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Image of Children at Weed pharmacy 50th anniversary celebration, Seattle, July 3, 1952
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Children at Weed pharmacy 50th anniversary celebration, Seattle, July 3, 1952

This image of children in Weed's Pharmacy was taken at the 50th Anniversary celebration of the pharmacy, located at 2601 South Jackson Street in the Central District of Seattle. The celebration included ice cream and candy for customers.Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he…
ID Number:1971.5098.9.5
Date:1952
Image of Bert Weed inside Weed's pharmacy, Seattle, July 3, 1952
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Bert Weed inside Weed's pharmacy, Seattle, July 3, 1952

This image of Bert Weed behind the counter at Weed's Pharmacy was taken at the 50th Anniversary celebration of the pharmacy, located at 2601 South Jackson Street in the Central District of Seattle.Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene…
ID Number:1971.5098.9.9
Date:1952
Image of Bert Weed in front of Weed's pharmacy, Seattle, July 3, 1952
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Bert Weed in front of Weed's pharmacy, Seattle, July 3, 1952

This image of Bert Weed at the entrance to Weed's Pharmacy was taken on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary celebration of the pharmacy, located at 2601 South Jackson Street in the Central District of Seattle.Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with…
ID Number:1971.5098.10.1
Date:1952
Image of Three men behind counter at Lake Washington pharmacy, Seattle, circa 1905
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Three men behind counter at Lake Washington pharmacy, Seattle, circa 1905

This image of the interior of Lake Washington Pharmacy was taken at 2601 South Jackson Street in the Central District of Seattle. The man on the right appears to be Bert Weed.Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene and…
ID Number:1971.5098.13
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Weed's Pharmacy news
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Weed's Pharmacy news

Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene (1854-1924) and worked as a pharmacist at Lake Washington Pharmacy. In 1906, Bert married Keene's daughter Mamie Luella Keene (1881-1970), and they had one daughter, Luell Weed Guthrie (1910-1987). Lake Washington Pharmacy…
ID Number:1971.5098.31.1
Date:1932
Image of Cartoon drawing advertising Weed's pharmaceutical products, Seattle, circa 1920
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Cartoon drawing advertising Weed's pharmaceutical products, Seattle, circa 1920

Melvin Albert "Bert" Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at Seattle's Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene (1854-1924) and worked as a pharmacist at Lake Washington Pharmacy. In 1906, Bert married Keene's daughter Mamie Luella Keene (1881-1970), and they had one daughter, Luell (Weed) Guthrie (1910-1987). Lake Washington Pharmacy…
ID Number:1971.5098.32
Date:Circa 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
Image of Colman Building, with Lough, Augustine & Co.'s grocery wagons, Seattle, circa 1900
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Colman Building, with Lough, Augustine & Co.'s grocery wagons, Seattle, circa 1900

Seattle's Colman Building, at 811 First Avenue, was one of many large brick buildings built in the Pioneer Square area after the 1889 Great Fire. One of its early business occupants was the upscale grocery firm of Lough, Augustine and Company. Others included the Northern Pacific Express Co., Hudson Bay Fur Co., Wilcox Tailoring Co., Lang Drug Co., and the…
ID Number:1971.5202.20
Date:Circa 1900
Image of Cooper and Levy calendar, Seattle, 1896
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Cooper and Levy calendar, Seattle, 1896

In 1892, Isaac Cooper (b. 1861) and his brother-in-law Louis Levy (1864-1947) founded Cooper & Levy, a Seattle retail and mail-order business. The company was particularly known for selling groceries and other supplies to miners heading north to Alaska and the Yukon. A decade later, they sold the prosperous business to local department store The Bon Marche. Both men were…
ID Number:1972.5567.1
Date:1896
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