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Image of Lincoln County's Best flour bag design, 1928
Drawing

Lincoln County's Best flour bag design, 1928

In 1858 industrialist Judson Moss Bemis (1833-1921) founded J. M. Bemis & Co. (later Bemis Brothers Bag Company, then Bemis Company, Inc.) in Saint Louis, Missouri. By the early 20th century, the company operated eight bag factories in various parts of the United States, including the Seattle plant which opened in 1905 in today's SoDo neighborhood. The Seattle plant made…
ID Number:1994.15.6.9.1
Date:1928
Image of Miller's Ol-Style flour bag design, 1929
Drawing

Miller's Ol-Style flour bag design, 1929

In 1858 industrialist Judson Moss Bemis (1833-1921) founded J. M. Bemis & Co. (later Bemis Brothers Bag Company, then Bemis Company, Inc.) in Saint Louis, Missouri. By the early 20th century, the company operated eight bag factories in various parts of the United States, including the Seattle plant which opened in 1905 in today's SoDo neighborhood. The Seattle plant made…
ID Number:1994.15.6.10.1
Date:1929
Image of Velvi-Down cake flour bag design, 1933
Drawing

Velvi-Down cake flour bag design, 1933

In 1858 industrialist Judson Moss Bemis (1833-1921) founded J. M. Bemis & Co. (later Bemis Brothers Bag Company, then Bemis Company, Inc.) in Saint Louis, Missouri. By the early 20th century, the company operated eight bag factories in various parts of the United States, including the Seattle plant which opened in 1905 in today's SoDo neighborhood. The Seattle plant made…
ID Number:1994.15.6.16.1
Date:1933
Image of Paste-up for Sunny Jim peanut butter ad, circa 1940
Drawing

Paste-up for Sunny Jim peanut butter ad, circa 1940

Germanus Wilhelm Firnstahl founded Pacific Food Products in 1921 after the family moved to Seattle from Wisconsin. Germanus and his wife Cecilia chose their youngest son Lowell to be the face of Sunny Jim, their new peanut butter brand. Despite his untimely death in 1933 in a football accident, Lowell's image would be synonymous with Sunny Jim until the company…
ID Number:1996.55.23
Date:Circa 1940
Image of Employees posing in front of Gold Medal Milk Co., Seattle, circa 1935
Photograph

Employees posing in front of Gold Medal Milk Co., Seattle, circa 1935

The Gold Medal Milk Company (also known as Gold Medal Dairies, Inc. and Golden Rule Dairy and Bakery), a dairy distributer, was located first in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood at 269 Florentia Street, and later in Ballard at 5500 14th Avenue NW. This image was likely taken at the Ballard location, and the man standing in the center of the group,…
ID Number:1999.17.1
Date:Circa 1935
Image of The Beer of Summer poster, Seattle, circa 1975
Poster

The Beer of Summer poster, Seattle, circa 1975

The Seattle Brewing and Malting Company was founded in 1893 by the merging of three Georgetown neighborhood breweries, the oldest of which had been founded in 1883 by Andrew Hemrich (1856-1910) and John Kopp (1853-1935). The company began production of Rainier, a lager-style beer, in 1893, and by 1904 was the largest brewery west of the Mississippi River. After the…
ID Number:1999.64.83
Date:Circa 1975
Image of Rainier-sighted poster, Seattle, circa 1975
Poster

Rainier-sighted poster, Seattle, circa 1975

The Seattle Brewing and Malting Company was founded in 1893 by the merging of three Georgetown neighborhood breweries, the oldest of which had been founded in 1883 by Andrew Hemrich (1856-1910) and John Kopp (1853-1935). The company's Rainier Beer and the brewery itself, with it’s trademark red neon "R" that sat atop the building, were popular throughout the Pacific Northwest.…
ID Number:1999.64.101
Date:Circa 1975
Image of Starship Rainier poster, Seattle, circa 1970
Poster

Starship Rainier poster, Seattle, circa 1970

The Seattle Brewing and Malting Company was founded in 1893 by the merging of three Georgetown neighborhood breweries, the oldest of which had been founded in 1883 by Andrew Hemrich (1856-1910) and John Kopp (1853-1935). The company's Rainier Beer and the brewery itself, with it’s trademark red neon "R" that sat atop the building, were popular throughout the Pacific Northwest.…
ID Number:1999.64.102
Date:Circa 1970
Image of Raindog poster, Seattle, circa 1980
Poster

Raindog poster, Seattle, circa 1980

The Seattle Brewing and Malting Company was founded in 1893 by the merging of three Georgetown neighborhood breweries, the oldest of which had been founded in 1883 by Andrew Hemrich (1856-1910) and John Kopp (1853-1935). The company's Rainier Beer and the brewery itself, with it’s trademark red neon "R" that sat atop the building, were popular throughout the Pacific Northwest.…
ID Number:1999.64.103
Date:Circa 1980
Image of Go Bigtime...Slam a Rainier Ale poster, Seattle, circa 1975
Poster

Go Bigtime...Slam a Rainier Ale poster, Seattle, circa 1975

The Seattle Brewing and Malting Company was founded in 1893 by the merging of three Georgetown neighborhood breweries, the oldest of which had been founded in 1883 by Andrew Hemrich (1856-1910) and John Kopp (1853-1935). The company's Rainier Beer and the brewery itself, with it’s trademark red neon "R" that sat atop the building, were popular throughout the Pacific Northwest.…
ID Number:1999.64.104
Date:Circa 1975
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