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Crawford & Conover business card, circa 1900
The real estate investment firm of Crawford & Conover was founded in Seattle in 1888 by Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper reporters turned business partners Samuel Leroy Crawford (1855-1916) and Charles Tallmadge Conover (1862-1961). C.T. Conover is credited with coining Washington State's nickname, "The Evergreen State," during an 1890 national campaign to advertise Seattle and Washington State. After Conover's retirement in 1941,…
ID Number:2018.3.3.58
Date:Circa 1900
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G. B. Sanborn business card, circa 1895
Gustavus B. Sanborn (1848-1902) moved to Seattle's Ballard neighborhood in 1889 and began a successful hardware business. In 1901, Sanborn build a new brick and stone building for his business; the Sanborn Building still stands, as of 2018, at 5325 Ballard Avenue N.W.This business card for one of Mr. Sanborn's Ballard Avenue stores gives its address as simply "Ballard Ave.,…
ID Number:2018.3.3.59
Date:Circa 1895
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Dexter Horton National Bank Christmas card, 1920
Seattle pioneer Dexter Horton (1825-1904) arrived in Washington Territory in 1853, and after working at his uncle Henry Yesler's mill, opened a general store in Seattle. He also served as an informal banker, making loans and accepting deposits from loggers, trappers, and others. In 1870, Horton opened the city's first official bank, and in 1876, he built the city's first…
ID Number:2018.3.3.60
Date:1920
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Denny Clay Company receipt, December 6, 1893
The Denny-Renton Clay and Coal Company (also Denny Clay Company) was founded in 1892 by Seattle pioneer Arthur A. Denny (1822-1899) when he bought out predecessor company Puget Sound Fire Clay Company. Clay's popularity over wood as a building material grew substantially after the Great Seattle Fire in 1889. Raw material was extracted with hydraulic mining equipment from heavy glacial…
ID Number:2018.3.3.78
Date:1893
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D.T. Denny & Sons receipt, 1890
Seattle pioneer David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) came to the area in 1851 and with his wife, Louisa (Boren) Denny (1827-1916), staked a claim to the future site of Seattle Center. Mr. Denny pursued a diverse career as a farmer, capitalist, streetcar operator, and developer. He was also a well-regarded civic leader, serving as probate judge, King County Commissioner, Seattle City…
ID Number:2018.3.3.79
Date:1890
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The Reliable Transfer Co. business card, circa 1910
The business card pictured here is from The Reliable Transfer Co., a local moving company that advertised in the Seattle Times at least from 1903-1965.
ID Number:2018.3.3.80
Date:Circa 1910
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Jacobs, Trenholme & Co. business card, 1901
The business card pictured here is from Jacobs, Trenholme & Co., a local storage company that advertised in "The Seattle Times" at least from 1900-1902. The business was initially known as Morgan, Jacobs & Trenholme, but at some point it became solely associated with Charles H. Jacobs (1850-) and James Dickson Trenholme (1866-1919). An inscription on the back of the…
ID Number:2018.3.3.81
Date:1901
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Wm. Hunt & Co. business card, 1904
The business card pictured here is from Wm. Hunt & Co., a local wholesale vinegar company that advertised in the Seattle Times at least from 1900-1945. William Hunt (1866-1859) was born in England and came to the U.S. about 1892. He later opened a food processing plant in the Skagit Valley. An inscription on the back of the business card…
ID Number:2018.3.3.82
Date:1904
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Wa Chong Company letter, April 20, 1909
On December 15, 1868, the man believed to be Seattle's first Chinese immigrant, Chun Ching Hock (1844-1927) opened the Wa Chong Company at the foot of Mill Street (now Yesler Way). The store sold imported Chinese goods, tea, rice, coffee, flour, and fireworks, but the company's most profitable business was labor contracting - recruiting and placing Chinese immigrants in domestic…
ID Number:2018.3.3.91
Date:1909
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Schwabacher Bros. & Co. receipt, December 31, 1877
Schwabacher Brothers & Company, a San Francisco general store and wholesale house, expanded into Washington Territory when they opened a store in Walla Walla in 1860. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods and other materials to the logging camps, mill towns and farming communities. Their first Seattle store opened in…
ID Number:2018.3.3.95
Date:1877