{"id":13282,"date":"2013-05-01T02:27:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T02:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=13282"},"modified":"2013-05-02T01:50:46","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T01:50:46","slug":"schwabacher-hardware-co-seattle-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2013\/05\/01\/schwabacher-hardware-co-seattle-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Schwabacher Hardware Co – Seattle, WA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Schwabacher Hardware Co – First Avenue S. – Seattle, Washington \u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n

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Schwabacher’s Hardware Co. at First and Yesler, Seattle, circa 1900 – Wikipedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

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The\u00a0Schwabacher Brothers<\/b>\u2014Louis Schwabacher<\/b>\u00a0(1837 \u2013 June 3, 1900),\u00a0Abraham (Abe) Schwabacher<\/b>\u00a0(c. 1838 \u2013 September 7, 1909), and\u00a0Sigmund (Sig) Schwabacher<\/b>\u00a0(May 14, 1841 \u2013 March 20, 1917)\u2014were pioneering\u00a0Bavarian-born\u00a0Jewish\u00a0merchants, important in the economic development of the\u00a0Washington Territory\u00a0and later\u00a0Washington State. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, first in\u00a0San Francisco, then in\u00a0Walla Walla, Washington, and later in\u00a0Seattle…..<\/em><\/p>\n

The three Schwabacher brothers’ only sister,\u00a0Barbetta (Babette) Schwabacher<\/b>\u00a0(January 3, 1836 \u2013 January 7, 1908), married the brothers’ business associate\u00a0Bailey Gatzert\u00a0in 1861.\u00a0The couple headed in 1869 for Seattle\u2014then a town of barely 1,000 people\u2014where Gatzert established a branch of Schwabacher Bros. & Company.\u00a0Gatzert would go on to become Seattle’s first (and, as of 2009, only) Jewish\u00a0mayor.\u00a0Schwabacher Bros. & Company became Seattle’s first\u00a0wholesaler, with a business opened October 11, 1869.\u00a0Schwabachers’ 1872 Seattle shop at Front Street (now First Avenue South) and Yesler Way was the city’s first brick building.\u00a0Under Gatzert’s direction, the company also constructed a warehouse,\u00a0\u00a0a grist mill,\u00a0\u00a0and Schwabacher’s Wharf. – Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Schwabacher interior circa 1900 – Wikipedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

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Key Seattle Schwabacher personnel, 1900.
Top: Sig Schwabacher.
Middle (left-to-right): Sigismund Aronson, James S. Goldsmith, George Boole.
Bottom: Nathan Eckstein. – Wikipedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u00a9 Worthpoint<\/p><\/div>\n

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This is a 5 lb Coffee Can on the front it says: M.K. (Milk Kettle) Coffee Schwabacher Bros. & Co Seattle On the back it reads; “Five Pounds Net weight, M.K (Milk Kettle) Coffee is packed in a kettle with the idea of placing Coffee in the hands of consumers in best possible condition. The package – which furnishes brand name – is more costly than the ordinary can and has a virtue aside from its use as a coffee container, no doubt apparent – particularly to house keepers. RULES FOR MAKING COFFEE: Take dry coffee, quantity desired, add boiling water, boil water and coffee five minutes, settle by adding a dash of cold water. Serve immediately with cream.” In small letters it says St. Louis Tin and Sheet metal Working Co. – Worthpoint<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n