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Employees gathered for a sales meeting at Crescent Manufacturing Company, Seattle, 1928
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early 20th century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Pictured here are sales employees posing outside the Crescent Manufacturing Company's building at Railroad Street South and South Connecticut Street, now Alaskan Way South…
ID Number:2005.24.37
Date:1928
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Employees with a display of Mapleine and other Crescent Manufacturing Company products , Seattle, circa 1910
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early 20th century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.Pictured here are Crescent Manufacturing Company employees…
ID Number:2005.24.49
Date:Circa 1910
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Employees with Crescent Manufacturing Company products at a coffee exhibit in Bellingham, 1922
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early 20th century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.Pictured here are female employees with Crescent…
ID Number:2005.24.67
Date:1922
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Coolidge Propeller Co. employees posing with large propeller, Seattle, 1911
Seattle's Coolidge Propeller Company was begun by Leigh Hill Coolidge (1870-1959), a prolific naval architect and pioneer in the design and machining of high-speed propellers for racing hydroplanes. One of the most well-known vessels he designed is the City Light excursion vessel Alice Ross, which gave its first tour of the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project on Diablo Lae in 1935.…
ID Number:2005.44.1
Date:1911
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Seattle City Light employees with vehicles in front of warehouse, Seattle, circa 1928
The image pictured here features Seattle City Light's shops and warehouse building at Fourth Avenue South and Spokane Street, a location now referred to as the South Service Center. The building was opened in 1926, and features a sign reading CITY LIGHT in nine-foot high letters, illuminated at night by about 400 light bulbs. There are 21 men posing with…
ID Number:2007.3.2
Date:Circa 1928
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Pacific Net & Twine employees working in machine shop, Seattle, circa 1930
The Pacific Net and Twine Company (later Pacific Marine Supply, then Pacific Marine Schwabacher, Inc.) was founded in 1897 in Seattle by Scottish immigrants Edward Cunningham (1878-1960) and Donald B. McBride (1862-1945). Originally selling netting and twine out of a basement, by 1913 the company had grown and moved its operations to Pier 8. In 1918 the company moved once…
ID Number:2007.4.33
Date:Circa 1930
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Pacific Outfitting Company employees outside storefront, Seattle, circa 1915
The Pacific Outfitting Company of Seattle was founded in 1907 by Polish immigrant Alfred Shemanski (1875-1966). The store was one of several in a chain begun by Alfred and his brothers, including the Eastern Outfitting Company in Portland started by Joseph Shemanski. The Pacific opened as a clothing store for women, soon expanding to sell men’s apparel as well. The…
ID Number:2008.3.18.2
Date:Circa 1915
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Pacific Outfitting Company employees, Seattle, circa 1925
The Pacific Outfitting Company of Seattle was founded in 1907 by Polish immigrant Alfred Shemanski (1875-1966). The store was one of several in a chain begun by Alfred and his brothers, including the Eastern Outfitting Company in Portland started by Joseph Shemanski. The Pacific opened as a clothing store for women, soon expanding to sell men’s apparel as well. The…
ID Number:2008.3.18.16
Date:Circa 1925
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Meter Maids wearing Pacific Outfitting Company uniforms, Seattle, November 26, 1957
The Pacific Outfitting Company of Seattle was founded in 1907 by Polish immigrant Alfred Shemanski (1875-1966). The store was one of several in a chain begun by Alfred and his brothers, including the Eastern Outfitting Company in Portland started by Joseph Shemanski. The Pacific opened as a clothing store for women, soon expanding to sell men’s apparel as well. The…
ID Number:2008.3.18.18
Date:1957
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Man smoothing wet concrete on 10th Avenue NE, Seattle, September 28, 1921
This paving project on 10th Avenue NE (Roosevelt Way) near NE 61st Street was likely overseen by the Seattle City Engineer's Department.James P. Lee (1894-1963) was the City of Seattle's Engineering Department photographer from 1922-1957. Photographer's number: 4565
ID Number:2009.55.46.106
Date:1921