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Image of Models posing in fashions from Frugallily's Thrift Store, Seattle, April 22, 1982
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Models posing in fashions from Frugallily's Thrift Store, Seattle, April 22, 1982

In this image, two models display fashions from Frugallily's, a Planned Parenthood thrift shop located at 2215 East Madison Street on the edge of the Cherry Hill neighborhood. Store manager Gayle Hayes, left, wears a hand-painted, watered silk velvet Adele Simpson dress and Ultrasuede coat. Samuel Jones, right, an accountant at Planned Parenthood, wears a custom-made Littler tuxedo. Caption information…
ID Number:2000.107.060.27.01
Date:1982
Image of Catalog from Littler clothing stores, Seattle, 1951-1952
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Catalog from Littler clothing stores, Seattle, 1951-1952

Anson A. (“Bob”) Littler moved to Seattle in 1920 and in 1931 opened a men’s clothing store at 417 Union Street in downtown Seattle. Despite opening during the Depression, the store was successful, and by the 1950s the company had added a women’s store, a shop at the Olympic Hotel, and accessory departments. In all, there were three Seattle stores…
ID Number:2013.58.2
Date:1951
Image of Littler Stores envelope, circa 1950
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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

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