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Architectural drawing
Bon Marché Christmas star colored lamps design drawing, Seattle, 1962
Order an ImageEdward and Josephine Nordhoff opened Seattle’s Bon Marché in 1890. The department store moved and expanded over the years, and by 1929, it occupied an art-deco building on a full city block in downtown Seattle.
Sometime around 1953, Bob James of the Bon Marché Display Department designed a Christmas tree and star in lights for the diagonal corner of the building at Fourth Avenue and Pine Street. By 1957, the tree had vanished, and the star had taken over the design. As of 2025, the star continues to be displayed.
In 1962, James proposed a star design with colored lights and made notes on price differences between different bulb manufacturers. This design was not used.
Caption information source: The Seattle Times website: November 14, 2007; November 25, 2015.
Sometime around 1953, Bob James of the Bon Marché Display Department designed a Christmas tree and star in lights for the diagonal corner of the building at Fourth Avenue and Pine Street. By 1957, the tree had vanished, and the star had taken over the design. As of 2025, the star continues to be displayed.
In 1962, James proposed a star design with colored lights and made notes on price differences between different bulb manufacturers. This design was not used.
Caption information source: The Seattle Times website: November 14, 2007; November 25, 2015.
ID Number: 2009.20.78.4
Date: 1962
Creator(s):
James, Robert, Creator
Physical Description: 1 architectural drawing : color ; 18.75 x 24 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, 2009.20.78.4
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