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Image of Exterior of Chicago Boot & Shoe Store before Great Seattle Fire, circa 1889
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Exterior of Chicago Boot & Shoe Store before Great Seattle Fire, circa 1889

This image was taken before the fire destroyed the Chicago Boot and Shoe Store, located on the northeast corner of Front Street (now First Avenue) and James Street in Pioneer Square. By the next year, proprietor John Henry Rengstorff (1860-1917) had reopened his shoe store at 707 Second Avenue, near Cherry Street. The individuals in the image are unidentified except…
ID Number:1980.7092.2
Date:Circa 1889
Image of Gatzert and Schwabacher families, Seattle, circa 1882
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Gatzert and Schwabacher families, Seattle, circa 1882

This photograph shows the Gatzert and Schwabacher families circa 1890. Brothers Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (1841-1917) Schwabacher were Bavarian-born Jewish merchants who owned several businesses bearing their family name, first in San Francisco, then in Walla Walla, Washington, and later in Seattle and other cities across the west. Their sister Babette married German immigrant Bailey Gatzert (1829-1893) in…
ID Number:1980.7166.1.1
Date:Circa 1882
Image of Bailey Gatzert's summer home, Seattle, circa 1892
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Bailey Gatzert's summer home, Seattle, circa 1892

This image shows Bailey and Barbette Gatzert's summer home on the east side of Lake Washington. The Gatzert's named it Lucerne after the Swiss lake they admired. Barbetta Gatzert moved there after Bailey's death in 1893. Stamped on verso: John P. Soule, 328 Broadway, Seattle, Wash.
ID Number:1980.7166.1.5
Date:Circa 1892
Image of Abraham Schwabacher and granddaughter Babette Eckstein, circa 1908
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Abraham Schwabacher and granddaughter Babette Eckstein, circa 1908

Abraham Schwabacher (1838-1909) was one of three brothers that were important in the economic development of the Washington Territory and later Washington State. The Schwabacher brothers owned several businesses bearing their family name, first in San Francisco, then in Walla Walla, Washington, and later in Seattle. Abraham married Sarah (Lehrberger) Schwabacher (1847-1942), and their daughter, Mina Alice Schwabacher (1878-1942), married…
ID Number:1980.7166.1.12a
Date:Circa 1908
Image of Jeanie Rosenbaum, Sarah Schwabacher, and Mina Eckstein, Seattle, 1917
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Jeanie Rosenbaum, Sarah Schwabacher, and Mina Eckstein, Seattle, 1917

This photo comes from the collection of Joanna Eckstein, who was one of two daughters (with her sister Babette) of Nathan Eckstein and Mina Schwabacher Eckstein. Mina Schwabacher was a daughter of Abraham Schwabacher (circa 1838-1909) and Sarah Lehrberger (1847-?), who married in 1869. Abraham and his brothers Louis and Sigmund owned the Schwabacher Brothers wholesale grocery stores in Walla…
ID Number:1980.7166.1.16
Date:1917
Image of Mina Schwabacher Eckstein in wedding dress, San Francisco, 1902
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Mina Schwabacher Eckstein in wedding dress, San Francisco, 1902

This photo is part of Joanna Eckstein's photograph collection. Eckstein was one of two daughters (with her sister Babette) of Nathan Eckstein and Mina Schwabacher Eckstein. Mina Schwabacher was a daughter of Abraham Schwabacher (circa 1838-1909) and Sarah Lehrberger (1847-?), who married in 1869. Abraham and his brothers Louis and Sigmund owned the Schwabacher Brothers wholesale grocery stores in Walla…
ID Number:1980.7166.1.21
Date:1902
Image of Mina and Nathan Eckstein, Seattle, circa 1930
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Mina and Nathan Eckstein, Seattle, circa 1930

This photo is part of Joanna Eckstein's photograph collection. Eckstein was one of two daughters (with her sister Babette) of Nathan Eckstein and Mina Schwabacher Eckstein. Mina Schwabacher was a daughter of Abraham Schwabacher (circa 1838-1909) and Sarah Lehrberger (1847-?), who married in 1869. Abraham and his brothers Louis and Sigmund owned the Schwabacher Brothers wholesale grocery stores in Walla…
ID Number:1980.7166.1.40
Date:Circa 1930
Image of Eckstein residence, Seattle, 1915
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Eckstein residence, Seattle, 1915

This photo comes from the collection of Joanna Eckstein, who was one of two daughters (with her sister Babette) of Nathan Eckstein and Mina Schwabacher Eckstein. Mina Schwabacher was a daughter of Abraham Schwabacher (circa 1838-1909) and Sarah Lehrberger (1847-?), who married in 1869. Abraham and his brothers Louis and Sigmund owned the Schwabacher Brothers wholesale grocery stores in Walla…
ID Number:1980.7166.1.46
Date:1915
Image of Mina and Nathan Eckstein walking down street in Victoria, circa 1942
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Mina and Nathan Eckstein walking down street in Victoria, circa 1942

A native of Bavaria, Nathan Eckstein (1873-1945) spent 10 years in New York’s wholesale grocery business before moving to the west coast. In San Francisco in 1902 he married Mina Alice Schwabacher (1878-1942) and the couple relocated to Seattle. Nathan served as vice president and then chief executive officer of Schwabacher & Company, which grew to become one of Seattle’s…
ID Number:1980.7166.1.71.1
Date:1942
Image of Rainier Beach trolley on 4th Avenue in deep snow, Seattle,  February 2, 1916
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Rainier Beach trolley on 4th Avenue in deep snow, Seattle, February 2, 1916

The Big Snow of 1916 came after an exceptionally cold January during which about 2 feet of snow had already accumulated. In early February a storm hit which added an additional 21.5 inches of snow in one 24-hour period. The new and heavy snow added ice, trapping trolleys and cars, freezing railroads, halting classroom education and businesses, and collapsing roofs…
ID Number:1980.7166.1.71.2
Date:1916
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