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Photographs of the Seattle Hardware Company, approximately 1907-1960
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Photographs of the Seattle Hardware Company
- Dates
- approximately
1907-1960 (inclusive)19071960
approximately 1907-1926 (bulk)19071926 - Quantity
- 29 photographic prints ; various sizes
- Collection Number
- PH0698
- Summary
- Photographs of Seattle Hardware Company buildings and employees
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
Selections from the collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
The Seattle Hardware Company started in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle in 1883. After their building was lost in the Great Seattle Fire of June 6, 1889, the company leased a barn from the Seattle Street Railway Company. They stayed in this location, on the corner of Pike Street and Second Avenue, for one year. In 1890, the Seattle Hardware Company returned to the Pioneer Square neighborhood and occupied the Colman building on First Avenue and Marion Street. They stayed there until 1905, when they moved to their own seven-story building on the corner of First Avenue South and King Street.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection includes photographs of buildings and people associated with the Seattle Hardware Company. The photographs primarily show offices and warehouses, and employees working and at picnics.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Alternative Forms Available
View selections from the collection in digital format
Restrictions on Use
Restrictions might exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact the repository for details.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Acquisition Information
Donor: Paul Dorpat; received in 2001.
Processing Note
Processed by Emiko Hastings, July 2005, and Megan E. Peacock, 2007.
A minute book with the collection was transferred to the manuscripts section in Special Collections, 2009.
Bibliography
Dorpat, Paul. " Horses Out, Hardware In." Pacific Northwest Magazine, March 19, 2004.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Exterior viewsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| box:oversize | item | ||
| XH5 | 1 | Drawing of bird's-eye view of Seattle
Hardware Company building and warehouse Text in decorative graphic at center of drawing: AFTER 5 DAYS
RETURN TO SEATTLE HARDWARE CO. SEATTLE, WASH. Depicts the store and warehouse across the street from each
other, showing railroad car on tracks, waterfront and Olympic mountain
range.
|
1920? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/1 | 2-3 | 1920? | |
| 1/2 | 4 |
Seattle Hardware Company warehouse
building and railroad tracks Asahel Curtis,
Seattle (photographer)
Chinese characters are written on front of photograph.
|
1917? |
| 1/2 | 5 |
Seattle Hardware Company
building Roger Dudley, Seattle,
Washington (photographer)
|
between 1950 and 1960? |
| item | |||
| 6 | (number not used) |
||
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/3 | 7 | Sailing ships at dock with logs
floating in the foreground |
between 1880 and 1910? |
Interior ViewsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/4 | 8 | between 1930 and 1960? | |
| 1/4 | 9 |
Men in office with display of Sanico
cast-iron range and "Laundry Queen" washing machine. Richard Loewenfeld,
Tacoma, Washington (photographer)
|
between 1920 and 1940? |
| 1/5 | 10 | 1922 | |
| 1/5 | 11 |
Employees working in office Asahel Curtis, Seattle
(48066) (photographer)
|
1923? |
| 1/5 | 12 | 1925 | |
| 1/5 | 13 |
Employees working in office Asahel Curtis, Seattle,
WA (55373) (photographer)
|
1925 |
| 1/5 | 14 |
Office Smallfield Photo Service, Seattle, Washington (photographer)
|
between 1940 and 1960? |
| 1/6 | 15 | 1907 | |
| 1/6 | 16-18 |
Sorting and packing hardware
products Asahel Curtis, Seattle,
Washington (35947, 35948, 35951) (photographer)
|
1917? |
| 1/7 | 19 |
Employees in overalls Asahel Curtis, Seattle,
Washington (35952) (photographer)
|
1917? |
| 1/7 | 20 |
Warehouse filled with
barrels Asahel Curtis, Seattle,
Washington (35586) (photographer)
Chinese characters are written on front of photograph.
|
1917? |
| 1/7 | 21 | between 1920 and 1930? |
Employees and employee activitiesReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box/Folder | item | ||
| 1/8 | 22 |
Three seated men Pierson and Company,
Seattle , Washington (photographer)
|
between 1918 and 1923 |
| 1/8 | 23 |
Fred White, Walt Anderson, W.J. Ford
and others seated around table Columbia Commercial Studio, Portland, Oregon (photographer)
|
between 1920 and 1930? |
| box-folder:oversize | |||
| OS4 | 24 |
Group of men, probably employees of the
Seattle Hardware Company. Romans Photographic Company, Seattle, Washington (photographer)
The men are identified on the back of the photograph.
|
between 1903 and 1920 |
| box:oversize | |||
| OS3 | 25 |
Group of men, possibly the management
of the Seattle Hardware Company. Some identifications on verso of the photograph.
|
between 1900 and 1930? |
| Box/Folder | |||
| 1/8 | 26 |
Group of men, probably employees of the
Seattle Hardware Company Fisher-Croft Company (photographer)
Some identifications are listed on accompanying page.
|
1923 |
| mapcase | |||
| M291 | 27 | Seattle Hardware Company picnic at
Wildwood Park, Puyallup, Washington Pierson Co, Seattle,
Washington (photographer)
|
July 14, 1917 |
| box-folder:oversize | |||
| OS4 | 28 | between 1917 and 1918 | |
| box:oversize | |||
| XH5 | 29 | Families at Seattle Hardware Company
picnic, Fortuna park, Mercer Island, Washington Gowan Studio, Seattle (photographer)
|
August 7, 1926 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Hardware industry workers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Hardware industry--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Corporate Names
- Seattle Hardware Company--Archives
- Seattle Hardware Company--Buildings--Photographs
- Seattle Hardware Company--Employees--Photographs
- Seattle Hardware Company--Photographs
- Seattle Hardware Company--Photographs
Other Creators
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Personal Names
- Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941 (photographer)
