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Image of Aerial photograph of Bon Marché with Christmas star and downtown extending east and north, Seattle, circa 1965
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Aerial photograph of Bon Marché with Christmas star and downtown extending east and north, Seattle, circa 1965

The Bon Marché was founded in 1890 by German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine. Originally located in Seattle’s Belltown district at First Avenue and Cedar Street, in 1896 it moved to a more central location downtown at Second Avenue and Pike Street. The holiday star hangs annually on the corner of the Bon Marché building at Fourth Avenue…
ID Number:2009.20.74
Date:Circa 1965
Image of Bon Marché Christmas star design drawing, Seattle, circa 1957
Architectural drawing

Bon Marché Christmas star design drawing, Seattle, circa 1957

Edward and Josephine Nordhoff opened Seattle’s Bon Marché in 1890. The department store moved and expanded over the years, and by 1929, it occupied an art-deco building on a full city block in downtown Seattle. Sometime around 1953, Bob James of the Bon Marché Display Department designed a Christmas tree and star in lights for the diagonal corner of the…
ID Number:2009.20.78.1
Date:1957
Image of Bon Marché Christmas star design drawing, Seattle, circa 1957
Architectural drawing

Bon Marché Christmas star design drawing, Seattle, circa 1957

Edward and Josephine Nordhoff opened Seattle’s Bon Marché in 1890. The department store moved and expanded over the years, and by 1929, it occupied an art-deco building on a full city block in downtown Seattle. Sometime around 1953, Bob James of the Bon Marché Display Department designed a Christmas tree and star in lights for the diagonal corner of the…
ID Number:2009.20.78.2
Date:1957
Image of Bon Marché Christmas star revised design drawing, Seattle, July 17, 1957
Architectural drawing

Bon Marché Christmas star revised design drawing, Seattle, July 17, 1957

Edward and Josephine Nordhoff opened Seattle’s Bon Marché in 1890. The department store moved and expanded over the years, and by 1929, it occupied an art-deco building on a full city block in downtown Seattle. Sometime around 1953, Bob James of the Bon Marché Display Department designed a Christmas tree and star in lights for the diagonal corner of the…
ID Number:2009.20.78.3
Date:1957
Image of Bon Marché Christmas star colored lamps design drawing, Seattle, 1962
Architectural drawing

Bon Marché Christmas star colored lamps design drawing, Seattle, 1962

Edward and Josephine Nordhoff opened Seattle’s Bon Marché in 1890. The department store moved and expanded over the years, and by 1929, it occupied an art-deco building on a full city block in downtown Seattle.Sometime around 1953, Bob James of the Bon Marché Display Department designed a Christmas tree and star in lights for the diagonal corner of the building…
ID Number:2009.20.78.4
Date:1962
Image of Bon Marché ad in The Seattle Star, August 27, 1909
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Bon Marché ad in The Seattle Star, August 27, 1909

In 1890, Edward and Josephine Nordhoff moved from Chicago to Seattle and opened their Bon Marché dry goods store in the Belltown neighborhood. The couple named the store after the Bon Marché in Paris. Starting with their life savings of $1,200, they gradually expanded the business, moving it downtown to the main shopping district in 1896. Their lower pricing attracted…
ID Number:2009.20.86.1
Date:1909
Image of Removal of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) statue for cleaning before the Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, 1962
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Removal of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) statue for cleaning before the Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, 1962

The Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) statue is an outdoor life-size sculpture by local artist James Wehn, installed at Tilikum Place Park, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue, Denny Way, and Cedar Street in Seattle. Si'ahl (c. 1786-1866), known to settlers as Chief Seattle, became the leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish people sometime around 1810. When settlers started moving to…
ID Number:2009.23.603
Date:1962
Image of NCR employees and exhibit at the Century 21 Exposition site, Seattle, 1962
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NCR employees and exhibit at the Century 21 Exposition site, Seattle, 1962

The Century 21 Exposition (also known as the Seattle World's Fair) ran from April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair. This photograph was taken in the days before the fair opened and shows NCR employees setting up exhibits of their 310 and 315 electronic data processing systems. The model 315 included the CRAM…
ID Number:2009.23.634
Date:1962
Image of Students’ Army Training Corps group on steps of Washington State Museum, University of Washington campus, 1918
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Students’ Army Training Corps group on steps of Washington State Museum, University of Washington campus, 1918

The establishment of Students' Army Training Corps (SATC) units during World War I was authorized by the Selective Service Act of 1917, and implemented by the newly created Committee on Education and Special Training of the US War Department. The short-lived SATC program utilized the facilities, equipment, and faculty of colleges and universities to select and train officer candidates and…
ID Number:2009.32.1
Date:1918
Image of Plank road on Elliott Avenue at West Mercer Place, Seattle, August 3, 1921
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Plank road on Elliott Avenue at West Mercer Place, Seattle, August 3, 1921

This south-facing image of Elliott Avenue at West Mercer Place shows cars traveling on a wood plank road near streetcar tracks.James P. Lee (1894-1963) was the City of Seattle's Engineering Department photographer from 1922-1957. Photographer's number: 4544
ID Number:2009.55.46.92
Date:1921
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