The Seattle Advertising and Sales Club, or Seattle Ad Club, was started in 1909 and continues as of 2018 as the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Seattle. The club was founded by local business men in part to investigate and prevent fraudulent advertising schemes.
This postcard advertises the club's monthly luncheon, to be held March 18, 1912, at the Rathskeller. This particular luncheon was sponsored by local company Fisher Flouring Mills, begun in 1911 by brothers O. W. Fisher and O. D. Fisher. Here the company is represented with an image of Seattleite Newton Colman, who did promotional cooking demonstrations for Fisher Flour and appeared in imagery for the brand’s “Fisher’s Blend” flour in the 1910s.
Caption information source: "Fisher Flouring Mills officially opens on Harbor Island in Elliott Bay on June 1, 1911" by Priscilla Long, HistoryLink.org Essay 3927
Physical Description: 1 postcard ; 7.25 x 4.25 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
