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Saleswoman assisting customer at Best's Apparel millinery salon, Seattle, circa 1930

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Premiere Seattle women's fashion store Best Apparel was located on the corner of Fifth and Pine Streets in downtown Seattle from the 1920s until the 1960s. Owned by Dorothy Cabot Best (1888-1958) and her husband Ivan L. Best (1887-1979), the store was sold to Nordstrom in 1964, as Nordstrom began growing from a shoe store into a fashion-oriented specialty store.

In this image a saleswomen fits a hat on a customer at Best’s Apparel millinery salon.

Caption information source: http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20010529&slug=newnordstrom29
ID Number: 1986.5.11963.1
Date: Circa 1940
Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.11963.1
Copyright: All Rights Reserved