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Ray Hitt reading Hitt Fireworks brochure, Seattle, December 1979
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| Title | Ray Hitt reading Hitt Fireworks brochure, Seattle, December 1979 |
| Photographer | Law, Denis |
| Date | 1979 |
| Caption | Ray's father T.G. Hitt started the Hitt Fireworks Company. Ray followed in his father's footsteps with his interest in chemistry and fireworks experimentation and innovation. |
| 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. The Following Firms Sell Our Products: Hitt Flashcracka Company, Seattle, Washington; Hitt Fireworks Company of Oregon, The J.K. Gill Company, 408 SW Fifth, Portland, Oregon; Pacific States Fireworks Company, Los Gatos, Calif.; Pacific States-Hitt Fireworks Company, 516 Lankershim Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif. Buy Hitt Fireworks for the 4th. All Goods Sold on Non-Consignment Basis. A Pacific Coast Payroll Employing All American Workers. Thirty Years Consistent Fireworks Manufacture Since 1898 - Fifty Patents.
Label on verso: Photo by Denis Law, Puget Sound Publishing Co., Renton Reporter - Kent Reporter - Auburn Reporter.
Caption taken from RVHS records. |
| Subjects | Advertisements--Washington (State)--Seattle
Fireworks--Washington (State)--Seattle
Hitt Fireworks Company
Hitt, Ray
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| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Columbia City (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Rainier Valley Historical Society Photograph Collection |
| Accession Number | 93.001.443 |
| 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 5 1/4 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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