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| Title | Sears, Roebuck & Company's Western Branch, ca. 1926 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1926 |
| Caption | Around 1910, Sears, Roebuck & Company, the Chicago mail order business, located its new Western Branch in Seattle. It was south of downtown and handy to streetcars and rail lines. From here, Sears supplied customers throughout the western states with everything from underwear and alarm clocks to farm equipment and metal ceilings.
This photo, taken about 1926, shows the Sears retail store and mail order warehouse. Unlike the downtown area, there was plenty of parking. These buildings are now occupied by Sears and several other companies. |
| Subjects | Department stores; Mail-order businesses; Parking lots; Sears, Roebuck & Company. Western Branch |
| Places | Seattle (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.3228.1 |
| 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 nitrate negative: b&w; 8 x 10 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. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 119, 469 |
