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Exterior of the Bon Marché at Second Avenue and Pike Street, Seattle, 1900
Order an ImageThe Bon Marché was founded in 1890 by German immigrant Edward Nordhoff and his wife Josephine. Originally located in Seattle’s Belltown district at First Avenue and Cedar Street, in 1896 it moved to a more central location downtown at Second Avenue and Pike Street.
This exterior shot of the store at Second Avenue and Pike Street shows the building before its two later expansions.
Written on verso: 2nd & Pike, The Bon Marché in 1900.
This exterior shot of the store at Second Avenue and Pike Street shows the building before its two later expansions.
Written on verso: 2nd & Pike, The Bon Marché in 1900.
ID Number: 2009.20.134
Date: 1900
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 3.5 x 7 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/xv44656
Credit: MOHAI, Bon Marché Collection, 2009.20.134
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects:
Retail and Department Stores