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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
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Bonney & Stewart Undertakers bill, 1894
Bonney-Watson funeral home in Seattle had its beginnings in 1868 when two cabinetmakers, Oliver Shorey (married to Mary Emeline Bonney) and A.P. Delin, branched out into making and supplying wooden caskets. In 1881 Shorey's brother-in-law, L. W. Bonney, became a partner in the firm, called Shorey-Bonney, until the Great Seattle Fire destroyed the establishment at Third and Columbia Streets in…
ID Number:2018.3.3.96
Date:1894
Program
Program for Seattle Ad Club luncheon, February 20, 1912
The Seattle Advertising and Sales Club, or Seattle Ad Club, was started in 1909 and continues as of 2018 as the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Seattle. The club was founded by local business men in part to investigate and prevent fraudulent advertising schemes.This program for the club's monthly luncheon, held February 20, 1912 at the Rathskeller, is printed with humorous…
ID Number:2018.3.3.130
Date:1912
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Stan Sayres, Inc., matchbook, circa 1950
Seattle automobile dealer and athlete Stanley S. Sayres (1896-1956) was the owner and driver of the Seattle-designed and Seattle-built hydroplane, Slo-mo-shun IV. Mr. Sayres was piloting the boat June 26, 1950, on Lake Washington when he broke the world speed record on water, beating the previous record by nearly 20 mph.The matchbook pictured here advertises Stan Sayres, Inc., (also called…
ID Number:2018.3.3.136
Date:Circa 1950
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S.C. Renner business card, circa 1917
Sydnia C. Renner (circa 1874-1924) owned S. C. Renner North West Radiator and Fender Works, repairing and manufacturing automobile parts, which operated between 1914 and 1920. Mr. Renner was president of the Mutual Businessmen's Club in 1919 and "one of the youngest successful businessmen on the [automobile] row," according to a Seattle Daily Times article in 1917, having worked on…
ID Number:2018.3.3.140
Date:Circa 1917
Photograph
Barbers with customers inside barbershop. Seattle, 1912
Here, three barbers work on their customers while a man at left stands beind a counter selling tobacco and cigars. In addition to a sign indicating "Shave & Haircut 25c," a sign in the window reads "18 tables," suggesting a pool hall is also on the premises. Number on door: 1021
ID Number:2018.48.13
Date:1912
Cartographic material
Business District of Seattle, circa 1940
In 1903 Carl Albert Kroll (1882-1982) immigrated from Germany to the U. S., finding work as a drafting technician at the Moran Brothers shipbuilding company. By 1910, Kroll was the manager at O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Company. The following year he acquired both the Anderson Map Company and the Washington Map and Blueprint Company to form the…
ID Number:2019.3.13
Date:Circa 1940
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Fred Danz, June 10, 2005
Interview with Fred Danz of Sterling Reality Organization conducted by Lorraine McConaughy for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on June 10, 2005. Topics discussed include his paternal and maternal familes, living in Seattle, his family's relationship with Judaism, and the history of the family businesses in radio and movie theaters, including drive-ins. Copyright agreement: YesDigitized: Yes, CD with…
ID Number:2019.35.1.15
Date:2005
Audio recording
Oral history interview with William Danz, March 22, 2005
Interview with William Danz about his life in Seattle, conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on March 22, 2005. Topics discussed include his family background, his childhood, his education at Garfield High School and the University of Washington and the family business, Sterling Realty Organization (SRO), and the theaters they owned. Copyright agreement: Yes;…
ID Number:2019.35.1.16
Date:2005
Videorecording
Oral history interview with James (Jim) Francis, November 24, 2008
Interview with James (Jim) Francis, the VP of Finance for the Lake Union Drydock Company, conducted by Marcia King for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on November 24, 2008. The Lake Union Drydock is a full service shipyard specializing in ship repair and conversions on West Coast boats over 100 feet.
ID Number:2019.35.1.24
Date:2008