Michigan-born Walter Clark (1897-1990) first came to Seattle after WWI to open a restaurant for an employer. By 1930 he was able to buy a restaurant for himself, Marie's Barbecue, in the University District. Together with his wife, Eugenia Power Clark (1918-1998), Mr. Clark presided over an empire that included 22 restaurants in Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, and Yakima, and received just about every honor the city and the restaurant industry could bestow. The Clarks retired in 1970, trading their restaurants for stock in Campbell Soup.
This image was taken shortly after the opening of Clark's second restaurant, the White Spot, located on 45th Street in the University District, which he renamed the Top Notch.
Caption information source: The Seattle Times, June 23, 1990, p. B8
ID Number: 2000.107.185.19.01
Date: 1939
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : b&w ; 7.25 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.
