1000 First Avenue South © Frank H. Jump
Two superimposed Owl Cigar ads also featured on:
- Urban Archives Database – University Libraries – University of Washington – Digital Collection
Owl Cigars Pentimento – Seattle, WA
Famous – Can’t Bust ‘Em Overalls – Union Made – Lovera Cigar Sign Pentimento – Pioneer Square Area – Seattle, WA
Previously posted on August 2, 2009 © Frank H. Jump
But lurking behind this Cigar ad is yet another ad- what I call a “pentimento.”
CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE – © Frank H. Jump
Coast Seamen’s Journal – Google Books
© Frank H. Jump
- Vintage Workwear – May 31, 2011
Schwabacher Hardware Co – Seattle, WA
Schwabacher Hardware Co – First Avenue S. – Seattle, Washington © Frank H. Jump
Schwabacher’s Hardware Co. at First and Yesler, Seattle, circa 1900 – Wikipedia Commons
The Schwabacher Brothers—Louis Schwabacher (1837 – June 3, 1900), Abraham (Abe) Schwabacher (c. 1838 – September 7, 1909), and Sigmund (Sig) Schwabacher (May 14, 1841 – March 20, 1917)—were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Washington Territory and later Washington State. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, first in San Francisco, then in Walla Walla, Washington, and later in Seattle…..
The three Schwabacher brothers’ only sister, Barbetta (Babette) Schwabacher (January 3, 1836 – January 7, 1908), married the brothers’ business associate Bailey Gatzert in 1861. The couple headed in 1869 for Seattle—then a town of barely 1,000 people—where Gatzert established a branch of Schwabacher Bros. & Company. Gatzert would go on to become Seattle’s first (and, as of 2009, only) Jewish mayor. Schwabacher Bros. & Company became Seattle’s first wholesaler, with a business opened October 11, 1869. Schwabachers’ 1872 Seattle shop at Front Street (now First Avenue South) and Yesler Way was the city’s first brick building. Under Gatzert’s direction, the company also constructed a warehouse, a grist mill, and Schwabacher’s Wharf. – Wikipedia
Schwabacher interior circa 1900 – Wikipedia Commons
Key Seattle Schwabacher personnel, 1900.
Top: Sig Schwabacher.
Middle (left-to-right): Sigismund Aronson, James S. Goldsmith, George Boole.
Bottom: Nathan Eckstein. – Wikipedia Commons
© Worthpoint
This is a 5 lb Coffee Can on the front it says: M.K. (Milk Kettle) Coffee Schwabacher Bros. & Co Seattle On the back it reads; “Five Pounds Net weight, M.K (Milk Kettle) Coffee is packed in a kettle with the idea of placing Coffee in the hands of consumers in best possible condition. The package – which furnishes brand name – is more costly than the ordinary can and has a virtue aside from its use as a coffee container, no doubt apparent – particularly to house keepers. RULES FOR MAKING COFFEE: Take dry coffee, quantity desired, add boiling water, boil water and coffee five minutes, settle by adding a dash of cold water. Serve immediately with cream.” In small letters it says St. Louis Tin and Sheet metal Working Co. – Worthpoint
- Seattle: Schwabacher & Co. – Tracing the Tribe – March 26, 2008
- Schwabacher Family – Jewish Genealogy Society of Seattle
Six Months Since Superstorm Sandy – Battered But Showing Signs of Life – Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Google Maps – Before Sandy
This weekend, my mother and I took a look at the southern trail going west around the West Pond, which now has been reshaped into a tidal inlet by Hurricane Sandy. There is now need for a gondola ferry service. © Frank H. Jump
November 3, 2012 – NOAA image
An aerial view after Superstorm Sandy shows the breach to the West Pond. Salt water now pours into the pond, endangering the habitat for wildlife, including snapping turtles, muskrats and migrating birds. The National Park Service is mulling ways to restore a portion of the pond as freshwater. – Lisa Colangelo – NY DAILY NEWS
Osprey mating pair in nest © Frank H. Jump
Pines damaged by the salt water © Frank H. Jump
Great Egret mating pair © Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
- Maps of Jamaica Bay Wildllife Refuge need to be redrawn.
- Bird’s Eye View of Sandy’s Fury – Lisa Colangelo – NYDaily News
- NYC Audubon Society – tagged Hurricane Sandy
[North Coast] Hendrix Electric Co. Supplies – Pioneer Square Area – Seattle, WA
Bread of Life Mission – Come Unto Me – Neon Watercolor – Seattle, WA
© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump
- Previously posted on FAB – December 4, 2009 – Pioneer Square Area – Matilda Winehill Block 1890
