Frederick & Nelson, founded by Donald E. Frederick (1860-1937) and Nels B. Nelson (1854-1907) in 1891, was for many years Seattle's premier department store. They began by selling used furniture during the rebuilding of Seattle after the Great Fire of 1889, and expanded to include home delivery of goods, a tea room, and ready-to-wear men's and women's fashions. This donor of this salt and pepper shaker set remembers dressing up in her best clothes every year and going to Frederick & Nelson with her mother to shop for school clothes and have high tea in the dining room. She came into this set when the downtown location closed in 1992.