283 results for: Retail and Department Stores
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John Doyle Bishop on corner of Fifth and Union, Seattle, March 1967
Fashion designer and retailer John Doyle Bishop (1913-1980), known as "Seattle's most colorful Irishman," opened his first store in 1950 when he purchased Helen Igoe's exclusive women's apparel shop at 1331 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle. In 1954 Bishop moved the shop to 1334 Fifth Avenue, where he sold his and other designs to wealthy clientèle. A flamboyant gay man…
ID Number:1986.5.19083.1
Date:1967
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John Doyle Bishop in his store, Seattle, March 1967
Fashion designer and retailer John Doyle Bishop (1913-1980), known as "Seattle's most colorful Irishman," opened his first store in 1950 when he purchased Helen Igoe's exclusive women's apparel shop at 1331 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle. In 1954 Bishop moved the shop to 1334 Fifth Avenue, where he sold his and other designs to a wealthy clientèle. A flamboyant gay…
ID Number:1986.5.19083.2
Date:1967
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Edith Thackwell Young, Helen Igoe, and Louise Barnes Gallagher, Seattle, circa 1940
Fashion stylist Helen Igoe (1870-1962) came to Seattle in 1907 to work as a buyer for a department store, and by 1910 had opened her own high fashion store, Helen Igoe Shop for Women. A frequent traveler to New York and Paris, Igoe brought Parisian style to Seattle in the early decades of the 20th century. Upon her retirement in…
ID Number:1986.5.29660.1
Date:Circa 1940
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Pike Place Market, Seattle, 1969
Pike Place Market opened in 1907, giving farmers a permanent place to sell their produce directly to Seattle buyers. Handwritten on sleeve: Farmer's market. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 2, 1969.
ID Number:1986.5.51004.1
Date:1969
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Shopping at fashion retailer John Bishop Doyle's shop, Seattle, March, 1970
In this image, two women watch as a model shows off the latest fashions at John Doyle Bishop’s fashion retail store at 5th Avenue and Union Street. Caption information source: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/John-Doyle-Bishop-Irishman-put-Seattle-fashion-4381050.php
ID Number:1986.5.51977.11
Date:1970
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SLF members working in Georgetown Free Store, December 15, 1970
The Georgetown Free Store was a short-lived warehouse in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood that collected and provided clothing and food to unemployed and poor residents. The store was run by members of the Seattle Liberation Front (SLF), a radical, anti-war organization active in 1970-1971. The Free Store was also one of 18 organizations that presented a list of 16 demands to…
ID Number:1986.5.53485.9
Date:1970
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SLF members outside Georgetown Free Store, December 15, 1970
The Georgetown Free Store was a short-lived warehouse in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood that collected and provided clothing and food to unemployed and poor residents. The store was run by members of the Seattle Liberation Front (SLF), a radical, anti-war organization active in 1970-1971. The Free Store was also one of 18 organizations that presented a list of 16 demands to…
ID Number:1986.5.53485.17
Date:1970
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Trident Imports on Pier 56, Seattle, 1969
Trident Imports store, with its distinctive yellow facade, opened during the 1962 World's Fair at Pier 56. Charles Peterson bought the store in 1964, and traveled the world in search of the exotic knickknacks sold at the store. The Seattle waterfront landmark closed in April 1997, when the retail spaces at Piers 55 and 56 were sold to investors. This…
ID Number:1991.56.190
Date:1969
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Ben Paris and two men posing at Ben Paris Sporting Goods and Recreation, Seattle, circa 1935
Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. His namesake store, the Ben Paris, was a combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, sporting goods establishment, and was a Seattle institution for many years. It was located on the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Pine Street on the lower level of the Eitel Building.…
ID Number:1991.64.2
Date:Circa 1935
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Benjamin M. Paris and three men posing at Ben Paris Sporting Goods and Recreation, Seattle, circa 1930
Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. His namesake store, the Ben Paris, was a combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, sporting goods establishment, and was a Seattle institution for many years. Opened in the late 1920s, it was located on the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Pine Street on the lower…
ID Number:1991.64.3
Date:Circa 1930