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Malmo & Co. receipt, 1899

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The receipt pictured here was issued to Miss Collins, by Malmo & Co., a seed and nursery company established in Seattle in 1893 by Norwegian immigrant Charles Malmo (1862-1938). Miss Collins paid $5.00 for 12 bunches of violets and three strings of Smilax (a woody vine).

This object is one of several attributed to a collection from the family of John Collins (1835-1903), an Irish immigrant who moved to Seattle in 1867 and became a prominent investor, business man, and Mayor of Seattle (1873-1874).
ID Number: 2018.3.3.83
Date: 1899
Creator(s): Malmo Nursery Company, Creator
Physical Description: 1 receipt ; 8.5 x 5 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.
Credit: MOHAI, 2018.3.3.83
Copyright: No Known Copyright