172 results for: Agriculture and Farms
Photograph
Employees working at Brandt Orchards, Orondo, Washington, October 16, 2002
Apple growers in Washington State contribute significantly to the state's economy, especially in the eastern regions of the state, such as the Wenatchee apple district.In this image, two workers pick apples at Brandt Orchards in Orondo, Douglas County. In 2002 growers harvested a particularly good crop, bringing apple prices up by about $2 box that year. Caption information written by:…
ID Number:2000.107.20021016.CD02.002
Date:2002
Ephemera
United Farm Workers boycott poster, Seattle, 1975
This 1975 poster calls for the boycott of all lettuce and grapes sold without the UFW label, and calls out Gallo wine in particular for its contract with the Teamsters rather than the farm workers union. Printed on both sides, the poster also describes union-busting efforts by grape growers, the hazardous nature of farm work, and the success of the…
ID Number:2002.23.8.14.4
Date:1975
Poster
Pacific Poultryman poster, circa 1914
Paul Wadsworth Harries (1877-1960) was born in Minnesota and moved to Seattle around 1909. He married Sara Powell Bittle (1887-1982) in 1910, and by the following year he was working as the advertising manager for Pacific Poultryman, a monthly magazine about farming and livestock that began in 1895 as Northwest Poultry Journal. Mr. Harries became the editor and publisher of…
ID Number:2011.61.3
Date:Circa 1914
Ephemera
Kristoferson's Dairy calendar, 1933
Swedish immigrants Alfred and Alberta "Bertie" Kristoferson moved to Washington in 1890 and opened Kristoferson Dairy in 1897. Son August Kristoferson took the reins of the dairy business after his father's death in 1914. After operating at several other locations in Seattle, the company built a plant at 1300 Rainier Avenue, with over 50 delivery trucks. The firm's entry in…
ID Number:2018.3.3.142
Date:1933
Photograph
Milkman and wagon at Manitou Park, Tacoma, 1908
In this photo, a young man poses holding a milk can and cup near a horse-drawn milk cart just off a dirt path in a grassy area in Manitou Park in Tacoma. Painted on cart: Jersey Milk
ID Number:2018.48.7
Date:1908
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Gwen Bassetti, March 31, 2004
This March 2004 interview is with Gwen Bassetti, founder of the Grand Central Bakery in Seattle, and was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Bassetti describes running a bread, jam and vegetable stand on Lopez Island, opening The Bakery sandwich shop in the recently-renovated Grand Central Building in Pioneer Square in 1972, and founding the Grand…
ID Number:2019.35.8.1
Date:2004
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Barry Bettinger, April 9, 2004
This is April 2004 interview with Barry Bettinger, owner of Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream, was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Bettinger describes his responsibilities at the ice cream business, from management and bookkeeping to the hands-on work of making ice cream, as well as working on the business’s upcoming move to a larger space in…
ID Number:2019.35.8.2
Date:2004
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Gary Briggs and Dave Jarzynka, February 19, 2004
Interview with Gary Briggs and Dave Jarzynka of Briggs Nursery based in Elma, WA, conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project on February 19, 2004. Briggs Nursery is recognized for its ability to propagate and grow a wide variety of specialty plants. They grown over 1,000 varieties of plants at their labratory and greenhouse.
ID Number:2019.35.8.3
Date:2004
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Goldie Caughlan, February 4, 2004
This 2004 interview is with Goldie Caughlan, Nutrition Education Manager at the Puget Consumers Co-op (now PCC Natural Markets) in Seattle, and was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Caughlan considers the intersecting stories of her interests in the socio-economic and environmental aspects of hunger, food, and nutrition; the history and evolution of the PCC; and…
ID Number:2019.35.8.4
Date:2004
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Mike Finger and Kimberly Finger, January 27, 2004
This late-January 2004 interview is with Mike and Kim Finger at Cedarville Farm, near Deming, Washington, and was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. The farm, certified organic, produces nearly 40 kinds of vegetables, along with eggs, chickens, flowers, and herbs. In the interview, Mike reflects on the advantages and disadvantages of starting with an existing…
ID Number:2019.35.8.5
Date:2004