204 results for: Food and Beverage Industries
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Coffee roaster at Crescent Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1908
During the early 1900s, Crescent began supplying fresh roasted coffee in addition to its baking powder, extracts and spices. This photo shows a coffee roaster made by A. A. Coleman in the Crescent plant.
ID Number:2005.24.28
Date:1908
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Coffee roaster at Crescent Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1908
During the early 1900s, Crescent began supplying fresh roasted coffee in addition to its baking powder, extracts and spices. This photo shows a coffee roaster made by A. A. Coleman in the Crescent plant.
ID Number:2005.24.29
Date:1908
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Employees gathered for a sales meeting at Crescent Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1928
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early 20th century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Pictured here are sales employees posing outside the Crescent Manufacturing Company's building at Railroad Street South and South Connecticut Street, now Alaskan Way South…
ID Number:2005.24.37
Date:1928
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Crescent Manufacturing Company wagon with horses and driver, Seattle, circa 1900
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early 20th century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.Pictured here is a driver with a…
ID Number:2005.24.38
Date:Circa 1900
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Employees with a display of Mapleine and other Crescent Manufacturing Company products , Seattle, circa 1910
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early 20th century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.Pictured here are Crescent Manufacturing Company employees…
ID Number:2005.24.49
Date:Circa 1910
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Employees with Crescent Manufacturing Company products at a coffee exhibit in Bellingham, 1922
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early 20th century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.Pictured here are female employees with Crescent…
ID Number:2005.24.67
Date:1922
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Crescent Manufacturing Company baking powder window display, circa 1900
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early 20th century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.Pictured here is a storefront window display…
ID Number:2005.24.72
Date:Circa 1900
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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
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Sweden Freezer Manufacturing Company ice cream and shake machines in diner, circa 1970
Seattle businessman and inventor Harvey F. “Sandy” Swenson founded Sweden Freezer Manufacturing Company in 1932, and is credited with inventing the milk shake machine. Sweden Freezer is also known for another of its inventions: a new dialysis delivery system developed by Swenson in collaboration with Dr. Belding Scribner of the University of Washington in 1962. The new system used sanitary…
ID Number:2009.33.191
Date:Circa 1970
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San Juan Fishing and Packing employees, circa 1935
The San Juan Fish Company opened for business in 1898 along Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way) on the Seattle waterfront. Later renamed the San Juan Fishing & Packing Company, it was one of Seattle's largest and most successful canneries with production facilities in several Alaska cities. The business was acquired by New England Fish Company in 1965 and is listed…
ID Number:2011.76.1
Date:Circa 1935