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The Gear Works brochure, Seattle, circa 1999
The Gear Works was founded in 1946 by Ingwald Ramberg in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood. By the 1990s, the family-owned company had grown to become one of the largest gear-manufacturing companies in North America. Its huge gears were used in wind turbines, large earth moving equipment, NASA aerospace projects, and more. The company also repaired and replaced the gear boxes…
ID Number:2021.86.7
Date:Circa 1999
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26 Ways to Keep Husbands Happy: Mapleine Dishes Men "Go For", circa 1936
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle in 1883 and sold spices and seasonings. In 1905, a Crescent chemist invented an artificial maple flavoring which, under the name Mapleine, became Crescent’s most successful product. Mapleine could be used to flavor a variety of sweet and savory dishes and, mixed with water and sugar, made a economical substitute for true…
ID Number:2023.14.7
Date:Circa 1936
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Mark Ten Suie, Seattle, circa 1885
Mark Ten Suie, also known as Ten Suie Mark and T.S. Mark, was a Chinese American merchant working in Seattle in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Born in China around 1861, he immigrated to the US around 1872, arriving in the Seattle area around 1876, though published records of the exact date vary. Beginning around 1888, entries in…
ID Number:2024.33.1
Date:circa 1885
Logbook
Mark Ten Suie Trading Company ledger, 1899 - 1906
Mark Ten Suie, also known as Ten Suie Mark and T.S. Mark, was a Chinese American merchant working in Seattle in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Born in China around 1861, he immigrated to the US around 1872, arriving in the Seattle area around 1876, though published records of the exact date vary. Beginning around 1888, entries in…
ID Number:2024.33.2
Date:1899
Document
Stock certificate for Mark Ten Suie Trading Company, October 1899
Mark Ten Suie, also known as Ten Suie Mark and T.S. Mark, was a Chinese American merchant working in Seattle in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Born in China around 1861, he immigrated to the US around 1872, arriving in the Seattle area around 1876, though published records of the exact date vary. Beginning around 1888, entries in…
ID Number:2024.33.7
Date:1899
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Associated Shipbuilders employee operating a sandblaster, Seattle, September 12, 1941
Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, and they are responsible for many ships, including some of the Washington State ferries and many naval vessels during and after World…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.4.2a.1
Date:1941
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Associated Shipbuilding employee spot welding plates to ribs, Seattle, September 12, 1941
Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, and they are responsible for many ships, including some of the Washington State ferries and many naval vessels during and after World…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.4.2a.3
Date:1941
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Ships at the Associated Shipbuilders shipyard, Seattle, circa 1940
Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, and they are responsible for many ships, including some of the Washington State ferries and many naval vessels during and after World…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.4.2f.6
Date:Circa 1940
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Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company employees working on the USS Plainview, Seattle, 1964
Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, and they are responsible for many ships, including some of the Washington State ferries and many naval vessels during and after World…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.12.1bb.4.3
Date:1964
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Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company employees working on the USS Plainview, Seattle, circa 1964
Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, and they are responsible for many ships, including some of the Washington State ferries and many naval vessels during and after World…
ID Number:Lib1988.13.12.1bb.4.4
Date:Circa 1964