Robert Chase Erskine (1876-1971) came to Seattle in 1899 and became a prominent businessman, elected three times as president of the Seattle Real Estate Association. Having upheld a boyhood pledge to his mother to never drink alcohol, when he died at age 95 he left a six-figure trust fund to promote total abstinence from alcohol in the young. A street in West Seattle, Erskine Way SW, is named for him.
This certificate from the U.S. Secretary of State's office confirms Application for Registration of Trademark #627 from Robert Erskine, a real estate and loan business owner in Seattle, doing business at 712 New York Block. The application concerned a small sign board that could be attached to legal documents, indicating who owned or created the documents. An example is attached to the certificate using R.C. Erskine's name, title and address.
The document was also framed in a10 1/4 in. square dark wood frame by Crescent Paint Co., 703 Third Ave., Seattle. This is an unframed certificate.
ID Number: 1971.5202.5
Date: 1905
Physical Description: 1 certificate ; 8.5 x 8.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
