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| Title | Photo of Cooper and Levy Pioneer Outfitters, ca. 1898 |
| Date | ca. 1898 |
| Notes | Early Jewish settlers in western Washington often made a living as peddlers and merchants. Cooper and Levy, here shown, outfitted would-be miners on their way to various gold strikes in Alaska and in Canada. During the Gold Rush decade, Cooper and Levy was the one of the best known and most successful Seattle outfitters, providing everything from blankets to gold pans, dried apples and tools. |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Seattle; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions, contact The Washington State Jewish Historical Society, 2031 Third Avenue :: Seattle, WA 98121 (206) 774 2277 http://www.wsjhs.org/ |
| Credit Line | Washington State Jewish Historical Society; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Washington State Jewish Historical Society |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
