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Image of Employees inside Admiral Line terminal at Pier D, Seattle, 1925
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Employees inside Admiral Line terminal at Pier D, Seattle, 1925

The Pacific Coast Steamship Company was an important early shipping company that operated steamships on the west coast of North America. Organized in 1867 under the name of Goodall, Nelson and Perkins, the company effectively ceased business in 1916 when its vessels were purchased by the Admiral Line. The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line)…
ID Number:1970.4892.3
Date:1925
Image of Employees posing outside Lowman & Hanford Co. building on First and Cherry, Seattle, 1882
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Employees posing outside Lowman & Hanford Co. building on First and Cherry, Seattle, 1882

James D. Lowman (1856-1947) and Clarence Hanford (1857-1920) were business and civic leaders in early Seattle, each with ties to Seattle's founders. In 1882, they joined forces to found Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company. The firm advertised as booksellers, stationers, printers and binders but also sold typewriters, sewing machines, pianos and organs. After losing their original building in…
ID Number:1970.5046.3
Date:1882
Image of Employees posing outside Lowman & Hanford Co. building on First and Cherry, Seattle, 1888
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Employees posing outside Lowman & Hanford Co. building on First and Cherry, Seattle, 1888

James D. Lowman (1856-1947) and Clarence Hanford (1857-1920) were business and civic leaders in early Seattle, each with ties to Seattle's founders. In 1882, they joined forces to found Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company. The firm advertised as booksellers, stationers, printers and binders but also sold typewriters, sewing machines, pianos and organs. After losing their original building in…
ID Number:1970.5046.4
Date:1888
Image of Lowman & Hanford Co. employees working at Monotype keyboards, Seattle, circa 1908
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Lowman & Hanford Co. employees working at Monotype keyboards, Seattle, circa 1908

The Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company was formed by business and civic leaders James D. Lowman (1856-1947) and Clarence Hanford (1857-1920) in 1882. The firm advertised as booksellers, stationers, printers and binders but also sold typewriters, sewing machines, pianos and organs. The company existed in one form or another until about the 1960s.This photograph of a man and…
ID Number:1970.5046.13
Date:Circa 1908
Image of Workers on linotype machines at Lowman & Hanford, Seattle, circa 1908
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Workers on linotype machines at Lowman & Hanford, Seattle, circa 1908

In 1882, James Lowman and Clarence Hanford joined forces to found Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company. After losing their original building in the Great Fire of 1889, the partners reopened the business at 616 First Avenue. There, they expanded into publishing, bookbinding and book selling, and even sold photographic equipment and other supplies to people leaving for the…
ID Number:1970.5046.15
Date:Circa 1908
Image of Workers in Lowman & Hanford composing room, Seattle, circa 1908
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Workers in Lowman & Hanford composing room, Seattle, circa 1908

James D. Lowman (1856-1947) and Clarence Hanford (1857-1920) were business and civic leaders in early Seattle, each with ties to Seattle's pioneer settlers. In 1882, they joined forces to found Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company. The firm advertised as booksellers, stationers, printers, and binders, but also sold typewriters, sewing machines, pianos, and organs. After losing their original building…
ID Number:1970.5046.16
Date:Circa 1908
Image of Lowman & Hanford Co. employees working at Monotype type-casting machines, Seattle, circa 1908
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Lowman & Hanford Co. employees working at Monotype type-casting machines, Seattle, circa 1908

The Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company was formed by business and civic leaders James D. Lowman (1856-1947) and Clarence Hanford (1857-1920) in 1882. The firm advertised as booksellers, stationers, printers and binders but also sold typewriters, sewing machines, pianos and organs. The company existed in one form or another until about the 1960s.This photograph of two men each…
ID Number:1970.5046.18
Date:Circa 1908
Image of Employees in costume posing at Pacific Telephone & Telegraph party, Seattle, 1920
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Employees in costume posing at Pacific Telephone & Telegraph party, Seattle, 1920

The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company was a predecessor company of Pacific Bell Telephone Company. This image was taken at a Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company party, where the employees are dressed in costume. This image is one of several from the party, donated by the Estate of Nathalia Matilda Jensen (1898-1971), who was a telephone operator at the time.
ID Number:1971.5068.35
Date:1920
Image of Suess Art Glass employees standing in front of store, Seattle, 1910
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Suess Art Glass employees standing in front of store, Seattle, 1910

The Suess Art Glass Company manufactured leaded, plate, and beveled glass and mirrors, as well as a variety of other products, including lenses for automobile headlamps. Headlamps weren't issued standard on cars until 1912, and performance and quality varied wildly. John Suess patented two devices for the rib lenses he sold, which controlled the headlight beam and eliminated "glare and…
ID Number:1971.5110.1
Date:1910
Image of Suess Art Glass employees posing outside store, Seattle, circa 1908
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Suess Art Glass employees posing outside store, Seattle, circa 1908

The Suess Art Glass Company manufactured leaded, plate, and beveled glass and mirrors, as well as a variety of other products, including lenses for automobile headlamps. Headlamps weren't issued standard on cars until 1912, and performance and quality varied wildly. John Suess patented two devices for the rib lenses he sold, which controlled the headlight beam and eliminated "glare and…
ID Number:1971.5110.3
Date:Circa 1908
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