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Image of Seattle Brewing and Malting Co., Georgetown, 1886
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Seattle Brewing and Malting Co., Georgetown, 1886

The Seattle Brewing & Malting Company was founded in 1878 and built its large new Bayview Brewery in 1890. Several years later, the company merged with a firm that eventually became the Rainier Brewing Company. Original photo copied by Webster & Stevens.Caption on image: 1886 Rainier Brewery 1886.Handwritten on sleeve: Rainier Brewery.Webster & Stevens number: 356x
ID Number:1983.10.6078.1
Date:1886
Image of Men working inside San Juan Fish Co., Seattle, 1905
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Men working inside San Juan Fish Co., Seattle, 1905

The San Juan Fish & Packing Company was one of Seattle's largest and most successful canneries. It was located at the foot of Pine Street. In this photograph, cannery workers are weighing the catch and boxes of canned salmon are stacked in the background. Handwritten on sleeve: San Juan Fish Co. Ints. 1905.Webster & Stevens number: 4414
ID Number:1983.10.7485
Date:1905
Image of Four thousand salmon on dock, circa 1905
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Four thousand salmon on dock, circa 1905

In 1905, three-quarters of Washington state's salmon catch came from Puget Sound. The fish were brought in to Seattle, Bellingham, Anacortes and other Puget Sound ports where they were cleaned, processed and canned. This photo, probably taken around 1905, shows an estimated 4,000 salmon on the dock of a Puget Sound cannery. Notes: Original title: 4000 salmon. Letters J.M.B. obliterated.Original…
ID Number:1983.10.7583
Date:Circa 1905
Image of Workers in salmon cannery, circa 1908
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Workers in salmon cannery, circa 1908

In 1905, three-quarters of Washington state's salmon catch came from Puget Sound. The fish were brought in to Seattle, Bellingham, Anacortes, and other Puget Sound ports where they were cleaned, processed, and canned. This photo, probably taken around 1908, shows three men at work in a Puget Sound cannery. Handwritten on sleeve: Canning Salmon.Photographer's Reference Number: 5812
ID Number:1983.10.7671
Date:Circa 1908
Image of Olympia Brewing Co. bottling plant, Seattle, circa 1907
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Olympia Brewing Co. bottling plant, Seattle, circa 1907

Sign in image: Olympia Beer - "It's the Water." Handwritten on sleeve: Olympia Brewing Co. Bottling Plant - Seattle Freezing Room.Photographer's Reference Number: 6902
ID Number:1983.10.7787
Date:Circa 1907
Image of Albers Bros. Milling Co., Seattle, circa 1907
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Albers Bros. Milling Co., Seattle, circa 1907

Albers Bros. Milling Company had a large warehouse and dock at the foot of Massachusetts Street, south of downtown Seattle. Trainloads of oats and other grains came in from eastern Washington. After they reached the milling company, the grains were processed and packaged before shipment to grocery wholesalers. Handwritten on sleeve: Albers Mill.Photographer's Reference Number: 6939
ID Number:1983.10.7791.2
Date:Circa 1907
Image of Interior of the Virginia Street Dock warehouse, circa 1911
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Interior of the Virginia Street Dock warehouse, circa 1911

Northwest Fisheries caught and canned red salmon in Alaska. The cans were packed into wooden crates and shipped to Seattle. The crates were then stored in warehouses until they could be sent to buyers in the United States and other countries.This photo was taken around 1911. It shows men loading crates of Northwest Fisheries' canned red Alaska salmon onto a…
ID Number:1983.10.7984
Date:Circa 1911
Image of Novelty flour mill, circa 1907
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Novelty flour mill, circa 1907

The Novelty Mill Company opened in 1893 in West Seattle, between the ferry landing and a large grain elevator. Trains carrying grain from the wheat-growing areas in eastern Washington ran directly to the mill and the elevator from the Northern Pacific terminus in Seattle. Novelty and other Seattle mills ground the wheat into flour. The grain elevators and flour mills…
ID Number:1983.10.8094.2
Date:Circa 1907
Image of Seafood on display, Seattle, circa 1908
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Seafood on display, Seattle, circa 1908

Handwritten on sleeve: Fish Display.Photographer's Reference Number: 9355
ID Number:1983.10.8190
Date:Circa 1908
Image of Crescent Manufacturing Co., Seattle, circa 1904
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Crescent Manufacturing Co., Seattle, circa 1904

During the first decade of the 20th century, the Crescent Manufacturing Company occupied the ground floor of a building at the corner of Jackson Street and Occidental Avenue, near Pioneer Square. The firm imported coffee, tea, and spices and also manufactured flavorings and ingredients for baking. Maring & Blake, a photoengraving and printing company, occupied the second floor of the…
ID Number:1983.10.8269
Date:Circa 1904
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