Now this is a fun find — certainly less creepy than yesterday’s images. I’ ve always lo ved looking back at past predictions. Sometimes they’re pretty close, but more often than not are downright humorous. And of course we’re all still waiting for flying cars. But check out this image from the 1914 Cosmogram titled “A Forecast.” It illustrates what they thought Pine Street would look like in 2014 — complete with blimps, oversized lion sculptures, an early stab at the Space Needle, buses, and spiffy architecture that I only wish was actually the modern style. Very cool! Click on the image to study the full res version.

Looking up Pine Street, Seattle, Washington, A.D. 2014.

Hear, hear! Attention, all you fans of iron working tools, wood working machin’y, earth moving machin’y, grinding machinery, dynamos, generating sets, heaters, laundry machinery, brick machinery, saw mills, shingle machinery, gasoline engines, all kinds of boilers, all kinds of engines, air compressors, rock drills, centrifugal balls, rock crushers, mine hoists, mine pumps, centrifugal pumps, triplex pumps, quartz mills, blowers, and exhausters — have I got a vintage advertisement for you. It’s a turn-of-the-century ad for Seattle’s Hallidie Machin’ y Co for all you engineers, machinery dealers and manufacturers agents. Perhaps one area where “progress” has actually been made… advertising. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image or just write for a catalogue and prices.

Hallidie Machinery Co., Seattle, Wash.

This vintage advertisement comes once again from a 1900 copy of The Argus. Pictured are “The Old Man” and “The Boy,” owners of Newell Mill and Manufacturing Company of Seattle. The mill was located in what is now the South Park neighborhood. When the town was annexed by Seattle in 1907, Newell Mill was its largest employer. Here’s ano ther high-res image of the mill from Wikipedia. Spy the image below and give it a click for more detail.

Newell Mill & Manufacturing Company. Manufacturers of shingles, fir and cedar lumber. nolvadex prescription We furnish bridge timbers, cedar siding, lath and all kinds of rough and dressed lumber. The Argus, 1900.

The next time someone in your family gives you a hard time for slamming down yet another cold one, go ahead and tell them this: “There’s new vigor and strength in every drop!” That’s the message this vintage ad is trying to get across in a 1900 issue of The Argus. It comes from the Seattle Brewing & Malting Company’s Rainier Beer and gives a nice example of the packaging of the era. If you haven’t yet seen my feature of the Rainier Cold Storage complex where this libation was brewed, check out Part 1 and Part 2. Click on the image for a full-res version.

Seattle Brewing & Malting Company. Rainier Beer. “There’s new vigor and strength in every drop.” The Argus, 1900.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! And if you’re not from the US, happy day! Hopefully you’ve already enjoyed your turkey (or tofurkey) dinner and are settling in, unbuckling the belt, ready to appreciate some Seattle nostalgia. In that case, today’s undated vintage ad features Gardner’ s Pep sin Chewing Gum from The Consolidated Chicle Company of Seattle, most likely from the early 1900′s. President Joseph Gardner is right there front and center looking serious. In the late 1800′ s, pepsin was used as a digestive aid and was soon also used in chewing gum for the same reason. Check out this turn-of-the-century Beeman’s ad from National Geographic. Perhaps you too could use some pepsin gum with all that tofurkey needing to be digested. Or maybe not. Click on the image for a larger view.

Gardner’s Pepsin Chewing Gum. The Consolidated Chicle Company. Seattle, Washington.

Hot on the heels of our look at the Pacific Northern Airlines ad from the 1964 Seattle Times, we are going back 12 years. This vintage 1952 advertisement comes from the December Argus featuring Pacific Northern Airlines once again, then in their 21st year of service to Alaska. If you’re into long gone aviation, check out this site for a full airline timetable image gallery through the years. Great stuff (but I request more res). Anyone reading who was around to fly Pacific Northern (pre ’67)? Well, onto the ad. Investigate fully by clicking on the thumbnail.

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Dive bar it isn’t, that Tom A. Williams Bar and Billiards establishment. This undated vintage advertisement probably comes from some time in the early 1900′s and is a nice visual insight into watering holes from that era. In addition to the mounted moose head across from the bar, Williams also elected to have a couple of them on all fours — hooves and all. Sometimes one moose head just isn’t enough. Also note the creative seafairing pattern near the crown molding. Playing to the clientele down there on First Ave, smart move. Click on the image for the full resolution version.

Tom A. Williams Bar and Billiards. 614 First Avenue. Seattle, Wash.

You know, holiday shopping season is coming up… Oh forget the tie-in, it’s only November 1st. Let’s just go way back over 100 years for this vintage ad from The Argus dated December 22, 1900. It’s from Seattle’s MacDougall & Southwick Company advertising a holiday sale of boys’ clothing. Or, as the subtitle puts it, sweeping reductions that will enable you to give “some boy” a suitable and useful Christmas present. Some boy, any boy! They had boys’ reefers, vestees, long-pant suits… all at cut rate prices from two to five bucks. From what I can ascertain, MacDougall & Southwick opened up shop in 1874 and lasted until 1964, with several stores in the Puget Sound. Not a bad run. Here’s a shot of the store in 1929 and some women in 1924 trying on some clothes. Ok let’s take a look at the vintage ad. Click on it for more resolution. You know you want to.

