8 results for: Bauer, Eddie
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Eddie Bauer jacket patent, February 20, 1940
In 1920, avid outdoorsperson and local son Eddie Bauer (1899-1986) opened a sporting goods store called Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop in downtown Seattle. Initially specializing in tennis rackets, hand-made golf clubs, and fishing tackle, a brush with hypothermia led Mr. Bauer to develop alternatives to the heavy wool outer garments that most outdoor enthusiasts used at the time. He began…
ID Number:1967.4134.9.1
Date:1940
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Eddie Bauer's patent for trousers, October 28, 1941
In 1920, avid outdoorsperson and local son Eddie Bauer (1899-1986) opened a sporting goods store called Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop in downtown Seattle. Initially specializing in tennis rackets, hand-made golf clubs, and fishing tackle, a brush with hypothermia led Mr. Bauer to develop alternatives to the heavy wool outer garments that most outdoor enthusiasts used at the time. He began…
ID Number:1967.4134.9.2
Date:1941
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Eddie Bauer's patent for boots, August 11, 1942
In 1920, avid outdoorsperson and local son Eddie Bauer (1899-1986) opened a sporting goods store called Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop in downtown Seattle. Initially specializing in tennis rackets, hand-made golf clubs, and fishing tackle, a brush with hypothermia led Mr. Bauer to develop alternatives to the heavy wool outer garments that most outdoor enthusiasts used at the time. He began…
ID Number:1967.4134.9.3
Date:1942
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Eddie Bauer's patent for a sleeping bag, January 4, 1944
In 1920, avid outdoorsperson and local son Eddie Bauer (1899-1986) opened a sporting goods store called Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop in downtown Seattle. Initially specializing in tennis rackets, hand-made golf clubs, and fishing tackle, a brush with hypothermia led Mr. Bauer to develop alternatives to the heavy wool outer garments that most outdoor enthusiasts used at the time. He began…
ID Number:1967.4134.9.4
Date:1944
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Eddie Bauer with steelhead trout, 1926
In the 1920s, Eddie Bauer opened a sporting goods shop at 211 Seneca Street in downtown Seattle. At first, most of his business was in tennis and golf equipment, but he soon expanded into fishing tackle, hunting gear, and outdoor clothing. Bauer and the members of his staff were active in many sports and used their wide experience in helping…
ID Number:1983.10.3109.1
Date:1926
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Fashion model in preppy college style, Seattle, December 4, 1980
The preppy look for the college years as described in "The Official Preppy Handbook" (1980, ed. Lisa Birnbach) is worn by local student Moira Delaney, dressed in Eddie Bauer fashions and sitting on a Volvo. Delaney grew up in Seattle and was studying at the University of Washington at the time. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, December 7, 1980,…
ID Number:2000.107.060.25.02
Date:1980
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Make the bosses take the losses! flier, Seattle, May 1975
In May 1975, Eddie Bauer, a prominent Seattle clothing manufacturer, fired over 70 garment workers without notice. Most were women - members of the United Garment Workers Union Local 17. On May 17, some two-dozen people picketed the downtown Seattle Eddie Bauer store in protest. The laid off workers blamed the company for firing them because of their union membership,…
ID Number:2002.23.3.54.1
Date:1975
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Littler Stores envelope, circa 1950
Upscale men's apparel store Littler was begun in 1931 by Anson A. "Bob" Littler (1900-1991), who started his career as a clerk at Frederick & Nelson in the menswear department. An avid golfer, Mr. Littler began playing in tournaments around 1926, and competed frequently with fellow retail merchants George H. Bartell (1868–1956) and Eddie Bauer (1899-1986). Also a local civic…
ID Number:2018.3.3.89
Date:Circa 1950