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| Title | Pike Place Market, Seattle, ca. 1912 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1912 |
| Caption | Seattle opened its public market at Pike Place in 1907 so that farmers could sell fresh eggs, dairy products, produce, and other things directly to city dwellers. The Corner Market was built in 1912 across the street at the corner of First Avenue and Pike Place. |
| Notes | Signs in image: Public Market - Fresh - Meet the Producer. Hotel Leland. [...g] Bankrupt Stock Groceries. Gasoline 17 Cents. The Bon Marche (on wagon). [...] & Lovejoy. Co-operative Printing Company. Corner Market. Main Floor. Cow Butter Store. Three Girls Bakery - Cakes Baked to Order - Malt Yeast Bread - [...] Wheat Flour. Three Girls Ice Cream and Coffee Parlor. 2nd Floor to be Occupied by The Pacific Poultry Co. - Full Stock of Pure Bred Poultry [Hatching?] [...] Feed and Poultry Supplies Dress Poultry and Strictly Fresh [...] - Management [...] Murphy. Sanitary Public Market. [...] Suit Cases.
Handwritten on sleeve: Sanitary Market Ext.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Farmers' markets--Washington (State)--Seattle; Pedestrians--Washington (State)--Seattle; Automobiles--Washington (State)--Seattle; Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.7738 |
| 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 glass negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 6267 |
