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Markus and Albert Mayer jewelry store in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, 1898
Soon after striking gold on the banks of the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory, brothers Albert Mayer (1871-1929) and Markus Mayer (1877-1950) established a watch and jewelry making business in Dawson City. Their older brother, Joseph Mayer (1868-1937), started Joseph Mayer Bros. in Seattle, which began by selling souvenir spoons, flatware, and wholesale jewelry, and grew into a major…
ID Number:1979.6792.1
Date:1898
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Joseph Mayer & Bros. worker with clock dial for Chehalis County Courthouse, circa 1910
Jos. Mayer and Bros. began in 1897 in Seattle and manufactured many clocks during the first two decades of the 1900s. This photograph shows a seven and a half foot bronze clock dial made by Jos. Meyer and Bros. for the Chehalis County Courthouse in Montesano, Washington.Austin Seward worked for both Pierson and Co. and Bainbridge Studio. This photograph is…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.60
Date:Circa 1910
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Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1925
The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard sawmills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. In 1958 the largest fire in Seattle since the fire of…
ID Number:1980.6877.117
Date:Circa 1925
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Men stacking lumber at Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, circa 1920
The Seattle Cedar mill, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard mills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. The mill was rebuilt after a huge fire in 1958, but closed for…
ID Number:1980.6877.118
Date:Circa 1920
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Men with large cedar log at Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Co. yard, circa 1920
The Seattle Cedar mill, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard mills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. The mill was rebuilt after a huge fire in 1958, but closed for…
ID Number:1980.6877.119
Date:Circa 1920
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Cedar drying stacks at Seattle Cedar Lumber Mfg. Co., Salmon Bay, Seattle, circa 1925
The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Company, located just west of the north end of the Ballard Bridge, opened in 1890. This and other Ballard sawmills turned out millions of shingles and board feet of lumber until the shrinking supply of cedar logs brought about the end of the industry. In 1958 the largest fire in Seattle since the fire of…
ID Number:1980.6877.121
Date:Circa 1925
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Rowe Machine Works dock, Ballard, circa 1930
Rowe Machine Works was located at the foot of 24th Avenue NW in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, on the Lake Washington Ship Canal. Rowe Machine Works operated at the same location through the 1980s.In this photograph, the tug Tatoosh and fishing vessel Grizzly II are docked in front of the Rowe Machine Works building, perhaps for repairs. Barbee Dry…
ID Number:1980.6877.156
Date:Circa 1930
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Workers at the Bemis Bag Company, Seattle, circa 1910
The Bemis Bag Company was founded in St. Louis, Missouri in 1858. By the early 20th century, the company operated eight bag factories in various parts of the United States, including Seattle, making burlap and cotton bags for grain, flour, feed and many other products. The company is still in the packaging business as of 2025. The Bemis Bag Company…
ID Number:1980.6880.287
Date:Circa 1910
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Downtown Seattle from Seventh Avenue and Alder Street, 1914
In 1914 Seattle's population had reached an estimated 304,126. According to the 1914 Polk Seattle City Directory, Seattle boasted the "largest clay products plant on the Pacific Coast; largest shoe factory on Pacific Coast; largest jewelry manufacturing concern on Pacific Coast; largest condensed milk concern in the West; largest dry docks on Pacific Coast; largest fisheries and lumbering interests in…
ID Number:1980.6923.9
Date:1914
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Transports Garonne and Athenian docked in Elliott Bay, Seattle, August 1899
The ships Garonne and Athenian shown here docked at Elliott Bay would be loaded with horses, equipment, and soldiers for the Philippine American War. Several business are shown along the waterfront, including Northwestern Iron Works, Union Brass Foundry, and Great Western Boiler Manufacturing Co., among others. Handwritten on photo: Transports for the Philippine Islands 459 Wilse Handwritten by photographer under…
ID Number:1980.6967.6
Date:1899