 Album: Seattle, Washington 2007
Image: 425 / 545
Date: 2007-09-03 10:11:54
Tags: Seattle Biography of John Nordstrom
John Nordstrom came to America from Sweden in 1887 at the age of 16 with five dollars in his pocket and unable to speak a word of English. For the next ten years he worked his way from New York to California and up the coast to Washington, laboring in logging camps and mines. In 1896, determined to become a farmer, he bought twenty acres of land near Arlington. Realizing he couldn't make a living off farming alone, he went to work at a nearby logging camp.
Biography of William Shape
In the summer of 1897, 30 year-old William Shape was living with his wife and two small sons in New York City. His parents, immigrants from Germany, had become wealthy in the United States. As a result, William was well educated and had traveled to Europe on several occasions. He had dabbled in a variety of careers, including apprenticing as a goldsmith in Zurich where he met his wife. Exposure Time: 0.010 s (1/101)
Aperture: f/7.1
Sensitivity: 400 ISO
Focal Length: 28 mm
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Owner: Ruben Schoenefeld
Camera Number: 1560516904
Image Number: 1929221 |
