Seattle's Industries Stand On Bedrock of World Needs
A dated promotional piece extols Seattle's diverse industries and institutions from hotels to manufacturers. It lists leaders and major companies including Boeing, Fraser-Paterson, The Bon Marche, and Western Smelting. The piece argues steady employment and home ownership are attainable in a city of opportunity, urging workers to stay productive and save.
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Seattle’s Great Industries List From 1917 Business Directory
An extensive roster of Seattle firms across banking and finance, insurance, meat and dairy, hardware and machinery, shipbuilding, real estate, auto sales, construction and dry dock, import export, wholesale groceries, rail and power, shipping lines, and lumber. Named companies include National Bank of Commerce, Northwestern Mutual, Puget Sound Electric, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Mitsui & Co, Seattle Shipbuilding firms, Puget Sound Navigation, Washington coal and shipping interests.
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Steel
Wooden
J. F. Duthie Company
Sloan Shipbuilders Corporation
Patterson McDonald Shipbuilding Ca
Ames Shipbuilding Co
Meacham & Babcock Shipbuilding Co
National Shipbuilding Co
Seattle Construction & Dry Dock
Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co
Puget Sound Traction, Light and Power Co
Seattle Rainier Valley Railway Co
City Light Dept
Western Smelting & Power Co
Pacific Steamship Company
City Messenger & Transfer Co
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Puget Sound Navigation Co
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Queen City
Chas. A. Kinnear
Frank B. Cooper
Reginald Parsons
Robert P. Oldham
Frank Waterhouse
Ole Hanson
William Pigott Moritz Thomson
John Murphy
S. A. Keenan
Das. Q. Clemmer John T. Casey Lee H. Wakefield
F. J. Martin
Joshua Green
Cereneransennez
Boldt’s Restaurant & Bakery Co
Western Smelting & Refining
Standard Furniture Co
The
Bon Marche Fraser-Paterson Co
M. A. Gottstein Co
MacDougall-Southwick Co
the Grote Rankin Co
Nut House
Kilbourne Clarke Co
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co
Black Manufacturing Co
Crescent Manufacturing Co
Lang Manufacturing Co
Hendricks Manufacturing Co. C. Belknap Glass Co
Boeing Airplane Co
Centennial Mill Co
Bemis Bros. Bag Co
Rothweiler & Co
Pacific Creosoting Co
Metropolitan Building Co
Henry Suzzalle
H. C. Henry
A. W. Leonard
M. F. Backus
J. D. Hoge
E. C. Hughes August Mehlelhorn, Jr
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Lippy
Elbridge A. Stuart
J. D. Lowman
H. Cobb
Insurance Companies
Northern Life Insurance Co
Northwestern Mutual Fire Asia
Northwest Trust & Savings Bank
National Bank of Commerce
American Savings Bank and Trust Co
Yokohama Specie Bank
State Bank of Seattle
National City Bank
Seattle National Bank
Union Savings & Trust Co
Scandinavian-American Bank
Dexter Horton National Bank
Seaboard National Bank
First National Bank
Dairy and Milk Products Companies
Carnation Milk Products Company
Pure Milk Dairy A. Kristoferson, Inc
Lee H. Wakefield Co
Barton & Co
Kelley-Clarke Company
Columbia Salmon Co
Carlisle Packing Co
Lindenberger Packing Co
Walworth Manufacturing Co
Pacific Coast Engine Works
Hofius Steel & Equipment Co
Heffernan Engine Works
Commercial Boiler Works
Seattle Machine Works
Westerman Iron Works
Marine Engine Works
A. H. Cox Co. Whiton Hardware Co
Perine Machine Co
Crane Co
Pacific Coast Steel Co
Stetson-Rhens Machine Works
Pacific Car & Foundry Co
Elliott Bay Shipbuilding Co
Olympic Foundry Co
John Davis & Co
G. Kinnear Co
Portland Cement Association
Fidridge Buick Co
Overland Pacific, Inc
Frank Waterhouse & Co
Seattle Automobile Co
White Automobile Co
Pacific Motors, Inc
Rogers Brown Griffin & Co
Galbraith, Bacon & Co, Inc
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
the Bradner Co
Augustine & Kyer Schwabacher Bros. & Co
Groceteria Stores Co
Benney- Watson Co
Railroad, Transportation and Power Companies
Leading Bakery
Seattle Baking Co
Roslyn Fuel Co
Pacific Coast Coal Co
Pacific Shipping & Fuel Co
United Coal Sales Co
Wellington Coal Co
Central Coal Co