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Seattle high school students at the Bon Marché Varsity Shop, Seattle, circa 1958
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 photo shows seven young men from various Seattle high schools at the Bon's Varsity Shop, a department catering to clothing for young men.
Written on verso: Sitting left to right - Gary Rauen, Sealth; Camden Hall, Ballard; Pete Werle, Queen Anne; Standing left to right - John Coast, Lincoln; Wayne Booth, West Seattle; Rich Eisen; Dennis Collins, Franklin; Jerry Akita, Cleveland.
This photo shows seven young men from various Seattle high schools at the Bon's Varsity Shop, a department catering to clothing for young men.
Written on verso: Sitting left to right - Gary Rauen, Sealth; Camden Hall, Ballard; Pete Werle, Queen Anne; Standing left to right - John Coast, Lincoln; Wayne Booth, West Seattle; Rich Eisen; Dennis Collins, Franklin; Jerry Akita, Cleveland.
ID Number: 2009.20.188.1
Date: Circa 1958
Creator(s):
Forde Photographers, Photographer
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. View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv44656
Credit: MOHAI, Bon Marché Collection, 2009.20.188.1
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