198 results for: Food and Beverage Industries
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Pacific Coast Biscuit Co. employees outside factory, Seattle, 1918
Initially founded in 1899 to compete against the National Biscuit Company (later Nabisco), the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company was a conglomerate of baking companies headquartered in Portland, Oregon. The company, also known as Pacific Coast, was made up of seven companies that together controlled most of the commercial biscuit and cracker business west of the Rocky Mountains. One of those…
ID Number:2014.50.1
Date:1918
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Rainier beer advertisement, 1907
Seattle Brewing & Malting Company launched Rainier Beer in 1893, and its popularity led to the brewery's ascendance to become the largest west of the Mississippi River. Rainier Beer would continue to be produced until 1916, when the brewery closed due to prohibition. In 1933 production began again with the name of the business changed to Rainier Brewing Company.Featuring a…
ID Number:2016.3.12
Date:1907
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"Exposition Brand" Sunkist lemon fruit crate label, circa 1912
he Alaska -Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held in Seattle in 1909 as a way to highlight the development of the region, and to spotlight Seattle as a gateway to Alaska and Asia. Exhibits were a major attraction of the AYPE and featured in most of the buildings on the Fairgrounds. Intended to be educational, exhibits were used to show off the…
ID Number:2016.38.1
Date:Circa 1912
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Society Candy Company employees at Mount Rainier, August 1919
From August 5th through 7th, 1919, employees of the Imperial Candy Company hiked and relaxed at Mount Rainier National Park. Here, the group members, wearing suits, dresses, and hiking attire, pose for a panoramic group photo. The top of Mount Rainier can be seen in the distance.In 1906, Samuel David McKinstry and a partner founded the Imperial Candy Company in…
ID Number:2016.53.2
Date:1919
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Ballard Bitter poster, Seattle, circa 1986
Redhook Ale Brewery was established in 1981 by Gordon Bowker and Paul Shipman in a garage in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. One of the company's most popular beers, Ballard Bitter, was first brewed in 1985, when craft beer was still a very small market. However, the popularity of Ballard Bitter soon allowed Redhook to expand operations into a former trolley barn…
ID Number:2016.95.1
Date:Circa 1986