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Hitt Fireworks Company's 1938 price list and advertising catalog, Seattle, December 1979
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| Title | Hitt Fireworks Company's 1938 price list and advertising catalog, Seattle, December 1979 |
| Photographer | Law, Denis |
| Date | 1979 |
| Caption | T.G. Hitt started the Hitt Fireworks Company. The business and the family home were located on a hill just south of Columbia City that became known as Hitt's Hill. The company was in business until the 1970s. |
| Notes | Brochure reads: Hitt Fireworks Company, 5234 37th Avenue South, Seattle, Washington. Phone RAinier 0360. Cable Address: Hittpyro. Hitt Fireworks Company, Manufacturers of Everything in Fireworks Since 1898. Hitt's Flashcrackas. A Reg'lar Feller. Write for Complete Illustrated Programs for Display Exhibition Fireworks. Contractors to Major Fairs and Expositions, Including Two Grand Prizes. Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Wash. Over 150 Displays, Medal of Honor, Official Pyrotechnists to Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Pyrotechnists to Philadelphia, Sequi-Centennial Exposition, 1926. We Can Supply You With the Above Poster for Your Stand. From Coast to Coast - The Choice of Young America. Season 1938. Commercial Fireworks Price List. Subject to Dealer's Discount. Buy Direct from Manufacturer.
Label on verso: Photo by Denis Law, Puget Sound Publishing Co., Renton Reporter - Kent Reporter - Auburn Reporter. |
| Subjects | Advertisements--Washington (State)--Seattle
Fireworks--Washington (State)--Seattle
Hitt Fireworks Company
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| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Rainier Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection |
| Accession Number | 93.001.445 |
| Ordering Information | To order a copy of this photograph, please email Rvhsoffice@aol.com and mention the Accession Number. |
| Repository | Rainier Valley Historical Society, Seattle |
| Repository Collection | Hall-Summers Collection |
| Physical Description | 1 photographic print: b&w; 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
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