226 results for: Eating and Drinking
Photograph
Winners of pie eating contest with judges, Seattle, August 3, 1947
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.3
Date:1947
Photograph
Woman serving dessert to international students, November 1962
In this photo, Kathy Flynn, center, serves dessert to Rachel Chipeco and Rajwant Singh, who are sitting at a table in a large dining room. This is probably an event for international students at the University of Washington, as Ms. Chipeco and Mr. Singh are wearing tags with their names and home countries, the Philippines and India, respectively. Date photograph…
ID Number:1986.5.21469.1
Date:1962
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Ivar Haglund with pancakes in the street, Seattle, 1947
A messy syrup spill on Alaskan Way provided the perfect opportunity for Ivar Haglund to create a corny scene. As a tank car was being loaded, a coupling broke, and the high pressure sent thousands of gallons of sticky corn syrup onto the ground. Ivar donned his hip boots, grabbed a stack of hot cakes from his restaurant and rushed…
ID Number:1986.5.27280.1
Date:1947
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Padmini Vasishth and her husband in their kitchen, January 11, 1955
Padmini Vasishth came to the U.S from India in 1954 to study chemistry as a graduate student at the University of Washington. Vasishth was active in international student relations at the UW, and spoke frequently about the culture and customs of India at events around Seattle. Vasishth was also active in the Foundation for International Understanding through Students, an organization…
ID Number:1986.5.28575.1
Date:1955
Document
"Recipes for Using Olive Oil," circa 1915
Angelo Merlino immigrated from Italy to Seattle in 1889. Having been in the olive oil business in his homeland, Merlino began importing olive oil in 1900, the first to import the product to Seattle on a large scale. Merlino established the Metropolitan Grocery Co. at 301 Main Street in 1903, where he sold Italian food and products, including his Merlino's…
ID Number:1989.57.7
Date:Circa 1915
Book
Mapleine Dainties and How to Make Them, circa 1920
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was established in Seattle in 1883 as a small company which specialized in vanilla extract. The company expanded rapidly during the Klondike Gold Rush by selling proprietary spice packets to miners. Crescent Manufacturing grew with their novel creation of an imitation maple flavoring which would not lose flavor over time or with temperature fluctuation. Mapleine debuted…
ID Number:1989.77.a
Date:Circa 1920
Book
Crescent Recipes for Every Day, circa 1919
Originally located at 122 S. Jackson Avenue in Seattle, the Crescent Manufacturing Company was established in 1883 as a small company which specialized in vanilla extract. The company expanded rapidly during the Klondike Gold Rush by selling proprietary spice packets to miners. Crescent Manufacturing grew with their novel creation of an imitation maple flavoring, Mapleine, which would not lose flavor…
ID Number:1989.77.b
Date:Circa 1919
Ephemera
S. S. President Grant menu, February 22, 1928
The S. S. President Grant was launched in 1921 by the by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, serving as a passenger liner and mail ship initially named Pine Tree State. President Grant was idled by the 1936-1937 Maritime strike, and lay at Seattle until being taken over by the Navy from the Maritime Commission in 1940. She was reclassified USS Harris…
ID Number:1990.83.6
Date:1928
Menu
Hotel Frye menu, circa 1911
When the Frye Hotel opened in 1911, it was considered the finest hotel in Seattle. This menu is for the hotel cafe and features three pages of imported and domestic beers and wines, liquors, cordials and fourteen varieties of mineral water. The cover of the menu is printed in two colors with a crest design and a stylized gothic font.
ID Number:1991.80.15a
Date:Circa 1911
Menu
John's Rendezvous menu, circa 1930
This Swedish restaurant, owned by Mrs. and Mr. John Utterstrom, was located at 1506 6th Avenue between Pike and Pine. It offered Smorgasbord, Swedish-style buffet meals. Sometime later, the same owners ran a restaurant called A Little Bit of Sweden at the same location.
ID Number:1991.80.25
Date:Circa 1930