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Image of Bendix Computer Division demonstration printout, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
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Bendix Computer Division demonstration printout, Seattle World's Fair, 1962

The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21 to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. The exposition's displays and attractions were centered around themes of science and technology, but included showcases for a variety of world cultures. The Computer Division of the Bendix Corporation (a manufacturing and engineering company,…
ID Number:2011.62.8
Date:1962
Image of Crescent Manufacturing Company Social Association Picnic, Halls Lake, July 12, 1919
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Crescent Manufacturing Company Social Association Picnic, Halls Lake, July 12, 1919

The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and the following year consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington.The handwritten note on this photograph…
ID Number:2011.114.84
Date:1919
Image of Sunny Jim Raspberry Preserves poster, circa 1955
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Sunny Jim Raspberry Preserves poster, circa 1955

Sunny Jim Peanut Butter was founded by Germanus Wilhelm Firnstahl in 1921 after he moved with his family to Seattle from Wisconsin. Germanus and his wife Cecilia lined up their five children and selected son Lowell to be the face of their new peanut butter manufacturing company, "Sunny Jim." Despite his untimely death in 1933 in a football accident, Lowell's…
ID Number:2013.12.1
Date:Circa 1955
Image of Crescent baking powder advertisement, Seattle, 1926
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Crescent baking powder advertisement, Seattle, 1926

The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.This advertisement for Double Acting Crescent Baking…
ID Number:2013.58.21.6.1
Date:1926
Image of Crescent Mapleine advertisement, Seattle, circa 1925
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Crescent Mapleine advertisement, Seattle, circa 1925

The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.This poster for Mapleine features a bottle…
ID Number:2013.58.21.6.2
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Hugh Currin and workers at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1910
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Hugh Currin and workers at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1910

Hugh L. Currin and Warren Greene opened the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company in 1908 on Eastlake Avenue, north of downtown Seattle. The company made boots and specialty work shoes sold throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. They were particularly known for their handmade, cleated logging boots. Here, Mr. Currin stands with his workers and a selection of boots made at…
ID Number:2013.114.1
Date:1910
Image of Workers standing outside the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1917
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Workers standing outside the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1917

Hugh L. Currin and Warren Greene opened the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company in 1908 on Eastlake Avenue, north of downtown Seattle. The company made boots and specialty work shoes sold throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. They were particularly known for their handmade, cleated logging boots. In this 1917 image, a group of workers stand outside the Currin-Greene factory at…
ID Number:2013.114.3
Date:1917
Image of Group of men looking at Currin shoe window display in Carl Schermer store, First Avenue South, Seattle, 1921
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Group of men looking at Currin shoe window display in Carl Schermer store, First Avenue South, Seattle, 1921

The Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company was founded in 1908 at 225 Eastlake Avenue with a partnership between Hugh L. Currin and Warren Greene. In 1920 the company moved to a new factory building at 2715 Western Avenue. Currin-Greene manufactured boots and specialty work shoes sold throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. In particular, they were known for hand-made, cleated logging…
ID Number:2013.114.7
Date:1921
Image of Employees at work during KING-TV filming at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959
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Employees at work during KING-TV filming at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959

On October 13, 1959, Seattle's KING 5 TV aired "Richfield Success Story" a 30-minute television documentary about the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company. The film featured the boot making process and included interviews with long-time employees. Here, Frank Lull, foreground, and other employees are being filmed while working on boots inside the factory. Stamped on verso: RICHFIELD SUCCESS STORY. PICTURE #…
ID Number:2013.114.14
Date:1959
Image of Filming workers for a documentary at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959
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Filming workers for a documentary at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959

On October 13, 1959, Seattle's KING 5 TV aired "Richfield Success Story," a 30-minute television documentary about the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company. The film featured the boot making process and included interviews with long-time employees. Here, Evelyn O'Hara and Belle Samuelson are being filmed while they sew boots.
ID Number:2013.114.15
Date:1959
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