218 results for: Eating and Drinking
Menu
Frederick & Nelson's Tea Room menu for Afternoon Tea, circa 1935
Frederick & Nelson's new building at 5th Avenue and Pine Street, which opened in 1918, included a large, elegantly furnished tea room on the fifth floor. With seating for 400, the tea room became Seattle's most sophisticated place for shoppers to dine. This menu features a wide range of choices for afternoon tea and is bound into a heavy, textured…
ID Number:1976.6296.1
Date:Circa 1935
Menu
Frederick & Nelson's Tea Room menu, circa 1935
Frederick & Nelson's new building at 5th Avenue and Pine Street, which opened in 1918, included a large, elegantly furnished tea room on the fifth floor. With seating for 400, the tea room became Seattle's most sophisticated place for shoppers to dine. This menu features a selection of items for lunch and is bound with a ribbon into a decorative…
ID Number:1976.6296.3.1
Date:Circa 1935
Photograph
Seafair Princess Barbara Foy serving birthday cake at Washington Mutual's 75th anniversary celebration, September 21, 1964
Washington Mutual (WaMu) was incorporated as the Washington National Building Loan and Investment Association on Sept 25, 1889. It grew to be the United States' largest savings and loan association until its collapse in 2008. For Washington Mutual's 75th anniversary, customers 75 years old were honored guests at all the bank's offices on September 21, 1964. This photo documents University…
ID Number:1979.6747.61
Date:1964
Photograph
Glen Bigelow and Ed Moen on camping trip, circa 1910
Carl Henry Moen was born in Seattle in 1892 to Norwegian immigrant parents. His family moved several times as he was growing up, but settled in Ballard when he was nine years old. He helped harvest and sell the produce, milk, and poultry his family raised, and also was a messenger for Western Union, dug clams, and worked for Bemis…
ID Number:1980.6880.237
Date:Circa 1910
Ephemera
Mayor-Elect George F. Cotterill dinner menu, Seattle, March 15, 1912
George Cotterill was elected Mayor of Seattle in 1912, after working as Assistant City Engineer and holding other public offices. A dinner welcoming Cotterill and other elected city officials was hosted by the New Seattle Chamber of Commerce on March 15, 1912, at the New Washington Hotel. The menu lists the courses to be served at a dinner and is…
ID Number:1980.7025.3
Date:1912
Ephemera
Delicious Recipes Featuring Healthful Arden Yogurt, circa 1950
Arden Farms' dairy was first established in 1904 in El Monte,California. Seattle's headquarters for Arden Dairy Farms was located at 1501 4th Avenue South at Atlantic Street. The Arden milkman was a common sight, his truck traversing neighborhoods early in the mornings to deliver glass bottles of milk, as well as yogurt and ice cream.This small fold-out leaflet features a…
ID Number:1980.7051.76
Date:Circa 1950
Ephemera
H. Vennes and Son, Poulsbo's Famous Boned Lutefisk, circa 1955
In the early part of the 20th century, Poulsbo was famous as a cod processing center. Ships would dock in Poulsbo to unload fresh cod which was then salted and shipped to all parts of the United States. In later years, Poulsbo would emerge as a center for lutefisk processing. Lutefisk is made from dried fish treated with lye and…
ID Number:1980.7051.87
Date:Circa 1955
Document
Good Eating from the Dry Pea and Lentil Capital of the Nation, circa 1965
The Washington and Idaho Dry Pea and Lentil Commissions were first formed in the early 1960s in order to support a growing legume industry. The original "office" was a small trailer perched right on the state border between Pullman, Washington and Moscow, Idaho. The Commissions would later expand their mission and grow to a national organization charged with funding and…
ID Number:1980.7051.107
Date:Circa 1965
Document
Paul Bunyan's Cookbook and Stories, circa 1962
Featuring an image of Paul Bunyan on the front, this small cookbook was published by Seattle Restaurant Food Supply, led by Walter F. Clark. Clark was a Seattle restauranteur and nationally acclaimed for putting Seattle on the food map. The legendary Paul Bunyan inspired the recipes in this booklet, and also had a prominent place at the Seattle World's Fair,…
ID Number:1980.7051.122
Date:Circa 1962
Book
Fruit and Flower Mission Cookbook, 1930
The Fruit and Flower Mission was formed in 1907 by a group of Seattle women who met in the home of Mrs. Park Weed Willis at 1316 Columbia Street. A part of the growing women's club movement in the early 20th century, the original goal of the Fruit and Flower Mission was to provide fresh flowers, fruit, and vegetables to…
ID Number:1980.7051.164
Date:1930