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Image of Imports fashion show program, Seattle, 1958
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Imports fashion show program, Seattle, 1958

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century before…
ID Number:1993.43.14.7.3
Date:1958
Image of Shape the Future fashion show schedule, Seattle, 1990
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Shape the Future fashion show schedule, Seattle, 1990

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century before…
ID Number:1993.43.14.8.1
Date:1990
Image of Import Copies fashion show program, Seattle, 1960
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Import Copies fashion show program, Seattle, 1960

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century before…
ID Number:1993.43.14.8.2
Date:1960
Image of Hector Escobosa, 1938
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Hector Escobosa, 1938

Hector Escobosa (1907-1963) was a retail executive and fashion authority who spent eleven years at Seattle department store Frederick & Nelson. He was the son of Mexican immigrants and grew up in Nogales, Arizona. After gaining retail experience in San Francisco and Kansas City, he joined Frederick & Nelson in 1939. He brought high fashion expertise and experience with European…
ID Number:1993.43.20.4.1
Date:1938
Photograph

Children's shop at Frederick & Nelson store, Seattle, circa 1925

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century. It…
ID Number:1993.43.21.1.1
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Fashion show at Frederick & Nelson store, Seattle, circa 1950
Photograph

Fashion show at Frederick & Nelson store, Seattle, circa 1950

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century. It…
ID Number:1993.43.21.26.1
Date:Circa 1950
Image of Fashion show at Frederick & Nelson store, Seattle, circa 1950
Photograph

Fashion show at Frederick & Nelson store, Seattle, circa 1950

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century. It…
ID Number:1993.43.21.26.2
Date:Circa 1950
Image of French gown shop at Frederick & Nelson store, Seattle, circa 1920
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French gown shop at Frederick & Nelson store, Seattle, circa 1920

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century before…
ID Number:1993.43.22.67.1
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Edward and Abbie Denny Lindsley posing for wedding portrait, Seattle, 1877
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Edward and Abbie Denny Lindsley posing for wedding portrait, Seattle, 1877

Abilene Lucinda "Abbie" Denny (1858-1915) was born in Seattle to pioneers David Thomas Denny (1832–1903) and Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827–1916). In 1877 she married Edward Lawrence Lindsley (1853-1933) who had been born in Wisconsin to Aaron and Maria Newell Lindsley. Abbie Lindsley was a well-known painter and writer, using the pen-names "Chelana" and "Sagebrush." Together the Lindsleys had at least…
ID Number:1999.42.1
Date:1877
Image of Lloyd and Mary Anderson pose in climbing gear, December 15, 1946
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Lloyd and Mary Anderson pose in climbing gear, December 15, 1946

Avid outdoorspeople Lloyd Alva Anderson (1902-2000) and his wife Mary Gaiser Anderson (1910-2017) learned climbing techniques through a Mountaineers class taught by Wolf Bauer (1912-2016). The inability to find high-quality, inexpensive climbing gear led them and 21 mountaineering friends to found the retail cooperative Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) in 1938, enabling them to buy gear in bulk from Europe and…
ID Number:2000.107.008.02.02
Date:1946
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