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Ephemera
Happy Home Brand Tomatoes can label, circa 1920
This label for Happy Home Brand of canned tomatoes indicates that the product was distributed by Schwabacher Brothers & Company of Seattle. Having started in business in San Francisco, Schwabacher Brothers opened an branch in Seattle in the 1860s. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods and other materials to the…
ID Number:2004.56.1
Date:Circa 1920
Ephemera
Crescent Manufacturing Company Chinese trademark certificate, Seattle, January 27, 1931
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle in 1883 by Albert C. Larsen as Larsen Extract Company. In 1886, the company was sold and re-named the Crescent Manufacturing Company. Crescent was most famous for "Mapleine," an imitation maple flavoring, and the other imitation extracts they manufactured, but they also milled and sold a variety of imported spices, coffee, and…
ID Number:2005.24.91
Date:1931
Cartographic material
Seattle and Environs, Eighteen Months after the Great Fire, 1891
Seattle in the early 1890s was a rapidly growing city. The Seattle City Census of 1888 records population at 19,116, and although 1889's Great Fire leveled 116 acres in the heart of the city's business district, by 1890 the city's population actually grew to 40,000 inhabitants from the influx of people helping to recreate the city. This color map of…
ID Number:2005.25.1
Date:1891
Ephemera
Duncan & Sons catalog, circa 1920
Duncan & Sons, Inc. sold supplies for shoes and sold and repaired leather saddles and harnesses in Seattle from 1898-2007. The company was an important local business and was a large city employer in the first part of the 20th century. The catalog pictured here gives an excellent look into the business as it was in the 1920s. The catalog…
ID Number:2007.36.1
Date:Circa 1920
Correspondence
Letter from the Red Cross to Silas Archibald, Washington DC, October 14, 1918
Both Norman ("Jim") Archibald and his older sister Hazel served in France during World War I. Norman was a lieutenant with the 95th Aero Squadron, U. S. Army, in September 1918 when his SPAD biplane fighter aircraft was shot down behind enemy lines and he was taken prisoner by the Germans. A month later, Hazel, a talented pianist and songwriter,…
ID Number:2009.3.4.1.1
Date:1918
Correspondence
Letter to Hazel Archibald from Phelps Newberry, December 7, 1918
Both Norman Archibald and his older sister Hazel served in France during World War I. Norman was a lieutenant with the 95th Aero Squadron, U. S. Army, in September 1918 when his SPAD biplane fighter aircraft was shot down behind enemy lines and he was taken prisoner by the Germans. A month later, Hazel, a talented pianist and songwriter, joined…
ID Number:2009.3.4.14.2
Date:1918
Document
Hazel Archibald's passport and permit, circa 1919
Hazel Marjorie (Archibald) Draper (1891-1973) and Norman Silas "Jim" Archibald (1894-1975) were born in Seattle to real estate developer Silas W. Archibald (1864-aft 1952) and Elizabeth Jane (Langille) Archibald (1866-), who had emigrated from Nova Scotia, Canada, after their 1889 marriage. Both Hazel and Norman served in France during World War I. Norman was a lieutenant with the 95th Aero…
ID Number:2009.3.4.18.1
Date:Circa 1919
Photograph
Norman Archibald standing next to his SPAD plane, France, 1918
Hazel Marjorie (Archibald) Draper (1891-1973) and Norman Silas "Jim" Archibald (1894-1975) were born in Seattle to real estate developer Silas W. Archibald (1864-aft 1952) and Elizabeth Jane (Langille) Archibald (1866-), who had emigrated from Nova Scotia, Canada, after their 1889 marriage. Both Hazel and Norman served in France during World War I; Norman was a lieutenant with the 95th Aero…
ID Number:2009.3.4.18.2
Date:1918
Drawing
Carpet design for renovation of Century 21 Opera House, circa 1961
This hand-painted design for a carpet, with color specifications noted, is titled "Seattle World's Fair" and designed by B. Marcus Priteca and James Chiarelli. As part of the planning for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition), architects Priteca and Chiarelli worked together on the conversion of the existing Civic Auditorium at 225 Mercer Street into the Seattle Opera…
ID Number:2010.3.36
Date:Circa 1961
Poster
Slamhound Hunters and Red Dress at Dez's 400 poster, Seattle, 1981
The Slamhound Hunters was a blues band in the 1980s that featured Louis X. Erlanger, Kim Field, Mark Dalton, and Leslie Milton. They performed around the Pacific Northwest and in Europe, playing original music and opening for acts like Stevie Ray Vaughan, the Righteous Brothers, and Otis Rush. Red Dress was formed in 1976 by Gary Minkler and his high…
ID Number:2013.87.105
Date:1981