In Seattle Piggly Wiggly competed with the companies that became Tradewell Stores for 15 years. This article is fifth in an exploration of Seattle’s chain grocery…
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Published August 10, 2014
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Published July 14, 2014
Seattle’s East Union and Madrona Streetcar
In 1903 the area centered at 23rd and Union in Seattle was transformed with the addition of direct streetcar service. Today the area lacks a…
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Published July 11, 2014
Groceteria – A Tradewell Grocery Story
This article is part of a series exploring the history of the grocery chain Tradewell Stores from its predecessors through the resignation of Monte L.…
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Published June 18, 2014
Charles Louch Farm – A Tradewell Grocery Story
This article is part of a series exploring the history of the grocery chain Tradewell Stores from its predecessors through the resignation of Monte L.…
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Published June 15, 2014
Augustine & Kyer – A Tradewell Grocery Story
This article is part of a series exploring the history of the grocery chain Tradewell Stores from its predecessors through the resignation of Monte L.…
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Published June 5, 2014
Roanoke Park and Seattle’s Broadway Streetcar
This history of streetcar service into the northern reaches of Seattle’s Capitol Hill was about three years in the making. I pieced it together through…
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Published March 10, 2014
Waning Days of One Woman’s War
We segue from a nearly-forgotten use of a nearly-forgotten building, to final memories of a veteran. Mixing old and new The structure would have been…
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Published March 3, 2014
Man as Oversimplified Data
One man stood out from the rest. I looked up about 100 men who died in the Korean War, all supposedly from Seattle or King…
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Published February 24, 2014
Life of Iconic Internment Family
Social media and web historians do a disservice to the memory of Seattle’s Shigeo and Chiseko Nagaishi. Photographs of racist vandalism that their family endured…
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Published February 11, 2014
Seattle Mayoral Residences, 1869-1998
Where did Seattle’s mayor’s live? It’s a simple, honest question. But apparently no one has ever assembled the data together in one place. It started…
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