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Image of Rainier Camping Equipment brochure, circa 1958
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Rainier Camping Equipment brochure, circa 1958

Incorporated as Rainier Sporting Goods in 1950, and later known as Rainier Camping Equipment, ALL RAINIER, or Rainier Gear, the company sold tents, air mattresses, sleeping bags, camp cots, and other camping equipment for the Seattle Tent and Awning Company. Seattle Tent and Awning Company was begun by S. W. Robb (1866-1929) when he arrived in Seattle in 1896; in…
ID Number:2018.3.3.141
Date:Circa 1958
Image of Interior of the B.F. Middleton general store in South Park, Seattle, circa 1895
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Interior of the B.F. Middleton general store in South Park, Seattle, circa 1895

B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Middleton, an Iowa native, moved to California and then to the Seattle area after the 1889 Seattle Fire. He settled in South Park in the Duwamish Valley in 1893 and ran a large grocery business and general store at 8207 Dallas Avenue in South Park’s business district.In this image, Middleton stands inside his store surrounded by goods…
ID Number:2019.92.2
Date:1895
Image of Interior of the B.F. Middleton general store in South Park, Seattle, circa 1895
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Interior of the B.F. Middleton general store in South Park, Seattle, circa 1895

B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Middleton, an Iowa native, moved to California and then to the Seattle area after the 1889 Seattle Fire. He settled in South Park in the Duwamish Valley in 1893 and ran a large grocery business and general store at 8207 Dallas Avenue in South Park’s business district.In this image, Middleton stands inside his store with three customers.…
ID Number:2019.92.3
Date:1895
Image of Merl Middleton at front door of Middleton Grocery, Seattle, circa 1910
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Merl Middleton at front door of Middleton Grocery, Seattle, circa 1910

B.F. (Benjamin Franklin) Middleton, an Iowa native, moved to California and then to the Seattle area after the 1889 Seattle Fire. He settled in South Park in the Duwamish Valley in 1893 and ran a large grocery business and general store at 8207 Dallas Avenue in South Park’s business district.In this image, Merl Middleton, B.F. Middleton’s eldest child, stands at…
ID Number:2019.92.5
Date:1910
Image of M. Seller Co. employees posing outside store, Seattle, 1910
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M. Seller Co. employees posing outside store, Seattle, 1910

This image of the employees of M. Seller Co. was taken outside the store located between 409-417 First Avenue South in Seattle. The store was a wholesaler of crockery, glassware, stoves, and ranges. The only individual identified is George Harvey Sharon (1878-1971), the man wearing a black bowler hat, who in the 1910 U. S. Census listed his occupation as…
ID Number:Lib1989.3.34
Date:1910
Image of C. M. Pessemier in doorway of his shoe store, Seattle, circa 1891
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C. M. Pessemier in doorway of his shoe store, Seattle, circa 1891

Belgium-born Camille M. Pessemier (1863-1947) first appears in a Seattle City Directory in 1891, living with his family above his shoe store at 912 Second Avenue. In 1905, "C. M.," as he was known, opened another shoe store in Tacoma with his brother, Henry J. Pessemier (1869-1940), a grocer. The Pessemier Bros. shoe stores grew to six locations in Seattle,…
ID Number:Lib1990.9.1
Date:Circa 1891
Image of Illustration of Toklas, Singerman & Co. building, Seattle, circa 1890
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Illustration of Toklas, Singerman & Co. building, Seattle, circa 1890

In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store. Originally located in Pioneer Square and named the San Francisco Store, it was later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co. In 1892 the founders sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.41
Date:Circa 1890
Image of Toklas, Singerman & Co. employees posing, Seattle, circa 1890
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Toklas, Singerman & Co. employees posing, Seattle, circa 1890

In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store. Originally located in Pioneer Square and named the San Francisco Store, it was later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co. In 1892 the founders sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.46
Date:Circa 1890
Image of Exterior of post-fire location of Toklas, Singerman & Co., Seattle, circa 1890
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Exterior of post-fire location of Toklas, Singerman & Co., Seattle, circa 1890

In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store. Originally located in Pioneer Square and named the San Francisco Store, it was later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co. In 1892 the founders sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.47
Date:Circa 1890
Image of Toklas, Singerman & Co. baseball team, Seattle, 1892
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Toklas, Singerman & Co. baseball team, Seattle, 1892

In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store in Pioneer Square. Originally called the San Francisco Store and later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co., the founders retired in 1892 and sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as MacDougall…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.48
Date:1892
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