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| Title | Photo of Kelfner Fruit and Vegetable Stand, Bellevue |
| Notes | The owners of this stand, John and Frances Kelfner, settled in Bellevue in 1911. They specialized in growing Island Belle grapes. These grapes were developed by Lambert Evans at his Stretch Island vineyard. The grape became the most commonly grown in the Puget Sound region. In fact, in 1918 the Island Belle Grape Growers' Union was formed to help market the grapes. Prohibition interrupted commericial winemaking, but the industry accelerated during the Great Depression. |
| Subjects | Agriculture laborers--Washington (State)--Bellevue grapes--Washington (State)--Bellevue wine industry |
| Personal Names | Kelfner, John; Kelfner, Frances |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--Bellevue; |
| 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 copy of this image or inquire about permissions, contact the Curator of Collections at (425) 450-1049 or P.O. Box 40535, Bellevue, WA 98015. |
| Credit Line | Eastside Heritage Center; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Eastside Heritage Center |
| 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. |
| Accession/Acquisition Number | #2002.147 |
