 Album: Seattle, Washington 2007
Image: 528 / 545
Date: 2007-09-03 11:23:02
Tags: Seattle Bartell
In 1890, a 21-year-old pharmacist named George Bartell arrived from Kansas. Two weeks later he purchased his first drug store and struggled for several years to make a success of the business. When the SS Portland arrived in Seattle in 1897, Bartell promptly left his store and headed off in search of his fortune. He did not strike it rich, but upon his return he discovered Seattle had become a boomtown. He opened Bartell's Owl Drug in the heart of downtown. He purchased supplies from San Francisco and sold them at reduced prices, breaking what had been a price-fixing scheme along his competitors. In 1909 he added a second store equipped with one of the area's first soda fountains.
Today, Bartell Drugs operates 53 stores in Puget Sound neighborhoods and is the oldest family-owned drugstore chain in the nation. Exposure Time: 0.166 s (1/6)
Aperture: f/5.6
Sensitivity: 100 ISO
Focal Length: 85 mm
Make: Canon
Model: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
Owner: Ruben Schoenefeld
Camera Number: 1560516904
Image Number: 1939326 |
