University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
PH1083
Schwabacher family
Schwabacher Family
photograph collection
approximately 1899-1950
21 photographic prints (5 folders) ; various sizes
Collection materials are in
English.
Photographs of
Schwabacher Bros. & Company and executive Nathan Eckstein and
family
Schwabacher Bros. & Company was founded in 1860 in Walla Walla by
three Bavarian Jewish immigrants, Louis Schwabacher, Abraham Schwabacher, and
Sigmund Schwabacher. In 1869, the brothers opened a wholesale mercantile store
in Seattle which was headed by Bailey Gatzert, who later served as mayor of
Seattle in 1893. The business grew to encompass dry goods, clothing, groceries,
hardware, and much more, and supplied prospectors on their way to the Yukon
during the Klondike gold rush.
Nathan Eckstein (1873-1945) was the German-born son-in-law of Abraham
Schwabacher. Eckstein became vice president and later chief executive officer
of the company, also serving on the Seattle School Board (1913-1920),
Washington State Tax Commission, the City Charter Commission, and many other
civic organizations. He received the 1926 "Seattle's Most Useful Citizen"
award.
The photographs document the Schwabacher Hardware Company and staff
including executive Nathan Eckstein and his wife Mina Schwabacher Eckstein and
daughter Joanna.
Forms part of the Washington State Jewish Archives.
Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections
website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals.
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Collected by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society.
Donor: Emilie Schwabacher, June 1982, June 1991
Processed by Jack Falk; processing completed in 2012.
Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Schwabacher family--Photographs
Jewish Americans
Photographs
Washington (State)
Seattle
Schwabacher Hardware Company
1
1
Sigmund Schwabacher (1841-1917),
founding partner of Schwabacher Bros. and Company
circa 1900-1915
OS6
2
Leo Schwabacher (1871-1930), son of
Sigmund Schwabacher
undated
JD1
3
Men at banquet
December 1899
Leo Schwabacher sitting in front on left; Nathan Eckstein on
same side, fifth from front
1
4
Schwabacher Hardware Company baseball
team in uniforms
1909
Copy print in PH Coll 650 Ladd, Bob.2
JH1
5
Panorama photograph of the first annual
picnic of the Schwabacher Hardware Co. employees
May 14, 1921
Kneisle, J. J., Seattle
1
6
Schwabacher sales force meeting group
picture on sales floor with Mayflower refrigerators and other
products
circa 1932
Webster & Stevens, Seattle
Morton Schwabacher in front row, third from left
1
7
Schwabacher sales force
banquet
circa 1930s
Mulholland Studios, Seattle
Morton Schwabacher standing at head of table
1
8
Copy photo of Pioneer Square showing
totem pole with Schwabacher store at right and Northern Pacific Railway ticket
office at left
circa 1900
Wilse, A.B., Seattle
1
9
Schwabacher Hardware Company building
with ground and buildings covered in snow
circa 1900-1910
1
10
Pacific Marine Schwabacher building
exterior after fire at First Ave. and Jackson St., Seattle, showing front door
frames bearing the company name on the lintel
circa 1903
OS6
11
Pacific Marine Schwabacher building at
First Ave. and Jackson St., Seattle, standing vacant
circa 1900-1910
JD1
12
Ink drawing of Pacific Marine
Schwabacher building
undated
OS6
13
Exterior of State Building at corner of
S. Main St. and Occidental Ave. S., Seattle
circa 1950
Mulholland Studios, Seattle
Built 1890-91 as Schwabacher Hardware wholesale/warehouse
facility
Nathan Eckstein and family
2
14
Wedding portrait of Nathan and Mina
(Schwabacher) Eckstein
1902
2
15
Nathan Eckstein at his desk with
several bouquets of flowers
circa 1917-1921
Webster & Stevens, Seattle
2
16
Nathan Eckstein at his desk
circa 1920s-1930s
2
17
Mina (Schwabacher) Eckstein
1917
Field, Seattle
2
18
Group of people next to airplane,
including Mayor Bertha Landes, Congressman Miller, William Boeing, and Nathan
Eckstein
1927
Asahel Curtis (51423)
Written on verso: Opening air-plane service Service - Portland.
Wm. Boeing; N. Eckstein; Mayor, Mrs. Landes; Congressman Miller; Al. Lundin
2
19
Joanna Eckstein (daughter of Nathan and
Mina Eckstein) with dog, Jellybean
circa 1930s
2
20
Nathan and Mina (Schwabacher)
Eckstein
circa 1930s
2
21
Home of Nathan and Mina
Eckstein
undated
Written on verso: 1000? 14th Avenue East, Seattle,
Washington.