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Image of Shop group at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, 1955
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Shop group at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, 1955

The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.40
Date:1955
Image of Office personnel at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, May 19, 1955
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Office personnel at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, May 19, 1955

The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.42
Date:1955
Image of Shovel at the Superior Clay Pit, Seattle, August 13, 1952
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Shovel at the Superior Clay Pit, Seattle, August 13, 1952

The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.110
Date:1952
Image of Diamond Cement bulk loading tanks at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, December 10, 1952
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Diamond Cement bulk loading tanks at Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, December 10, 1952

The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.123
Date:1952
Image of Aerial view of Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, May, 1953
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Aerial view of Pacific Coast Cement Company, Seattle, May, 1953

The Pacific Coast Cement Company was located on a 20-acre site along the East Duwamish waterway near Charleston Street from 1928-1947. The plant was designed to be easily accessible by highway, railroad, and ship along a private 460-foot wharf. At its peak, the Pacific Coast Cement Company was capable of producing 3,400 barrels of cement a day. Cement is mixed…
ID Number:2016.92.135
Date:1953
Image of Bekins Van Lines building, Seattle, 1929
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Bekins Van Lines building, Seattle, 1929

This image is of the Bekins building on 12th and Madison, which was constructed with Superior Portland Cement. The Bekins Van Lines, Inc., was founded in 1891 by brothers John and Martin Bekins in Indianapolis, growing to become the largest household moving company in the United States. Bekins was acquired by Wheaton World Wide Moving in 2012. The Bekins building…
ID Number:2016.92.252
Date:1929
Image of Northern life insurance advertising card, 1937
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Northern life insurance advertising card, 1937

Ohio natives David and Tasso Morgan came to Seattle in 1905 and founded the Northern Life Insurance Company in 1906. The Morgans' approach to insurance, which combined accident and health coverage with life insurance, was new at the time, and the company became very successful. Northern Life celebrated National Accident and Health Week with other insurance companies nationwide. In 1937,…
ID Number:2018.3.3.5
Date:1937
Image of Yesler Wood, Coal, & Lumber Co. stock certificate, 1890
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Yesler Wood, Coal, & Lumber Co. stock certificate, 1890

This stock certificate for the Yesler Wood, Coal, & Lumber Company was issued on March 20, 1890, to J. D. Lowman for ten shares valued at $1000. Prominent Seattle business and civic leader James D. Lowman (1856-1947) was also secretary of the company founded by his uncle, Seattle pioneer Henry Leiter Yesler (1810-1892). Yesler's Wharf, located at the foot of…
ID Number:2018.3.3.21
Date:1890
Image of Rainier Hotel Company stock certificate, 1889
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Rainier Hotel Company stock certificate, 1889

This stock certificate for the Rainier Hotel Company was issued on November 10, 1889, to Bailey Gatzert for 10 shares, valued at $500. The company owned the Rainier Hotel on Seattle's First Hill, located on Fifth Avenue between Marion Street and Columbia Street. The hotel was rushed to completion in 1889 following the Great Seattle Fire, which had destroyed much…
ID Number:2018.3.3.22
Date:1889
Image of Seattle Theatre Company stock certificate, 1893
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Seattle Theatre Company stock certificate, 1893

This stock certificate for the Seattle Theatre Company was issued on December 20, 1893, to J. D. Lowman for 12.5 shares, valued at $1250. The company, of which Mr. Lowman was also president, owned the Seattle Theatre, located on the northeast corner of Third Avenue and Cherry Street. A prominent Seattle business and civic leader, James D. Lowman (1856-1947) also…
ID Number:2018.3.3.23
Date:1893
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