110 results for: Frederick
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Imports fashion show program, Seattle, 1958
The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century before…
ID Number:1993.43.14.7.3
Date:1958
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Shape the Future fashion show schedule, Seattle, 1990
The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century before…
ID Number:1993.43.14.8.1
Date:1990
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Import Copies fashion show program, Seattle, 1960
The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century before…
ID Number:1993.43.14.8.2
Date:1960
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Hector Escobosa, 1938
Hector Escobosa (1907-1963) was a retail executive and fashion authority who spent eleven years at Seattle department store Frederick & Nelson. He was the son of Mexican immigrants and grew up in Nogales, Arizona. After gaining retail experience in San Francisco and Kansas City, he joined Frederick & Nelson in 1939. He brought high fashion expertise and experience with European…
ID Number:1993.43.20.4.1
Date:1938
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Frederick & Nelson elevator operators, circa 1955
Seattle's Frederick & Nelson department store was proud of its customer service. When its new building opened in 1918, the store had eight elevators, each run by its own operator. By the 1940s, the job of elevator operator had become a popular part-time job for high school girls. F&N hired girls who were slim, dark-haired, and didn't wear glasses. Some…
ID Number:1993.43.20.27.1
Date:Circa 1955
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Frederick & Nelson employee cleaning sidewalk outside store, circa 1963
The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century. It…
ID Number:1993.43.20.31.1
Date:Circa 1963
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Men loading Frederick & Nelson delivery truck, circa 1915
The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century. It…
ID Number:1993.43.20.41.1
Date:Circa 1915
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Men posed with trucks outside Frederick & Nelson store on moving day, September 1918
Over Labor Day weekend 1918, Frederick & Nelson store employees removed every piece of merchandise from the Rialto Building store on Second Avenue and Madison and trucked it over to the new store at Fifth and Pine. The new store opened for business to waiting crowds at 9 o'clock in the morning on September 3.This photo shows a large group…
ID Number:1993.43.20.42.1
Date:1918
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Customers on the Cafe Frederick patio at a Frederick & Nelson store, circa 1962
Beginning with the opening of its first tearoom in 1906 in the Rialto building at 2nd and Madison, the Frederick & Nelson store offered a number of eating establishments at its flagship Seattle store and its several branch stores. Restaurants included the Paul Bunyan Room, Men's Grill, Caffeto Cafe, and Arcade Cafe. This photo shows the crowded patio of the…
ID Number:1993.43.20.51.1
Date:Circa 1962
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Crowd at opening of remodeled Frederick & Nelson store, Seattle, August 4, 1952
The Frederick & Nelson flagship store at 5th Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle underwent a major renovation from 1949-1952. The remodel added four and a half new floors, and completely rearranged, redecorated, and refurnished all departments. The new store, with 10 floors above ground and 2 below, celebrated its grand opening on August 4, 1952. A large crowd…
ID Number:1993.43.20.64.1
Date:1952