa 1930

This Seattle city view from around 1930s documents Fifth Avenue and Spring Street. Businesses visible in photograph include: Hotel Hungerford, Spring Dye Works, Arctic Super Service, and the Spring Apartment HotelStamped on verso: Pierson Photo Co. Commercial Photographers 401 Bay Bldg. Main 0204 Seattle, Wash.Photographer's Reference Number: 1018x
ID Number:1980.6877.34
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Bay Building on the corner of First Avenue and University Street, Seattle, circa 1925
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Bay Building on the corner of First Avenue and University Street, Seattle, circa 1925

Pierson Photo Co. was located in the Bay Building in the 1920s. Signs visible in image include: U.S. Army Goods Store, Aronson Hardware Co., Sullivan Electric Co., Griffin Envelope Co., O.K. Cabinet Works, and Teller's.Stamped on verso: Pierson Photo Co. Commercial Photographers 401 Bay Bldg. Main 0204 Seattle, Wash.
ID Number:1980.6877.55
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Madison Street cable cars next to Lennon's store on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1910
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Madison Street cable cars next to Lennon's store on Second Avenue, Seattle, circa 1910

This image shows people getting on the Madison Street cable car next to Lennon's Gloves and Umbrellas on Second Avenue. Signs on the store building read "Forced to vacate. $60000.00 worth of gloves, umbrellas and hosiery. Thrown to the mercy of the public." Lennon's store moved from the location shown here into the Baillargeon Building, on Second Avenue and Spring…
ID Number:1980.6877.73
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Two men with horse drawn delivery wagons outside of Kristoferson's Dairy, Seattle, circa 1914
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Two men with horse drawn delivery wagons outside of Kristoferson's Dairy, Seattle, circa 1914

Swedish immigrants Alfred and Alberta Kristoferson moved to Washington in the late 1800s to start a dairy. By the early 1900s, Son August Kristoferson soon took the reins of the dairy business after his father's death in 1914. Kristoferson's Dairy was originally located on Fifth Avenue South but soon moved to 1218 First Avenue South where it stayed until moving…
ID Number:1980.6877.75
Date:Circa 1914
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