43 results for: Bon Marché, The
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First Avenue and Spring Street, Seattle, circa 1911
Amos Brown (1833-1899) was an prominent Seattle lumberman and real estate owner in the late 1800s. He built the family house featured at the center of this photograph around 1870 after his marriage. The house survived the Great Seattle Fire, and other buildings and businesses were built around it, until the house's demolition in 1914. Signs in image: Grand Pacific.…
ID Number:1983.10.6280
Date:Circa 1911
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Bon Marche delivery wagon, Seattle, 1911
In 1890, German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine invested their life savings of $1,200 to start The Bon Marche at First Avenue and Cedar Street. He modeled his new department store after one he had known in Paris. The Bon Marche moved to the corner of Second Avenue and Pike Street in 1896. By 1901, it had expanded…
ID Number:1983.10.6658
Date:1911
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Western Avenue from Marion Street, Seattle, circa 1910
Signs in image: The Bon Marche - Mail Orders Filled Promptly (on wagon umbrella). [...] Peirano & Sons Fruits and Produce. Sealshift Oysters. [...zie]-Hunt Paper Co. - Wholesale Paper. Spears-Herman Co. Inc. Northwestern Shoe Co. C.R. Winslow & Co. [...] Russell Co. - Butter Eggs & Cheese. Union Meat Company. [Toledo Scales?]. Engraving. Motors Repairs Winding. Forsyth Electric Co. -…
ID Number:1983.10.7471
Date:Circa 1910
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Second Avenue at Union Street, circa 1910
Downtown Seattle was a very busy place in the early 1900s. In this photo, taken around 1910, shoppers fill the sidewalks near the Seattle Daily Times building and the Bon Marche. Webster & Stevens number: 5631
ID Number:1983.10.7655
Date:Circa 1910
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Pike Place Market, Seattle, circa 1912
Seattle opened its public market at Pike Place in 1907 so that farmers could sell fresh eggs, dairy products, produce, and other things directly to city dwellers. The Corner Market was built in 1912 across the street at the corner of First Avenue and Pike Place. Signs in image: Public Market - Fresh - Meet the Producer. Hotel Leland. [...g]…
ID Number:1983.10.7738
Date:Circa 1912
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The intersection of Fourth and Westlake Avenues, circa 1909
In the early 1900s, Westlake Avenue ran from Lake Union through what is now Westlake Park in downtown Seattle. Fourth Avenue ran up a steep hill, but it was later regraded to the same level as Westlake. The Plaza Hotel stood at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Westlake.This photo, probably taken in 1909, shows the intersection of Fourth and…
ID Number:1983.10.7917
Date:Circa 1909
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Bon Marche, Seattle, circa 1911
In 1890, German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine invested their life savings of $1,200 to start The Bon Marche at First Avenue and Cedar Street. He modeled his new department store after one he had known in Paris. The Bon Marche moved to the corner of Second Avenue and Pike Street in 1896. By 1901, it had expanded…
ID Number:1983.10.8099
Date:Circa 1911
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Bon Marche children's room, circa 1914
For many years, Seattle's Bon Marche department store has had children's activities at Christmastime. In this photo, a group of young children sit in a circle listening to a woman. At the right of the photograph, other children and women look on. Webster & Stevens number: 19403
ID Number:1983.10.9180
Date:Circa 1914
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Arcade Building, Seattle, circa 1913
The Arcade Building on the west side of 2nd Avenue between Union and University Streets, was altered twice. The right half was demolished for a larger Rhodes Department Store, and the facade portion of the remaining half was sliced off to create a parking garage. Both of the altered parts were torn down in the 1980s. Signs in image: The…
ID Number:1983.10.9588
Date:Circa 1913
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Travelers on the Bothell stage, circa 1913
In about 1913, people traveling between Seattle and Bothell took the Bothell stage, an early type of bus. At that time, there were two ways to drive a vehicle to Bothell from Seattle. One route followed the Pacific Highway through Kenmore. The preferred route involved driving to Madison Park, catching the Kirkland ferry, and driving from Kirkland to Bothell.In this…
ID Number:1983.10.9606.1
Date:Circa 1913