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Fulmer's Columbia Florist flower coaster, circa 1950
This flower coaster advertises Fulmer's Columbia Florist at 5212 Rainier Avenue. The flower shop, owned by Cecil H. Fulmer (circa 1895-1968) and his wife Helen M. Fulmer (circa 1898-1984), operated at 5212 Rainier Avenue just south of Columbia City business district from the late 1940s to 1953. The couple opened the Fulmer's Agate Shop at this same address, but the…
ID Number:2018.3.3.137
Date:Circa 1950
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Alaskan Liquor Company advertisement, circa 1912
The Alaskan Cafe was opened on July 1, 1909, in the Arctic Club building at the corner of Third and Jefferson in Seattle, by owners Charles Berryman and Ludovico Dallagiovanna. The image of a dog sled found in the center of the ad shown here is from stained glass piece hung over the entrance to the barroom at the Alaskan…
ID Number:2018.3.3.139
Date:Circa 1912
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S.C. Renner business card, circa 1917
Sydnia C. Renner (circa 1874-1924) owned S. C. Renner North West Radiator and Fender Works, repairing and manufacturing automobile parts, which operated between 1914 and 1920. Mr. Renner was president of the Mutual Businessmen's Club in 1919 and "one of the youngest successful businessmen on the [automobile] row," according to a Seattle Daily Times article in 1917, having worked on…
ID Number:2018.3.3.140
Date:Circa 1917
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Rainier Camping Equipment brochure, circa 1958
Incorporated as Rainier Sporting Goods in 1950, and later known as Rainier Camping Equipment, ALL RAINIER, or Rainier Gear, the company sold tents, air mattresses, sleeping bags, camp cots, and other camping equipment for the Seattle Tent and Awning Company. Seattle Tent and Awning Company was begun by S. W. Robb (1866-1929) when he arrived in Seattle in 1896; in…
ID Number:2018.3.3.141
Date:Circa 1958
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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
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Cooks' and Assistants' Local 33 Wage Scale and Working Rules, June 1, 1945
In June 1945, with World War II almost over, the Cooks’ and Assistants’ Union Local 33 distributed this pocket-sized Wage Scale and Working Rules to members. Minimum wage scales ranged from short-shift dishwashers and tavern porters at $1.00 per hour to Cooks at $9.00 per hour. Chefs’ salaries were “open” - presumably negotiated. Work rules covered such things as hiring…
ID Number:2018.3.3.143
Date:1945
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SLS&E Ry Time Table No. 23, August 16, 1891
The Seattle, Lake Shore, and Eastern Railway (SLS&E) was a railroad that operated in Seattle from 1885-1896. A group of local investors lead by Thomas Burke (1849-1925) and Daniel Hunt Gilman (1845-1913) founded the railroad as a solution to the problem of connecting Seattle to the Canadian border. The line's seven-year history reflects the paramount importance of the railroad during…
ID Number:2018.3.3.144
Date:1891
Cartographic material
City of Seattle map, 1874
Canadian-born Angus Mackintosh (1839-1904) moved to Seattle in 1870, when the population was a modest 900 people. Mr. Mackintosh discovered King County had no registry of property titles, so he began preparing abstracts and built an extensive business doing the same for Pierce, Island, and Whatcom counties. Later he expanded into buying and selling real estate, banking, and the Seattle,…
ID Number:2018.3.8.1
Date:1874
Cartographic material
Official Ground Plan of the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Seattle held its first world’s fair, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909 on what is now the main University of Washington campus. The fair promoted the region’s growth and prosperity that had begun with the 1897 arrival of the first shipment of Yukon gold. Fair promoters distributed this detailed “Official Ground Plan” of the fairgrounds. Fairgoers could visit the Mines,…
ID Number:2018.3.8.2
Date:1909
Photograph
Base Hospital Number 50 officers and enlisted men at Camp Merritt, N.J., April 20,1919
Base Hospital No. 50 was created at the University of Washington in October 1917 as part of a mobilization of base hospitals at universities and civilian hospitals because the United States Army did not have an established medical corps when the country entered World War I in 1917. The Base Hospital unit consisted of medical staff, nursing staff, and civilian…
ID Number:2018.3.10
Date:1919