Theodore Wernecke and employees inside fur store, Seattle, circa 1898
An estimated 100,000 prospectors migrated to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Most of them stopped in Seattle to purchase supplies, greatly contributing to the city's economic success. Ohio-born Charles Theodore Wernecke (1852-1922) came to Seattle...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/9884 2023-05-15T18:48:48+02:00 Theodore Wernecke and employees inside fur store, Seattle, circa 1898 United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Scanned from original photograph using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CC, JPEG quality measurement 5. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/9884 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection SHS2508 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/9884 MOHAI, Seattle Historical Society Collection, [image number] Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection Fur garments Stores--Washington (State)--Seattle photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:57:11Z An estimated 100,000 prospectors migrated to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Most of them stopped in Seattle to purchase supplies, greatly contributing to the city's economic success. Ohio-born Charles Theodore Wernecke (1852-1922) came to Seattle around 1897 and operated at least one store catering to miners headed to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. The 1897-1900 Seattle City directories list C. T. Wernecke, furrier, on the waterfront at Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way) and Columbia Street, near the Colman Dock. In this image taken in the interior of Wernecke's store, Wernecke stands behind four of his employees. From left are Jesse Haggarty and Alice Lucinda (Pardo) Esson Throckmorton (1867-1944); the other two women are unidentified. Visible in the store are many patterns for fur clothing made to order at the store. Typed on verso: Werneke fur store interior (see #2525 exterior); taken during the Alaska gold rush; interior of C. T. Werneke fur store on Front Street, our waterfront, at about Columbia St. Left Jesse Haggarty; my mother, Alice L Esson; Mr. Werneke in rear; I can't remember the names of the other two women. Lulu E. Esson Gillis (Mrs. Harry T. Gillis). Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, February 7, 1922, page 11 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w; 3.75 x 4.25 in. Other/Unknown Material Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Canada Theodore ENVELOPE(-62.450,-62.450,-64.933,-64.933) Wernecke ENVELOPE(-135.271,-135.271,63.952,63.952) Yukon |
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An estimated 100,000 prospectors migrated to the Klondike region of the Yukon in north-western Canada between 1896 and 1899. Most of them stopped in Seattle to purchase supplies, greatly contributing to the city's economic success. Ohio-born Charles Theodore Wernecke (1852-1922) came to Seattle around 1897 and operated at least one store catering to miners headed to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. The 1897-1900 Seattle City directories list C. T. Wernecke, furrier, on the waterfront at Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way) and Columbia Street, near the Colman Dock. In this image taken in the interior of Wernecke's store, Wernecke stands behind four of his employees. From left are Jesse Haggarty and Alice Lucinda (Pardo) Esson Throckmorton (1867-1944); the other two women are unidentified. Visible in the store are many patterns for fur clothing made to order at the store. Typed on verso: Werneke fur store interior (see #2525 exterior); taken during the Alaska gold rush; interior of C. T. Werneke fur store on Front Street, our waterfront, at about Columbia St. Left Jesse Haggarty; my mother, Alice L Esson; Mr. Werneke in rear; I can't remember the names of the other two women. Lulu E. Esson Gillis (Mrs. Harry T. Gillis). Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, February 7, 1922, page 11 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w; 3.75 x 4.25 in. |
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Theodore Wernecke and employees inside fur store, Seattle, circa 1898 |
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Theodore Wernecke and employees inside fur store, Seattle, circa 1898 |
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Theodore Wernecke and employees inside fur store, Seattle, circa 1898 |
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Theodore Wernecke and employees inside fur store, Seattle, circa 1898 |
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Theodore Wernecke and employees inside fur store, Seattle, circa 1898 |
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theodore wernecke and employees inside fur store, seattle, circa 1898 |
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United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
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ENVELOPE(-62.450,-62.450,-64.933,-64.933) ENVELOPE(-135.271,-135.271,63.952,63.952) |
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Canada Theodore Wernecke Yukon |
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Canada Theodore Wernecke Yukon |
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Alaska Yukon |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection |
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Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection SHS2508 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/9884 |
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MOHAI, Seattle Historical Society Collection, [image number] |
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