Wallin & Nordstrom shoe store, Seattle, ca. 1920

• Main Author: Nordlands Foto Co.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Nordstrom (firm) Shoe stores > Washington (State) > Seattle; Ballard; Nordland; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/8426

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...