The Fisher Flouring Mills was one of the first industrial businesses to open on Harbor Island, located in Seattle's Elliott Bay at the mouth of the Duwamish waterway, after construction of the artificial island was completed in 1909. In 1926, founding brothers Orin Wallace Fisher (1891–1979) and Oliver David Fisher (1875-1967) began a radio station (now KOMO and part of Fisher Communications) and went on the air in part to advertise Fisher's Blend Flour and Fisher Scones, still sold at fairs and festivals throughout the Northwest.
In this image employees gather outside Fisher Mills to watch Washington State Governor Arthur B. Langlie and Seattle Mayor William F. Devin lead a ceremony in which the company and its employees receive an "A" award for outstanding achievement in food-processing from the War Food Administration, a predecessor agency to the Farm Service Agency. Two employees, Hugh Bradshaw and L. H. Paque, were chosen by the employees to receive the "A" pins on their behalf from a former Fisher employee, Staff Sergeant C. R. Kirker, a recipient of the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, September 7, 1944, page 18 Caption information source: "Fisher Flouring Mills officially opens on Harbor Island in Elliott Bay on June 1, 1911," by Priscilla Long, HistoryLink.org Essay 3927
ID Number: 2000.107.172.34.05
Date: 1944
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant.
