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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 Ruth Anderson with leg in traction, Seattle, circa 1930
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Ruth Anderson with leg in traction, Seattle, circa 1930

The sleeve of this photo from a collection of photographs from McBride and Anderson identifies the patient as Ruth Anderson in a Scottish Rite Hospital bed. Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San…
ID Number:1974.5923.21
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Rates and Rules of the Seattle General Hospital, circa 1910
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Rates and Rules of the Seattle General Hospital, circa 1910

Established in 1895, Seattle General Hospital was located at 909 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle from 1900-1971, and merged in 1978 with two other local hospitals to become the Swedish Medical Center. The brochure pictured here details the rates and rules of Seattle General Hospital. It appears to have been printed after the 1900 move to Fifth Avenue and Marion…
ID Number:1978.6598.14
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Ranke House and Cabrini Hospital, Madison St., Seattle, circa 1925
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Ranke House and Cabrini Hospital, Madison St., Seattle, circa 1925

This image features the three-story, Queen Anne Style Ranke House at the southeast corner of Madison Street and Terry Avenue on First Hill. First Hill was the residence of choice in the 1890s for elite Seattle residents who wanted to escape the fast pace of downtown. This mansion was built by German immigrants, contractor, and socialites Otto Ranke (1842-1892) and…
ID Number:1980.6877.48
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Bartell Drugs building, Seattle, 1967
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Bartell Drugs building, Seattle, 1967

The first Bartell Drugs store opened in 1890, when George Bartell bought the Lake Washington Pharmacy located in what became the Leschi neighborhood. The Bartell Drug Company incorporated in 1904 and moved to downtown Seattle. It expanded in the early 20th century, coming to include a candy factory and photo lab in addition to pharmacy locations. The company remained under…
ID Number:1980.7067.1.4.1
Date:1967
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