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Interior of Eastlake Zoo Tavern, Seattle, September 23, 2007
The Eastlake Zoo Tavern opened in 1974 at the corner of Eastlake Avenue East and East Lynn Street, in a 1902 building that had housed various bars and taverns since the mid-1930s. In 1974, a group of individuals, many from the nearby “hippie” houseboat community in Eastlake, acquired the building and opened the Eastlake Zoo as an employee co-op. Ownership…
ID Number:2000.107.20070923.CD01.01.002
Date:2007
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View of bar area at Eastlake Zoo Tavern, Seattle, September 23, 2007
The Eastlake Zoo Tavern opened in 1974 at the corner of Eastlake Avenue East and East Lynn Street, in a 1902 building that had housed various bars and taverns since the mid-1930s. In 1974, a group of individuals, many from the nearby “hippie” houseboat community in Eastlake, acquired the building and opened the Eastlake Zoo as an employee co-op. Ownership…
ID Number:2000.107.20070923.CD01.002
Date:2007
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Starbucks founders posing outside their store, Seattle, February 1979
American coffee company Starbucks Corporation was founded in Seattle in 1971 by partners Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker. Sold to Howard Schultz in 1987, the company quickly expanded beyond Seattle and now operates almost 24,000 locations worldwide.In this image the three founders hold cups of coffee outside of the “original Starbucks,” actually the second location of the original…
ID Number:2002.46.3067
Date:1979
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Ivar's Acres of Clams and Fish Bar, Seattle, circa 1952
Seattle character Ivar Haglund opened an aquarium on Seattle's Pier 54 in 1938 and opened Acres of Clams there in 1946. According to The Marine Digest magazine, the restaurant served "Puget Sound seafoods and many unusual piscatorial delicacies." Caption information source: HistoryLink.org.
ID Number:2002.48.2076
Date:Circa 1952
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Ivar's Acres of Clams menu, circa 1950
In 1938, 33-year-old Seattle native Ivar Haglund opened the city's first aquarium on Pier 54. Soon, entrepreneur Haglund opened a stand selling clam chowder and fish and chips to the aquarium's hungry visitors. Though the stand soon closed, in 1946 Haglund opened his first "official" restaurant, the renowned Ivar's Acres of Clams on Pier 54, the first of several Ivar's…
ID Number:2009.19.1.1
Date:Circa 1950
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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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Rainbow Tavern menu, circa 1980
The Rainbow Tavern, also known as the Fabulous Rainbow, was located at at 722 N.E. 45th Street in the University District. The Rainbow first opened at the same location as a beer parlor in 1936 by Frank Salvino (1902-1960). Throughout the 1960s-1980s the club was a hub for the local music scene, and hosted shows by Annie Rose and The…
ID Number:2013.87.142.1
Date:Circa 1980
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Bush Garden menu, circa 1965
Bush Garden, which is still in operation today, opened in 1953. This Japanese restaurant is located at 614 Maynard Ave. The trifold menu features color photographs of the restaurant by local commercial photographer Walt Scarff and has a detatchable souvenir postcard.
ID Number:2014.3.1.1
Date:Circa 1965
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Carl Broome's menu, circa 1955
This restaurant was located at 314 Broadway North. Carl W. Broome is quoted on the back of the menu: "I didn't fall into the restaurant business; I'm in it because I like nothing better than tasty food, cleanly and rapidly served, wholesome and hot! I like people, and when you come in and are satisfied, I am happy."
ID Number:2014.3.1.2
Date:Circa 1955
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King Fur Cafe menu, circa 1955
In the 1930s, several Chinese nightspots opened in Seattle's Chinatown neighborhood (now the Chinatown-international District), catering to both Asian and non-Asian customers. Among them was the King Fur Cafe at 709 1/2 King Street, run by long-time manager Fred Eng until around the 1960s. King Fur Cafe offered both Chinese and American dishes, in addition to music and dancing in…
ID Number:2014.3.1.4
Date:Circa 1955