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Image of Tony Russo at work during KING-TV filming  at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959
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Tony Russo 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, Tony Russo is being filmed while working on a pair of boots inside the factory. Stamped on verso: RICHFIELD SUCCESS STORY. PICTURE # 91013…
ID Number:2013.114.19
Date:1959
Image of Worker being interviewed for a documentary at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959
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Worker being interviewed 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, the show's emcee Bill Nielson interviews expert hand-sewer Julius Brandt. A selection of the company's boots and shoes can be seen in the background.
ID Number:2013.114.20
Date:1959
Image of Gordon Matheson at work during KING-TV filming at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959
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Gordon Matheson 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, Gordon Matheson is being filmed while working on a pair of boots inside the factory. Stamped on verso: RICHFIELD SUCCESS STORY. PICTURE # 91013…
ID Number:2013.114.21
Date:1959
Image of Bob Burki at work during KING-TV filming at the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1959
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Bob Burki 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, Bob Burki is being filmed while working on a pair of boots inside the factory. Stamped on verso: RICHFIELD SUCCESS STORY. PICTURE # 91013…
ID Number:2013.114.22
Date:1959
Image of Currin's Rainier Shoes building, Seattle, 1955
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Currin's Rainier Shoes building, Seattle, 1955

Hugh Currin and Warren Greene founded the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company in 1908. They built their first plant on Seattle’s Eastlake Avenue and moved in 1920 to a new plant on Western Avenue. The company specialized in specialty and heavy-duty work boots and shoes, which they sold throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. The company later acquired the Rainier shoe…
ID Number:2013.114.23
Date:1955
Image of Currin-Greene Shoe manufacturing employees, Seattle, 1955
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Currin-Greene Shoe manufacturing employees, Seattle, 1955

Hugh Currin and Warren Greene founded the Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company in 1908. They built their first plant on Seattle’s Eastlake Avenue and moved in 1920 to a new plant on Western Avenue. The company specialized in specialty and heavy-duty work boots and shoes, which they sold throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. The company later acquired the Rainier shoe…
ID Number:2013.114.24
Date:1955
Image of Crescent Creations, 180 Alluring Recipes for Every Day Use, 1935
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Crescent Creations, 180 Alluring Recipes for Every Day Use, 1935

Featuring a richly colored illustration of a classic yellow layer cake with chocolate icing, this cookbook offers ideas for using Crescent baking powder to leaven many sweet and savory baked goods. The book also describes "Hurricake," a new method for cake baking utilizing only three steps and requiring the use of the Crescent Baking Powder. Originally located at 122 S.…
ID Number:2014.3.2.10
Date:1935
Image of Oscar Lindgren at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, circa 1953
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Oscar Lindgren at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, circa 1953

The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.3
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Dallas Graham, cement packer at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, circa 1953
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Dallas Graham, cement packer at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, circa 1953

The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.16
Date:Circa 1953
Image of A. Koch and John Grim at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, December 12, 1952
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A. Koch and John Grim at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, December 12, 1952

The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.24
Date:1952
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