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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Friends of the Market position statement on Pike Plaza Revelopment Project #21
The statement outlines the issues that the Friends group has with the redevelopment plan including the displacement of farmers and proposed usage of buildings in the area. The Friends group emphasizes the need for improvements that will benefit the farmers and the introduction of more low income housing in the area.
Identifier: spl_ps_015
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Letter from Carlson & Borrough, Inc. to Arthur Goodwin with their bid for replacing lights, November 17, 1927
Letter from Carlson & Borrough, Inc. regarding the cost of installation for lights above farmers stalls in Pike Place Market.
Identifier: spl_sh_00042
Date: 1927-11-17
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Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Frank Goodwin regarding a proposal for the expansion of Pike Place Market, March 21, 1927
Arthur Goodwin letter to Frank Goodwin regarding a proposal for the expansion of Pike Place Market which he plans to submit to the City for approval. The plan calls for the extenson of the Pike Place Arcade by 192 feet to allow for 31 new farmers stalls.
Identifier: spl_sh_00083
Date: 1927-03-21
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Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Mr. Stier regarding City Light contracts for Pike Place Market stalls, August 11, 1927
Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Mr. Stier asking him to advise the City Light Department when there is a new tenant in the GG section of Pike Place Market. Goodwin explains that the tenant contracts are currently owned by both City Light and the power company and the contracts cannot switch providers unless there is a tenancy change.
Identifier: spl_sh_00127
Date: 1927-08-11
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Portrait of Giuseppe (Joe) and Assunta Desimone, ca. 1930
Portrait of Giuseppe (Joe) and Assunta Desimone taken in a Salt Lake City Studio. Joe Desimone, a businessman and farmer who gained his wealth by selling his goods at Pike Place Market, bought ownership of the main market arcades from Arthur Goodwin in 1941. His son, Richard Desimone, inherited the property after his father's death in 1946.
Identifier: spl_sh_00016
Date: 1930?
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Letter from Arthur Goodwin to William Crowley regarding the Tacoma Public Market, February 19, 1927
Letter from Arthur Goodwin to William Crowley thanking him for his interest in his newly constructed Tacoma Public Market. Goodwin invites Crowley to the opening of the market and expresses his hopes that his own book on public markets will soon be published.
Identifier: spl_sh_00046
Date: 1927-02-19
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Contract between Pike Place Public Markets, Inc. and Mrs. O.H. Pound, June 15, 1927
Contract between Mrs. O.H. Pound and Pike Place Public Markets, Inc. presenting the terms of her lease for Lunch of All Nations in stall 3 of the Municipal Market Building.
Identifier: spl_sh_00117
Date: 1927-05-17
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Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Sam Morheim regarding Mr. Vandermeer's dispute with Market Company, November 18, 1927
Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Sam Morheim regarding Mr. Vandermeer's dispute with the City and Market Company over the vendors currently selling their wares from the sidewalk at Pike Place Market. Goodwin remarks that he has recently learned that Vandermeer intends to sue both the City and the Market Company in order to stop this practice and wonders if relocation of these farmers is possible.
Identifier: spl_sh_00107
Date: 1927-11-18
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Market Syndicate Inc. statement listing profits and disbursements, September 1920
Market Syndicate Inc. statement listing profits from the Old American Fruit Co., Cowpath Creamery, Joe Desimone and George Murakami along with disbursements to Frank Goodwin, J.W. Goodwin, A.E. Goodwin and J. Clifford.
Identifier: spl_sh_00106
Date: 1920-09
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Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Councilman E.L. Blaine regarding the lighting bill for the new stalls at Pike Place Market, December 31, 1927
Letter from Arthur Goodwin to Councilman E.L. Blaine raising concern over the fact that the City Lighting Department had cut off power to 50 newly built Pike Place Market stalls which had been turned over to the city. Goodwin asks that Blaine see that the bill is paid so that the stalls are not left in darkness.
Identifier: spl_sh_00073
Date: 1927-12-31
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