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Image of Storeroom at Pacific American Fisheries salmon canning factory, 1910
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Storeroom at Pacific American Fisheries salmon canning factory, 1910

Bellingham Bay's first commercial salmon cannery opened in Fairhaven, Washington in 1895. By 1901, Whatcom County was home to twelve of the nineteen canneries on Puget Sound. That year, the county's 5,500 cannery workers packed 935,000 cases of salmon. At 48 one-pound cans per case, that's 44,880,000 cans.This 1910 photo, taken at the Pacific American Fisheries salmon cannery on Bellingham…
ID Number:1983.10.8341
Date:1910
Image of Retorts at Pacific American Fisheries salmon canning factory, 1910
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Retorts at Pacific American Fisheries salmon canning factory, 1910

Pacific American Fisheries, in Bellingham, Washington, was one of the largest salmon canning companies in the Pacific Northwest. During each salmon run, PAF fishers caught tons of fresh salmon for the cannery. Cannery workers gutted and cleaned the fish and then packed the meat into cans. The cans were then heated in huge steam retorts to cook and preserve the…
ID Number:1983.10.8342
Date:1910
Image of Filipino Coffee Co., Seattle, circa 1909
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Filipino Coffee Co., Seattle, circa 1909

The address number 1522 on the wall behind this coffee display indicates the photo was taken in the Pike Place Market. Signs in image: 25 Cents Lb. - Batango Blend Coffee - One Tried Always Used - Sold at Wholesale Prices by Filipino Coffee Co. Filipino Brooms - 25 Cents Each. Batango Blend Coffee - Roasted by New Process -…
ID Number:1983.10.8491
Date:Circa 1909
Image of Candy makers at Augustine & Kyer, 1913
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Candy makers at Augustine & Kyer, 1913

Augustine & Kyer was a wholesale and retail grocery firm with stores in downtown Seattle and in the Queen Anne and Capitol Hill neighborhoods. Among other things, the company sold hand-dipped chocolates.In this photo, two women talk as they dip candy centers into pools of chocolate. They are making the candies for Augustine & Kyer's grocery stores.
ID Number:1983.10.8726
Date:1913
Image of Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Seattle, circa 1913
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Fisher Flouring Mills Co., Seattle, circa 1913

Signs in image: Fisher Flouring Mills Co. Fisher's Blend Flour.Handwritten on sleeve: Fisher Flour Mills.Photographer's Reference Number: 21219
ID Number:1983.10.9430.1
Date:Circa 1913
Image of Bayview Brewery, circa 1915
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Bayview Brewery, circa 1915

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 today's Rainier Brewing Company.This photo, taken around 1915, shows the Seattle Brewing & Malting Company's Bayview Brewery buildings. Some of these buildings are still in use by the Rainier…
ID Number:1983.10.10091
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Fisher Flouring Mills on Harbor Island, Seattle, 1917
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Fisher Flouring Mills on Harbor Island, Seattle, 1917

In 1911, brothers O. D. Fisher and O. W. Fisher began milling flour at the Fisher Flouring Mills on Seattle's Harbor Island in Elliott Bay. The grain silo and milling complex was one of the first facilities built on the artificial island after the island's completion in 1909. In 2001, Fisher sold the mill to Pendleton Flour Mills. The mill…
ID Number:1983.10.10416.2
Date:1917
Image of Fisher Flouring Mills on Harbor Island, Seattle, circa 1915
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Fisher Flouring Mills on Harbor Island, Seattle, circa 1915

In 1911, brothers O. D. Fisher and O. W. Fisher began milling flour at the Fisher Flouring Mills on Seattle's Harbor Island in Elliott Bay. The grain silo and milling complex was one of the first facilities built on the artificial island after the island's completion in 1909. In 2001, Fisher sold the mill to Pendleton Flour Mills, which closed…
ID Number:1983.10.10459
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Destruction of an illegal Japanese distillery on 65th Avenue , circa 1918
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Destruction of an illegal Japanese distillery on 65th Avenue , circa 1918

In Washington state, Prohibition lasted from 1916 until 1933. During that time, making, selling, owning, or drinking alcoholic beverages was against the law. Local police and federal agents made regular raids and arrests. In this photo, taken around 1918, an agent smashes a hole in a fermenting vat during a raid on an illegal still. Webster & Stevens number: 74620
ID Number:1983.10.10787.2
Date:Circa 1918
Image of J. Aronson Liquor sign at start of Prohibition, Seattle, circa 1916
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J. Aronson Liquor sign at start of Prohibition, Seattle, circa 1916

In Washington state, Prohibition lasted from 1916 until 1933. During that time, making, selling, owning, or drinking alcoholic beverages was against the law. This photo shows a farewell sign in the window of a liquor store. Sign in image: J. Aronson - Good-by Boys - We're Through - The People and the Courts Have Handed Us Our Ticket - We're…
ID Number:1983.10.12278
Date:Circa 1916
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