Wallin & Nordstrom shoe store, Seattle, ca. 1920
John W. Nordstrom immigrated from Sweden in 1887 and joined the Klondike Gold Rush ten years later. After earning a healthy profit from his claim in Alaska, Nordstrom returned to Seattle eager to invest his money. He reunited with Carl Wallin, a friend from his Alaska days who owned a shoe-repair sh...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/8426 2023-05-15T17:24:37+02:00 Wallin & Nordstrom shoe store, Seattle, ca. 1920 Nordlands Foto Co. United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Scanned from original photograph as JPEG image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and saved in JPEG format in Photoshop CC, JPEG quality measurement 5. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/8426 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 2016.59.62 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/8426 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) "The Swedes’ Life and Work in the State of Washington" Photograph Album Nordstrom (firm) Shoe stores--Washington (State)--Seattle photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:36Z John W. Nordstrom immigrated from Sweden in 1887 and joined the Klondike Gold Rush ten years later. After earning a healthy profit from his claim in Alaska, Nordstrom returned to Seattle eager to invest his money. He reunited with Carl Wallin, a friend from his Alaska days who owned a shoe-repair shop in downtown Seattle. In 1901, they opened Wallin & Nordstrom, a small downtown shoe store and the humble beginning of what was to become Nordstrom, Inc. This photo is part of an album titled "The Swedes' Life and Work in the State of Washington" and was acquired by the Swedish Club of Seattle. Some of the photos in the album are signed Nordlands Foto Company, K.E. Nordland owner, 1707 Market Street, Ballard. 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. Other/Unknown Material Nordland Nordland Alaska Nordland University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Ballard ENVELOPE(-70.080,-70.080,-75.199,-75.199) |
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John W. Nordstrom immigrated from Sweden in 1887 and joined the Klondike Gold Rush ten years later. After earning a healthy profit from his claim in Alaska, Nordstrom returned to Seattle eager to invest his money. He reunited with Carl Wallin, a friend from his Alaska days who owned a shoe-repair shop in downtown Seattle. In 1901, they opened Wallin & Nordstrom, a small downtown shoe store and the humble beginning of what was to become Nordstrom, Inc. This photo is part of an album titled "The Swedes' Life and Work in the State of Washington" and was acquired by the Swedish Club of Seattle. Some of the photos in the album are signed Nordlands Foto Company, K.E. Nordland owner, 1707 Market Street, Ballard. 1 photographic print: b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
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Nordlands Foto Co. |
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Nordlands Foto Co. |
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Nordlands Foto Co. |
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Wallin & Nordstrom shoe store, Seattle, ca. 1920 |
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Wallin & Nordstrom shoe store, Seattle, ca. 1920 |
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Wallin & Nordstrom shoe store, Seattle, ca. 1920 |
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Wallin & Nordstrom shoe store, Seattle, ca. 1920 |
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Wallin & Nordstrom shoe store, Seattle, ca. 1920 |
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wallin & nordstrom shoe store, seattle, ca. 1920 |
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http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/8426 |
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United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
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ENVELOPE(-70.080,-70.080,-75.199,-75.199) |
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Ballard |
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Ballard |
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Nordland Nordland Alaska Nordland |
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Nordland Nordland Alaska Nordland |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) "The Swedes’ Life and Work in the State of Washington" Photograph Album |
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Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 2016.59.62 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/8426 |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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