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Image of Exterior of The Nut House, Seattle, circa 1920
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Exterior of The Nut House, Seattle, circa 1920

In 1909 Atlanta-born Anton Louis Delkin (1889-1974) arrived in Seattle from British Columbia with $40 cash and five barrels of peanuts. By 1918 Delkin, the "Chief Nut," was selling $1,350,000 worth of nuts per year through his company, The Nut House. After an attempt in the early 1920s to expand into additional cities, the board of trustees decided in 1923…
ID Number:1983.10.1287
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Cattle show at Hollywood Farm, Woodinville, November 19, 1918
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Cattle show at Hollywood Farm, Woodinville, November 19, 1918

Hollywood Farm, in Woodinville, was built by the Frederick Stimson family. They used it as a weekend retreat and summer home. Milk and cream from the farm's prize-winning Holstein dairy herd was sent to Seattle by railroad. Seattleites visited by train and bought cream, ice cream, and sausages at the farm's ice cream parlor. Caption on image: Pacific Northwest Ice…
ID Number:1983.10.1343
Date:1918
Image of Ice cream manufacturers looking at prize bull, November 19, 1918
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Ice cream manufacturers looking at prize bull, November 19, 1918

Hollywood Farm, in Woodinville, was built by the Frederick Stimson family. They used it as a weekend retreat and summer home. Milk and cream from the farm's prize-winning Holstein dairy herd was sent to Seattle by railroad. Seattleites visited by train and bought cream, ice cream, and sausages at the farm's ice cream parlor. In this photo, taken in 1918,…
ID Number:1983.10.1344
Date:1918
Image of Customers shopping inside Co-operative Grocery Store No. 1, Seattle, circa 1918
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Customers shopping inside Co-operative Grocery Store No. 1, Seattle, circa 1918

The Co-operative Grocery was part of the South End Public Market operating at Washington Street and Third Avenue South. The union-run market's offerings included restaurants, fresh produce, fresh and cured meats, and free delivery. This photo shows men and women shopping at the grocery, with a cart full of Crescent Baking Powder in the middle, a sign explaining that "This…
ID Number:1983.10.1377
Date:Circa 1918
Image of Men working at Manning's coffee roasting plant, Seattle, circa 1920
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Men working at Manning's coffee roasting plant, Seattle, circa 1920

Manning's Coffee Cafes were very popular with Seattle residents. The company had its own bakery and coffee roasting plant. Handwritten on sleeve: Manning Coffee House Ints.Webster & Stevens number: 81817
ID Number:1983.10.1784.4
Date:Circa 1920
Image of Dairy herd inspector, circa 1921
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Dairy herd inspector, circa 1921

For many years, Seattle-area cows and milk have been tested to make sure that the city's milk supply was of good quality and safe to drink. This is particularly important because tuberculosis and other diseases can be spread by contaminated milk. In this photo, taken around 1921, a dairy herd inspector stands with his car and equipment. You may be…
ID Number:1983.10.2130
Date:Circa 1921
Image of Carnation Milk truck, circa 1921
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Carnation Milk truck, circa 1921

A small evaporated milk company which opened in Kent in 1899 grew to become the nationally known Carnation Company. Canned milk had a small market at first, but was soon accepted by hungry babies and gold-rush miners alike. By 1926, the company had six Seattle-area dairies and six local evaporated milk plants, plus 24 evaporated milk plants elsewhere in the…
ID Number:1983.10.2230.1
Date:Circa 1921
Image of Yakima exhibit at the fruit exposition, November 1921
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Yakima exhibit at the fruit exposition, November 1921

The Pacific Northwest Fruit Exposition took place at Seattle's Bell Street Terminal from November 21 to 26, 1921. In addition to displays of fruit and nuts from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, the public could enjoy music, singing, dancing, cooking demonstrations, a golf tournament, an apple-picking contest, and the crowning of the fair's Queen Pippin.In this photo, Margaret Cronk, Queen of…
ID Number:1983.10.2381.8
Date:1921
Image of Carnation Milk advertisements at Moore's, circa 1919
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Carnation Milk advertisements at Moore's, circa 1919

A small evaporated milk company which opened in Kent in 1899 grew to become the nationally known Carnation Company. Canned milk had a small market at first, but was soon accepted by hungry babies and gold-rush miners alike. By 1926, the company had six Seattle-area dairies and six local evaporated milk plants, plus 24 evaporated milk plants elsewhere in the…
ID Number:1983.10.2432.2
Date:Circa 1919
Image of Schwabacher delivery truck with Carnation milk, circa 1920
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Schwabacher delivery truck with Carnation milk, circa 1920

Schwabacher Brothers & Company, a San Francisco firm, opened an branch in Seattle in the 1860s. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other materials to the logging camps, mill towns, and farming communities. The first supplies were delivered across the water and upriver by steamer. In later years, the…
ID Number:1983.10.2435.1
Date:Circa 1920
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