198 results for: Food and Beverage Industries
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Jimi and Frank Dorsey making sausages at The Incredible Link, Seattle, October 5, 1993
This image shows cousins Jimi (left) and Frank (right) Dorsey making sausages at their shop, The Incredible Link, in Pike Place Market. Jimi, Frank, and several of their relatives ran The Incredible Link together and made gourmet sausages based on family recipes. In addition to more standard varieties,The Incredible Link served smoked salmon sausage, crab-shrimp-scallop sausage, English-style bangers, and a…
ID Number:2000.107.19931005.1.30
Date:1993
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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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Louis Delaurenti, Seattle, March 31, 1997
The DeLaurenti family’s Italian specialty grocery store was established by Pete DeLaurenti in 1946, when he purchased his mother-in-law’s small grocery on the lower level of Pike Place Market. It reopened as “Pete’s Italian Grocery” and soon became a popular specialty market selling gourmet foods, such as special breads, olive oils, and cheeses. Pete’s son, Louis “Louie” DeLaurenti took over…
ID Number:2000.107.19970331.9.07
Date:1997
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Rhonda Bridges sorting chips at Tim's Cascade factory, Algona, Washington, January 22, 2003
Tim's Cascade Snacks was founded in 1986 by Tim Kennedy, along with members of his family and business partner Jeff Leichleiter. The group began working at a warehouse in Auburn, Washington to make thick-sliced chips, hand-stirring them with special rakes in kettles of oil and spicing them by hand in small batches. The brand quickly became a Northwest favorite and…
ID Number:2000.107.200301.CD01.31.001
Date:2003
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Christian Wong serving customer at Chocolati Café, 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.CD01.02.001
Date:2003
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Tim Kennedy at Tim's Cascade factory, Algona, Washington, January 22, 2003
Tim's Cascade Snacks was founded in 1986 by Tim Kennedy, along with members of his family and business partner Jeff Leichleiter. The group began working at a warehouse in Auburn, Washington to make thick-sliced chips, hand-stirring them with special rakes in kettles of oil and spicing them by hand in small batches. The brand quickly became a Northwest favorite and…
ID Number:2000.107.20030122.CD03.001
Date:2003
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Boycott Scab Beer!/Boicotean Cerveza Esquirol! flier, 1977
The Coors boycotts began in the 1960s and lasted officially until the late 1980s, though some opposition continued after that time. The boycotts focused on three issues: the company's long opposition to organized labor; allegations of discriminatory hiring practices against Hispanics, African Americans, women, and LGBTQ people; and Joseph Coors' funding of conservative politicians and organizations. The first boycott in…
ID Number:2002.23.1.43.1
Date:1977
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Starbucks founders posing outside their store, Seattle, February 1979
American coffee company Starbucks Corporation was founded in Seattle in 1971 by partners Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker. Sold to Howard Schultz in 1987, the company quickly expanded beyond Seattle and now operates almost 24,000 locations worldwide.In this image the three founders hold cups of coffee outside of the “original Starbucks,” actually the second location of the original…
ID Number:2002.46.3067
Date:1979
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Men with load of salmon on dock, Seattle, circa 1900
The salmon canning industry started in the late 1860s along the Columbia River. By the 1890s, the fishing ground and market had shifted to Puget Sound. Seattle was the home base of the salmon fishing fleet for many years. In this photo, taken around 1900, workers unload salmon from barges at a Seattle cannery wharf south of downtown. Caption on…
ID Number:2002.48.817
Date:Circa 1900
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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