198 results for: Food and Beverage Industries
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Carnation Milk Co. promotional photo showing a bull on a dock near a ship, 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:1983.10.2436.2
Date:Circa 1919
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Workers cleaning cabbage, circa 1925
In the 1920s, some of the produce from the fertile farmland around Kent, Washington went directly to Seattle markets, and some was processed locally. The Libby, McNeil & Libby plant in Kent canned beans, cabbage, and sauerkraut grown on contract by area farmers. In this photo, taken around 1925, men and women prepare cabbage at an unidentified location in Kent.…
ID Number:1983.10.3050.3
Date:Circa 1925
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Workers packing eggs, circa 1925
A group of farmers formed the Washington Cooperative Egg & Poultry Association to promote and market their eggs, chicken, and other poultry products. The coop was located in Puyallup and had a huge packing facility in Seattle. This photo, taken in the mid-1920s, shows women packing eggs for delivery to market. Photographer's Reference Number: 119190
ID Number:1983.10.3194.2
Date:Circa 1925
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Jack Hennessey with his roosters, Seattle, January 3, 1928
Close to 1,500 birds were exhibited at the Puget Sound Poultry Association's show in 1928. Among them were two roosters belonging to Jack Hennessey. In this photo taken at the show, he poses with his birds. Handwritten on sleeve: Poultry Show Birds.Photographer's Reference Number: 128448
ID Number:1983.10.3905
Date:1928
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Kristoferson's Dairy Plant, Seattle, circa 1930
Swedish immigrants Alfred and Alberta Kristoferson moved to Washington in the late 1800s to start a dairy. Son August Kristoferson soon took the reins of the dairy business after his father's death in 1914. The Kristoferson dairy plant was at 1300 Rainier Avenue. In addition to the large billboard on the plant's roof, the firm's entry in the 1930 Polk's…
ID Number:1983.10.4202.2
Date:Circa 1930
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Hemrich Brewing Co., Seattle, May 10, 1935
Seattle's brewing industry has a long history, and the name Hemrich is associated with its 19th-century roots. In 1898, Alvin Hemrich and his brother Louis incorporated Hemrich Brothers Brewing Company in Seattle. After Prohibition, Alvin resumed brewing beer under the name Hemrich Brewing Company. In 1934, Alvin sold one of his two brewing plants and his interest in the company,…
ID Number:1983.10.4527.2
Date:1935
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Laboratory at Carnation Company, October 11, 1937
The Carnation Company prided itself on the purity and high quality of its canned and fresh milk. In this photo, taken in the fall of 1937, lab technicians work with fresh milk samples in the company's laboratory. This is one of Webster & Stevens advertising photos. Description in handwritten inventory: Izzard Co. lab at Carnation Milk 10/11/37Webster & Stevens number:…
ID Number:1983.10.4630
Date:1937
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Emil Sick, Seattle, circa 1938
Businessman Emil Sick bought the Seattle Indians baseball team in 1937 and renamed it the Seattle Rainiers. He also started work on a new steel and concrete baseball stadium in Rainier Valley, south of downtown. Sick's Seattle Stadium opened in June 1938. Sick was the founder of Sick's Century Brewery. Handwritten on sleeve: Mr. Sick of Century Brewing Co.Photographer's Reference…
ID Number:1983.10.4849.1
Date:Circa 1938
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Emil Sick, Seattle, circa 1938
Businessman Emil Sick bought the Seattle Indians baseball team in 1937 and renamed it the Seattle Rainiers. He also started work on a new steel and concrete baseball stadium in Rainier Valley, south of downtown. Sick's Seattle Stadium opened in June 1938. Sick was the founder of Sick's Century Brewery. Handwritten on sleeve: Mr. Sick of Century Brewing Co.Photographer's Reference…
ID Number:1983.10.4849.2
Date:Circa 1938
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Milkman with Kenworth delivery truck, probably in Seattle, 1932
The Kenworth Motor Truck Company got its start building heavy-duty trucks for the timber industry. It later expanded its line to include moving vans, delivery trucks, fire trucks, and buses. Kenworth is now a subsidiary of PACCAR.This photo, taken around 1932, shows a milkman with a Kenworth delivery truck. Although the truck does not have any identification, the eggs the…
ID Number:1983.10.4968.13
Date:1932