Ye Olde Curiosity Shop exterior, Seattle, circa 1915

• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lowman & Hanford Co.
• Subjects: Curiosities & wonders > Washington (State) > Seattle Photographic postcards Storefronts-Washington (State) > Seattle; The Arch; narwhal*
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/11906

circa 1915 Ohio-born curio collector Joseph Edward "Daddy" Standley (1854-1940) came to Seattle in 1899 and opened Ye Olde Curiosity Shop on Second Avenue and Pike Street. He moved the shop to the Colman Dock on the waterfront in 1904, and since 1988 the shop has been located at Pier 54. Still a family-run business after five generations, the store attracts about one million people a year who come to see natural history specimens such as whale bones, narwhal tusks, and the two human mummies, Sylvester and Sylvia. The store also sells art and displays its collection of culturally significant items, including Northwest Coast Native American totem poles, woven cedar mats, and fir needle baskets. This postcard was printed from a colored black and white photo of the exterior Ye Olde Curiosity Shop at its Colman Dock location. A key below the photo identifies ten of the items on display, including the jaw bones of a whale forming the arch in front of the store. Caption information source: https://yeoldecuriosityshop.com/blogs/news/17296000-happy-birthday-daddy-standley 1 postcard: colorized; 3.5 x 5.5 in.