Lowman & Hanford building, Seattle, 1898
In 1882, James Lowman and Clarence Hanford joined forces to found Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company. After losing their original building in the Great Fire of 1889, the partners reopened the business at 616 First Avenue. There, they expanded into publishing, bookbinding and book s...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/3245 2023-05-15T17:24:01+02:00 Lowman & Hanford building, Seattle, 1898 Unknown United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.) Scanned from original print as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/3245 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1970.5046.6 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/3245 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Lowman & Hanford Company Records Printers--Washington (State)--Seattle Stationery trade--Washington (State)--Seattle Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle image; photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:54:38Z In 1882, James Lowman and Clarence Hanford joined forces to found Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company. After losing their original building in the Great Fire of 1889, the partners reopened the business at 616 First Avenue. There, they expanded into publishing, bookbinding and book selling, and even sold photographic equipment and other supplies to people leaving for the gold fields. In 1902-3, the firm built a large new building next door, on the corner of First Avenue and Cherry Street. Signs in image: Pacific Coast Steamship Co. O.R. & N.[.] and Oregon Short Line R.R. Ticket Office. Tickets [East?] - Portland, Salt Lake and [.iver]. Lowman & Hanford Stationery & Printing Co. - Lithographing. Cameras and Photographic Supplies. Gold Scales, Bags, Snow Glasses. Nome Maps and Charts. Books on Mining, Pocket Compasses, Mineral Glasses. Alaska Guide Books, Maps and Charts. H.P. Rude, Merchant Tailor. [Dentist] - No Pain - Gold Crowns. Whose Baby Are You. Caption on mount: In the Year 1898. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w; 11 x 9 1/4 in. Other/Unknown Material Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Lowman ENVELOPE(160.050,160.050,-70.650,-70.650) Pacific |
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In 1882, James Lowman and Clarence Hanford joined forces to found Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company. After losing their original building in the Great Fire of 1889, the partners reopened the business at 616 First Avenue. There, they expanded into publishing, bookbinding and book selling, and even sold photographic equipment and other supplies to people leaving for the gold fields. In 1902-3, the firm built a large new building next door, on the corner of First Avenue and Cherry Street. Signs in image: Pacific Coast Steamship Co. O.R. & N.[.] and Oregon Short Line R.R. Ticket Office. Tickets [East?] - Portland, Salt Lake and [.iver]. Lowman & Hanford Stationery & Printing Co. - Lithographing. Cameras and Photographic Supplies. Gold Scales, Bags, Snow Glasses. Nome Maps and Charts. Books on Mining, Pocket Compasses, Mineral Glasses. Alaska Guide Books, Maps and Charts. H.P. Rude, Merchant Tailor. [Dentist] - No Pain - Gold Crowns. Whose Baby Are You. Caption on mount: In the Year 1898. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w; 11 x 9 1/4 in. |
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Lowman & Hanford building, Seattle, 1898 |
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Lowman & Hanford building, Seattle, 1898 |
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Lowman & Hanford building, Seattle, 1898 |
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United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Pioneer Square (Seattle, Wash.) |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Lowman & Hanford Company Records |
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Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1970.5046.6 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/3245 |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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