University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0698Photographs of the
Seattle Hardware Companyapproximately
1907-1960approximately 1907-192629 photographic prints ; various sizesCollection materials are in
English.Photographs of
Seattle Hardware Company buildings and employeesThe 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.
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.
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Donor: Paul Dorpat; received in 2001.
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.
Dorpat, Paul. "
Horses Out, Hardware In."
Pacific Northwest
Magazine, March 19, 2004.
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Exterior viewsXH51Drawing of bird's-eye view of Seattle
Hardware Company building and warehouse1920?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.
1/12-3Seattle Hardware Company
building 1920? 1/24Seattle Hardware Company warehouse
building and railroad tracks1917?Asahel Curtis,
Seattle Chinese characters are written on front of photograph.
1/25Seattle Hardware Company
buildingbetween 1950 and
1960?Roger Dudley, Seattle,
Washington 6(number not used)1/37Sailing ships at dock with logs
floating in the foregroundbetween 1880 and
1910?Interior Views1/48Seattle Hardware Company product
displaybetween 1930 and
1960? 1/49Men in office with display of Sanico
cast-iron range and "Laundry Queen" washing machine.between 1920 and
1940?Richard Loewenfeld,
Tacoma, Washington 1/510Employees, including A. C. Mayer, who
was the housewares buyer, working in Purchasing office1922 1/511Employees working in office1923?Asahel Curtis, Seattle
(48066) 1/512Employees working in office1925 1/513Employees working in office1925Asahel Curtis, Seattle,
WA (55373) 1/514Officebetween 1940 and
1960?Smallfield Photo Service, Seattle, Washington 1/615People running presses in printing
department1907 1/616-18Sorting and packing hardware
products 1917?Asahel Curtis, Seattle,
Washington (35947, 35948, 35951) 1/719Employees in overalls1917?Asahel Curtis, Seattle,
Washington (35952) 1/720Warehouse filled with
barrels 1917?Asahel Curtis, Seattle,
Washington (35586) Chinese characters are written on front of photograph.
1/721Tires in warehousebetween 1920 and
1930? Employees and employee activities1/822Three seated menbetween 1918 and
1923Pierson and Company,
Seattle , Washington 1/823Fred White, Walt Anderson, W.J. Ford
and others seated around tablebetween 1920 and
1930?Columbia Commercial Studio, Portland, Oregon OS424Group of men, probably employees of the
Seattle Hardware Company.between 1903 and
1920Romans Photographic Company, Seattle, Washington The men are identified on the back of the photograph.
OS325Group of men, possibly the management
of the Seattle Hardware Company.between 1900 and
1930? Some identifications on verso of the photograph.
1/826Group of men, probably employees of the
Seattle Hardware Company1923Fisher-Croft Company Some identifications are listed on accompanying page.
M27127Panorama of Seattle Hardware Company
picnic at Wildwood Park, Puyallup, WashingtonJuly 14, 1917Pierson Co, Seattle,
WashingtonOS428Seattle Hardware Company
picnicbetween 1917 and
1918 XH529Families at Seattle Hardware Company
picnic, Fortuna park, Mercer Island, WashingtonAugust 7, 1926Gowan Studio, Seattle