Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. His namesake store, the Ben Paris, was a combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, sporting goods establishment, and was a Seattle institution for many years. Opened in the late 1920s, it was located on the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Pine Street on the lower level of the Eitel Building. Paris founded the first fishing derby here, the Seattle Ben Paris Salmon Derby, in 1931, and started the now-iconic "Fishing (and Hunting) Guide to the Northwest," published from 1935 to 1980.

In this image taken at Ben Paris Sporting Goods and Recreation in downtown Seattle, Ben Paris and three men pose standing behind the lunch and cigar counters. A mirror on the back wall of the counter captured the image of photographer Frank Jacobs (1881-1979).