The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. By the early 20th century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989, and consolidated its operations in Kent, Washington in 1990.
Pictured here are female employees with Crescent Manufacturing Company products at a coffee exhibit in Bellingham, Washington, March 8-11, 1922. Identified in the photo are Miss Leona Murphy, Mrs. A. B. Johnson, Mrs. E. A. McKenzie, Mrs. S. R. Ritchie, and Mrs. Walter Fischer.
Handwritten on mat: Miss Leona Murphy, Mrs A B Johnson, Mrs. E. A. McKenzie, Mrs S. R. Ritchie, Mrs Walter Fischer. Bellingham Exhibit March 8-11-1922
ID Number: 2005.24.67
Date: 1922
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on cardboard mount : b&w ; 7.75 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. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv24139
Credit: MOHAI, Collection on the Crescent Manufacturing Company, 2005.24.67
