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Image of Fisher's Fair Recipes, Famous Exposition Scones and other Mary Mills' Timely Tested Recipes, circa 1932
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Fisher's Fair Recipes, Famous Exposition Scones and other Mary Mills' Timely Tested Recipes, circa 1932

Fisher Flouring Mills opened in 1911, founded by father and son O.W. (Oliver Williams) Fisher and O.D. (Oliver David) Fisher. The Fisher family mill was one of the first businesses to operate on Harbor Island. The Fishers founded radio station KOMO in 1926, in part to advertise their flour. One of the company's most famous products was Fisher Scones, introduced…
ID Number:2014.3.2.12
Date:Circa 1932
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Fisher's Yellow Corn Meal Recipes, circa 1920

Fisher Flouring Mills opened in 1911, founded by father and son O.W. (Oliver Williams) Fisher and O.D. (Oliver David) Fisher. The Fisher family mill was one of the first businesses to operate on Harbor Island. The Fishers founded radio station KOMO in 1926, in part to advertise their flour. One of the company's most famous products was Fisher Scones, introduced…
ID Number:2014.3.2.13
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Fisher's Blend Fun Book with the Story of the Magic Sack, circa 1920
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Fisher's Blend Fun Book with the Story of the Magic Sack, circa 1920

Fisher Flouring Mills opened in 1911, founded by father and son O.W. (Oliver Williams) Fisher and O.D. (Oliver David) Fisher. The Fisher family mill was one of the first businesses to operate on Harbor Island. The Fishers founded radio station KOMO in 1926, in part to advertise their flour. One of the company's most famous products was Fisher Scones, introduced…
ID Number:2014.3.2.14
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Frye's Baby Beef Chart, circa 1925
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Frye's Baby Beef Chart, circa 1925

Frye and Company was a prominent Seattle meat business established by Charles Frye in the 1890s. This fold-out leaflet opens to a chart of cuts for "Frye's Baby Beef," describing cooking uses for each type of cut. According to the West Seattle Herald, Frye's Baby Beef was cut from milk and grain fed steer aged between 15 and 20 months.…
ID Number:2014.3.2.15
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Making Good Coffee Is As Simple As ABC, circa 1940
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Making Good Coffee Is As Simple As ABC, circa 1940

Brothers William and Edward Manning began selling freshly roasted coffee beans from a small stall in the Pike Place Market in 1908. Soon, they started offering customer cups of brewed coffee, and before long Manning's expanded its menu to include baked goods and full cafeteria service. At its peak, Manning's Coffee and Tea boasted over 40 locations on the West…
ID Number:2014.3.2.16
Date:Circa 1940
Image of Salads - Mrs. Porter's Salad Dressing, circa 1915
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Salads - Mrs. Porter's Salad Dressing, circa 1915

Mrs. Porter's Salad Dressing, founded by Margaret Porter of Seattle, began "in a very small way with one-half dozen bottles in the fall of 1906." Soon Mrs. Porter's business expanded from salad dressing and mayonnaise to a variety of puddings. Mrs. Porter was recognized at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915 with gold medals for the "purity, excellence and flavor of…
ID Number:2014.3.2.17
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Sweet Treats by Foremost Washington Cooks, circa 1952
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Sweet Treats by Foremost Washington Cooks, circa 1952

U and I (Utah-Idaho) Sugar Company maintained several sugar plants in Washington State during the 20th century. By the late 1970s, the U & I brand would disappear, with the last Washington plant, in Moses Lake, closing in 1978. This U and I recipe booklet contains recipes for sweets, submitted by regional home economics editors and food specialists at local…
ID Number:2014.3.2.18
Date:Circa 1952
Image of Recipes Using Vernell's Real Buttermint Candy, circa 1951
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Recipes Using Vernell's Real Buttermint Candy, circa 1951

Vernell's Fine Candies was founded in 1947 by Vern and Eleanor Fortin, using a treasured family recipe for buttermints. Vernell's offices in 1948 were located at 6415 Latona in Seattle, but a large new factory and office complex was built between 1951 and 1953 at 1825 Westlake Avenue North. By the mid-1950s, Vernell's was the largest producer of buttermints in…
ID Number:2014.3.2.19
Date:Circa 1951
Image of The Chicken Cook Book by Lynden, circa 1935
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The Chicken Cook Book by Lynden, circa 1935

Founded in 1917, the Washington Cooperative Egg & Poultry Association was formed in order to help small chicken and egg farmers move their products into the rapidly growing cities. The Washington Cooperative Egg & Poultry Association was first located at the corner of Roeder Avenue and Central Street in Bellingham. Later the cooperative would add a Seattle location at 217…
ID Number:2014.3.2.20
Date:Circa 1936
Image of 6 Famous Pacific Oyster Recipes, circa 1955
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6 Famous Pacific Oyster Recipes, circa 1955

The Pacific Coast Oyster Growers Association was established in 1930 with support from Earl Newell Steele, known to some as the "Daddy of the Pacific Oyster Industry." Born in Iowa in 1881, Steele came to Washington in 1903 initially to teach school in Olympia. Steele conducted a scientific study of the propagation of Washington's Native Olympia Oyster and pioneered the…
ID Number:2014.3.2.22
Date:Circa 1955
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