The MacDougall & Southwick Company. First Avenue, Seattle, Wash. late penis growth Holiday sales of boys’ clothing. The Argus, 1900.

Today’s Seattle Vintage Ads come from an unknown 1919 Seattle area High School yearbook and the theme revolves around keg stands, ravers, and co-eds. Well, sort of. Business Colleges, my friends! The first is from Hall Business College on Third and Columbia urging readers to “start right!” and learn shorthand from the “world’s foremost exponent of Gregg Shorthand.” The second ad shows Wilson’s Modern Business College located at 2nd and Stewart, who were convinced of their superiority. Check out this 1910 photo from MOHAI showing a group of students learning shorthand. Let’s have a look at the images, click on them for a high-res version.

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“Start Right!” Hall Business College, Seattle. Third And Columbia. A Business Training School Of The Highest Class. nolvadex steroids 1919.

Check out this vintage advertisement for H. Hanson’s Sewing Machine Agency’s carload sale of Wheeler & Wilson sewing machines. It comes from 1902′s Seattle Mail And Herald, boasting a ruffler that will “ruffle everything but your temper” and whichever model you buy is sure to “turn drudgery into pastime.” Now that’s how to market a sewing machine! Though I’m afraid that if you heed the call to action today and go down to 215 Columbia Street looking for a sewing machine, you’ll only find Pacific Northwest Title Company. I guess that sale really didn’t last forever. Click on the im age for a larger view.

Big Discount Sale Of Sewing Machines. Seattle Mail And Herald, 1902.

Every day heading west down James Street just before entering the I-5 on-ramp, two or more of my tires nearly explode. This area, along with Mercer Street, has some of the most heinous pot holes I think I’ve ever seen. The chasms seem nearly bottomless, and the damage to ca rs… outrageous. Well if only we still had The Barber Asphalt Paving Com pany around laying pavement on First Hill, which by the way (at the time) was “the best paved residence district in the world.” If that’s true, and I have no reason to believe otherwise, then things have changed. For the worse! But seriously, some Seattle streets just look like war zones. So readers, which area(s) of the city have done the most damage to your car? While you’re pondering that, let’s have a closer look at this vintage ad from 1902′s Seattle Mail And Herald. Click on the image for a higher-res version.

The Barber Asphalt Paving Co. Street paving. Reservoir Lining. The Seattle Mail And Herald, 1902.

Read all about it and sign up for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer… in 1902. This advertising relic comes to us from The Seattle Mail and Herald, at a time when the weekly plan cost just 75 cents a month. It now costs about 14 bucks. Apparently, at the time, the Seattle PI was only made up of “gentlemen” and “your friends in the east” would appreciate your subscription. I wonder what would happen if you sent this coupon in today, I mean there’s no legalese stating when it expires! Click on it for a larger view:

Subscription coupon for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer circa 1902.

Straight from a 1914 edition of The Cosmogram comes this vintage ad for The Bon Marche. This Seattle institution opened in 1890 by the enterprising Nordhoff family. The store moved into the building pictured below in 1896 at Second and Pike/Union and remained at this loc ation until 1928. And a couple of corporate buyouts later, you now know The Bon Marche simply as Macy’s (now at 3rd and Pine). In this ad, notice the emphasis on cash instead of credit. Times do indeed change. Click the image for a closer look.

1914 ad for The Bon Marche located at 2nd and Pike/Union. “Seattle’s Great Cash Store.” Featuring the millinery parlors, or um, hats. late penis growth

Ok let’s settle in for another few stories from that May 1964 copy of the Seattle Times. Although this first article isn’t strictly Seattle related, it’ s intere sting nonetheless. The article reports on the six-hour JFK Assassination re-enactment the Secret Service undertook in Dealey Plaza. Interesting that they even wore Governer Connally’s suit that he had worn the day of the assassination. And speaking of this subject, I recently Netflix’d a documentary called The Men Who Killed Kennedy that I have to recommend. Next up is a simple ad for Northgate Mall boasting that it is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until 9:30. Nine thirty! Just a simple reminder of how times change — especially with our modern conveniences. Northgate, by the way, opened in 1950 and was one of the nation’s very first malls. So I suppose that you could say that mallrats are all our fault! Click on the image for a closer look:

May 25, 1964 article in the Seattle Times regarding the Kennedy Assassination re-enactment.	Northgate Mall advertisement, 1964. medicine pills drugs antibiotics types

This week we’re going to be concentrating on the Seattle Times. Before getting to the building later in the week, let’s flip through the pages of the May 25, 1964 edition of the paper. First there’s an ad for the Emmy Awards on King 5 TV. First person to post the winners in the comments wins a special prize*. And second is an ad for Pacific Northern Airlines, which was swallowed up by Western Airlines (“it’s the oooonly way to fly!”) in 1967. Click on the news clippings for a larger view:

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