The January 1, 1891 Seattle Post-Intelligencer was full of boosterism. They were so taken up with recounting how thoroughly Seattle had recovered from the Great…
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Published February 10, 2015
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Published December 10, 2014
Seattle’s Beacon Hill, Redefined
Awhile back I wrote that the origin story of the name of Seattle’s Beacon Hill made no sense. Well, first of all, the story changed…
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Published October 23, 2014
Wallingford Eba’s Store No. 7
In 1927 Eba’s Cut Rate Grocery opened a new store in Wallingford. My grandmother Elizabeth, seven years old, lived a block away. It must have…
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Published October 22, 2014
Main Arcade Eba’s Store No. 1
This is a history of the Pike Place Market’s Rotary Grocery and of Eba’s Grocery’s first stores in the Main Arcade. Earl Eba returned to…
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Published October 15, 2014
Eba’s Cut Rate Markets – A Tradewell Story
This article is part of a series exploring the stores that led to the grocery chain Tradewell Stores and its history through the resignation of…
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Published September 25, 2014
Anderson, United and Mutual Markets – A Tradewell Story
Tradewell Grocery was christened in October 1939, based in Seattle. It was formed mostly from a chain named Eba’s Mutual Markets in Seattle and Eba’s…
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Published August 10, 2014
Piggly Wiggly Seattle – A Tradewell Story
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 July 25, 2014
(Witness Weeps) – The Tragedy of Alvin O. Monson
In my history of Seattle’s Groceteria Stores, I briefly described how Alvin Monson’s PTSD from World War One led to the downfall of that grocery…
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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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