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Image of Slant front desk section, 1850-1900
1946.556.1B
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Slant front desk section, 1850-1900

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This section of a desk originally belonged to early Seattle settler Henry Yesler and it was received second hand by Mr. Henry Perry (H.P.) Grant sometime around 1900. Just prior to 1900, Grant opened a bicycle shop, Gifford and Grant, which, in 1904, morphed into the first gasoline powered automobile dealership in Seattle, "The Seattle Auto Co.," once located at Eighth and Union.
ID Number: 1946.556.1B
Date: 1850-1900
Physical Description: 1 Desk, Slant-Top; ash, pine, fir, buckram, metal; 23 in.H x 37 in.W x 17.5 in.D
Place Made: United States of America, , Pacific Northwest
Credit: MOHAI, 1946.556.1B
Subjects: Washington Territory, Furniture, European American Settlement

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