Photograph
Men posed with trucks outside Frederick & Nelson store on moving day, September 1918
Order an ImageOver Labor Day weekend 1918, Frederick & Nelson store employees removed every piece of merchandise from the Rialto Building store on Second Avenue and Madison and trucked it over to the new store at Fifth and Pine. The new store opened for business to waiting crowds at 9 o'clock in the morning on September 3.
This photo shows a large group of Frederick & Nelson employees sitting on and around delivery trucks on the store's moving day.
Stamped on verso: Frank H. Nowell - Commercial Photographer - 1212 Fourth Avenue - Seattle U.S.A.
Caption information source: "More Than a Store," by Robert Spector, 1990.
This photo shows a large group of Frederick & Nelson employees sitting on and around delivery trucks on the store's moving day.
Stamped on verso: Frank H. Nowell - Commercial Photographer - 1212 Fourth Avenue - Seattle U.S.A.
Caption information source: "More Than a Store," by Robert Spector, 1990.
ID Number: 1993.43.20.42.1
Date: 1918
Creator(s):
Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.5 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.
View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv72858
View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv72858
Credit: MOHAI, Frederick & Nelson Records, 1993.43.20.42.1, photo by Frank H. Nowell
Copyright: No Known Copyright