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| Title | Photo of Carnation Creamery, built 1881 |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Date | 1881, 1889 |
| Notes | This building was originally constructed as a hotel by speculators hoping that a race track would be built in Kent. After sitting vacant for some time, it was purchased by the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company in 1889, and converted into a dreamery. The building later became Kent Hardware and is now known as the Creamery block. |
| Personal Names | Stewart, E.A.; Myenberg, John; Yxera, Mr. |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County--Kent; |
| 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 Greater Kent Historical Society, 220 4th Avenue S, Kent, 98032, 253-856-5185, GKHS@earthinet.com |
| Credit Line | Greater Kent Historical Society; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Greater Kent 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. |
