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Sherman Clay & Company salesman with TV, phonograph, radio, ca. 1947
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| Title | Sherman Clay & Company salesman with TV, phonograph, radio, ca. 1947 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1947 |
| Caption | Sherman Clay & Company opened its first music store in San Francisco in 1870, selling music and musical instruments. By 1910, it had stores in Tacoma and Seattle as well. Sherman Clay later moved its downtown Seattle store from Second Avenue to its current Fourth Avenue location near The Bon Marche. By the late 1940s, the company was also selling radios, record players, and television sets.
In this photo, a Sherman Clay salesman opens a late 1940s entertainment center which combines a television, radio, and record player in one cabinet. In the 1990s, Sherman Clay sells only pianos. |
| Subjects | Radios; Televisions; Phonographs; Men--Employment; Sherman Clay & Company |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.16848.4 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative: safety film, b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
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