204 results for: Food and Beverage Industries
Ephemera
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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Oral history interview with Tim Kennedy, July 7, 2003
Interview with Tim Kennedy, the founder and general manager of Tim's Cascade Style Potato Chips, conducted by Helen Divjak in Seattle for the Washington Workplace Oral History Project on July 7, 2003. The company is a subsidiary of Pinnacle Foods, a packaged foods company which is a subsidiary of Conagra Brands. In 2003, Tim's won the American Culinary Institute's Gold…
ID Number:2019.35.7.11
Date:2003
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Oral history interview with Gwen Bassetti, March 31, 2004
This March 2004 interview is with Gwen Bassetti, founder of the Grand Central Bakery in Seattle, and was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Bassetti describes running a bread, jam and vegetable stand on Lopez Island, opening The Bakery sandwich shop in the recently-renovated Grand Central Building in Pioneer Square in 1972, and founding the Grand…
ID Number:2019.35.8.1
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Barry Bettinger, April 9, 2004
This is April 2004 interview with Barry Bettinger, owner of Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream, was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Bettinger describes his responsibilities at the ice cream business, from management and bookkeeping to the hands-on work of making ice cream, as well as working on the business’s upcoming move to a larger space in…
ID Number:2019.35.8.2
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Goldie Caughlan, February 4, 2004
This 2004 interview is with Goldie Caughlan, Nutrition Education Manager at the Puget Consumers Co-op (now PCC Natural Markets) in Seattle, and was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Caughlan considers the intersecting stories of her interests in the socio-economic and environmental aspects of hunger, food, and nutrition; the history and evolution of the PCC; and…
ID Number:2019.35.8.4
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with David Lake, January 21, 2004
The interview of David Lake conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project on January 21, 2004. The interview begins with Lake’s description of how and why he got into winemaking, including his education, his early work in the wine business in Europe, and his becoming a Master of Wine. He describes the state of grape-growing and winemaking…
ID Number:2019.35.8.8
Date:2004
Postcard
Postcard to Seattle Brewing & Malting Company, September 1905
In 1893, three Seattle breweries – Claussen-Sweeney, Bay View, and Albert Braun – merged to form the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company. The company launched a new brand, Rainier Beer, and by the end of 1893 was brewing one million gallons per year. In 1905, the company required 25 horse teams to deliver the daily demand for Rainier in Seattle…
ID Number:2020.15.3
Date:1905
Postcard
Postcard to Seattle Brewing & Malting Company, October 1905
In 1893, three Seattle breweries – Claussen-Sweeney, Bay View, and Albert Braun – merged to form the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company. The company launched a new brand, Rainier Beer, and by the end of 1893 was brewing one million gallons per year. In 1905, the company required 25 horse teams to deliver the daily demand for Rainier in Seattle…
ID Number:2020.15.4
Date:1905
Poster
Union Strong Starbucks Worker Solidarity poster, 2022
In December 2021, workers at a Starbucks location in Buffalo, New York voted to form a labor union, making it the first unionized Starbucks in the United States. In 2022, workers at many other Starbucks locations also began holding union elections. By December 2022, more than 270 stores, including several stores in Seattle, had successfully voted to unionize and join…
ID Number:2022.33.1
Date:2022
Ephemera
26 Ways to Keep Husbands Happy: Mapleine Dishes Men "Go For", circa 1936
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle in 1883 and sold spices and seasonings. In 1905, a Crescent chemist invented an artificial maple flavoring which, under the name Mapleine, became Crescent’s most successful product. Mapleine could be used to flavor a variety of sweet and savory dishes and, mixed with water and sugar, made a economical substitute for true…
ID Number:2023.14.7
Date:Circa 1936