Suzanne Hittman Collection of the Pike Place Market
Preview up to 100 items from this collection below. Explore the early history of the Pike Place Market through letters, receipts, plans, rental agreements and other documents related to the market’s business.
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Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Clare Boulton regarding expanding her business in the Economy Public Market, June 30, 1927
Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Clare Boulton, a vendor in the Economy Market, discussing the possibility of moving and expanding her business. Enclosed is a list of tenants and vacancies in the lower floor of the Economy Market listing the stall numbers and rental costs for each vendor.
Identifier: spl_sh_00072
Date: 1927-06-30
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B.F. Schlesinger letter to Arthur Goodwin regarding an available store location at Pike Place Market, April 21, 1927
B.F. Schlesinger letter to Arthur Goodwin turning down his offer of a location for a B.F. Schlesinger & Sons location on the corner of 1st Avenue and Pike Street. Schlesinger states they currently have no plans to open a store in Seattle.
Identifier: spl_sh_00125
Date: 1927-04-21
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Notice to vacate premises issued by Arthur Goodwin, December 10, 1927
Notice to vacate premises issued to Louis J. Becker and signed by Arthur Goodwin. Becker is instructed to leave his space in Room 8 of the Economy Market by December 21, 1927.
Identifier: spl_sh_00076
Date: 1927-12-10
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Letter from Arthur Goodwin to D.Z. Gourman instructing him to stop selling certain products, November 12, 1927
Letter from Arthur Goodwin to D.Z. Gourman letting him know that they have received complaints from other vendors at Pike Place Market over the fact that Gourman is now selling goods such as cranberries and nuts at his stall. Goodwin instructs Gourman to stop selling these items, stating 'As a grocery, you certainly have more lines than any other business in the market and we canot contenance your converting your place into lines that conflict with specializers, who depend entirely on these commodities for their business.'
Identifier: spl_sh_00095
Date: 1927-11-28
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The book of knowledge
Frank Asakichi Kunishige was born in Japan on June 5, 1878. He came to the United States via San Francisco in 1895. After graduating from the Illinois College of Photography, he opened a small photography studio in San Francisco. Kunishige moved to Seattle in 1917. In the same year, he married Gin Kunishige and began working in the studio of Edward S. Curtis where he became acquainted with Ella McBride who he worked for in later years. Kunishige was well known for his use of Pictorialism, a popular painterly style of photography. He developed his photographs on "textura tissue," a paper of his own creation, which allowed him to produce almost dreamlike prints. His work was featured nationally and internationally in exhibitions and publications such as Photo-Era and Seattle's Town Crier. In 1924, Kunishige became one of the founding members of the Seattle Camera Club, a group of local photographers including Kyo Koike, Yukio Morinaga, Iwao Matsushita and Fred Y. Ogasawara who gathered to share techniques and ideas, as well as their deep love of the medium. Although the group was initially solely Japanese, they soon welcomed more members including Ella McBride, their first female member. When World War II struck and the country's Japanese internment policy was put in place, Kunishige and his wife were forced to leave Seattle for Idaho where they were interned at the Minidoka camp. After their release, Kunishige spent two years working at a photography studio in Twin Falls, Idaho but eventually returned to Seattle due to his poor health. Frank Kunishige passed away on April 9, 1960.
Identifier: spl_art_367924_06
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Letter from Arthur Goodwin to L.R. Bowen regarding his article on the St. Louis market, November 3, 1927
Letter from Arthur Goodwin to L.R. Bowen, Chief Engineer of Bridges and Buildings in St. Louis, expressing admiration for Bowen's work on the St. Louis Municipal Retail Market. Goodwin requests permission to use Bowen's article on the St. Louis Market is his book 'Markets: Public and Private, Their Establishment, Operation and Management.'
Identifier: spl_sh_00074
Date: 1927-11-04
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Letter from Arthur Goodwin to D.Z. Gourman regarding poor business practices, March 11, 1927
Letter from Arthur Goodwin to D.Z. Gourman stating he has become aware of Gourman's practice of directing customers looking for butter to stalls on the upper floor rather than the closer stalls on the lower floor. Goodwin states 'We do not think this is fair to your neighboring merchants and we ask you to investigate and if your clerks have been doing this, to correct it.'
Identifier: spl_sh_00082
Date: 1927-03-11
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Pike Place Market postcard depicting interior of the Arcade
Postcard showing customers and vendors at the produce stands within the Market Arcade. Signs for Pike Place Poultry and Burger Bar can be seen in the background. The back of the postcard has a brief history of the market.
Identifier: spl_sh_00029
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Pencil sketches of CCC camps: road construction - the shovel gang; Orcas Island, Wash.
Identifier: spl_art_N779Pe07
Date: 1934
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The gates of Paradise
Frank Asakichi Kunishige was born in Japan on June 5, 1878. He came to the United States via San Francisco in 1895. After graduating from the Illinois College of Photography, he opened a small photography studio in San Francisco. Kunishige moved to Seattle in 1917. In the same year, he married Gin Kunishige and began working in the studio of Edward S. Curtis where he became acquainted with Ella McBride who he worked for in later years. Kunishige was well known for his use of Pictorialism, a popular painterly style of photography. He developed his photographs on "textura tissue," a paper of his own creation, which allowed him to produce almost dreamlike prints. His work was featured nationally and internationally in exhibitions and publications such as Photo-Era and Seattle's Town Crier. In 1924, Kunishige became one of the founding members of the Seattle Camera Club, a group of local photographers including Kyo Koike, Yukio Morinaga, Iwao Matsushita and Fred Y. Ogasawara who gathered to share techniques and ideas, as well as their deep love of the medium. Although the group was initially solely Japanese, they soon welcomed more members including Ella McBride, their first female member. When World War II struck and the country's Japanese internment policy was put in place, Kunishige and his wife were forced to leave Seattle for Idaho where they were interned at the Minidoka camp. After their release, Kunishige spent two years working at a photography studio in Twin Falls, Idaho but eventually returned to Seattle due to his poor health. Frank Kunishige passed away on April 9, 1960.
Identifier: spl_art_367924_08
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