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Illustration of Toklas, Singerman & Co. building, Seattle, circa 1890
Order an ImageIn 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store. Originally located in Pioneer Square and named the San Francisco Store, it was later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co. In 1892 the founders sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as MacDougall & Southwick Co. The popular store at Second Avenue and Pike Street was operated by Mercantile Store Corp. from 1910 until it closed in 1964.
This image shows an artist's rendering of the exterior of Toklas, Singerman, & Co.’s store at the corner of Front Street (renamed 1st Avenue in 1895) and Columbia Street. It was built shortly after Seattle’s Great Fire of June 1889 on the site of the previous store, which was destroyed in the fire. After Toklas, Singerman, & Co. moved to another location, the Postal Telegraph company occupied this building.
Caption information source: The Seattle Sunday Times, October 30, 1955, p. 15
Caption information source: http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/16248
This image shows an artist's rendering of the exterior of Toklas, Singerman, & Co.’s store at the corner of Front Street (renamed 1st Avenue in 1895) and Columbia Street. It was built shortly after Seattle’s Great Fire of June 1889 on the site of the previous store, which was destroyed in the fire. After Toklas, Singerman, & Co. moved to another location, the Postal Telegraph company occupied this building.
Caption information source: The Seattle Sunday Times, October 30, 1955, p. 15
Caption information source: http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/16248
ID Number: Lib1991.5.41
Date: Circa 1890
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : b&w ; 4 x 6 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, William S. Newton Photographs, Lib1991.5.41
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects:
Retail and Department Stores