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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I.A. Caraco receipt for the Desimon Bros. & Co., October 19, 1935
I.A. Caraco's receipt for the purchase of grapes from the Desimone Brothers & Company Vegetable Growers. The back of the receipt promises 'We believe everything you bought of us today will give you entire satisfaction. If there is anything wrong about this transaction we stand in readiness at any and all times to cheerfully rectify the same.'
Identifier: spl_sh_00051
Date: 1935-10-18
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Letter from Pacific Northwest Theatres, Inc. to Arthur Goodwin regarding the United Artists Theatre in Pike Place Market, February 26, 1927
Letter from Pacific Northwest Theatres, Inc. asking permission from Arthur Goodin to install a lighted sign for the United Artists Theatre (formerly known as the Liberty Theater) at Pike Place Market. The letter states that the sign will not only help the United Artists Theatre but other businesses as well because 'the sign will light up what is at the present time a rather desolate spot.'
Identifier: spl_sh_00115
Date: 1927-02-26
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Letter from John J. Rowan to Arthur Goodwin regarding the New York Central market, November 21, 1927
Letter from John J. Rowan to Arthur Goodwin regarding the New York Central market, asking if he will be taking a role in the planning process.
Identifier: spl_sh_00122
Date: 1927-11-21
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Letter from A.H. Albertson regarding funds donated to prevent African Americans from buying property, November 7, 1927
Letter regarding funds collected from property owners near 34th Avenue to prevent the property at 507 34th Avenue from being bought by African Americans. The recipient of the letter is unknown.
Identifier: spl_sh_00068
Date: 1927-11-07
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Market Radio Broadcast transcript
Broadcast transcript for K.Z.C., the Market Radio Broadcasting Station. The transcript includes advertisements for shops such as the Specialty Shop, the Silverdale Poultry Stall, the Eckart Cigar Company, and the All American Fruit Stall.
Identifier: spl_sh_00026
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Note written on Crystal Palace Public Market letterhead, October 8, 1927
Note from unknown sender confirming receipt of what a appears to be a life insurance policy from Arthur Goodwin. The note is written on letterhead for the Crystal Palace Public Market in Tacoma. Members of the market management are listed in the top left corner including Arthur Goodwin, Chas. B. Hurley, Claud L. Hawley and J.C. Heitman.
Identifier: spl_sh_00113
Date: 1927-10-03
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Clipping on construction of new Bon Marche building, 1927
Seattle Post Intelligencer clipping discussing the start of construction on the new Bon Marché building.
Identifier: spl_sh_00024
Date: 1927-08-07
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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_41
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Envelope with notes and sketches of Pike Place Market plants, 1924
Envelope addressed to Frank Goodwin with notes on the back regarding the care of plants at the Market. Includes hand drawn sketches of planters and other greenery.
Identifier: spl_sh_00025
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