<p>Schwabacher Brothers &amp; Company, a San Francisco firm, opened an branch in Seattle in the 1860s. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods and other materials to the logging camps, mill towns and farming communities. The first supplies were delivered across the water and upriver by steamer. In later years, the firm used the railroad and delivery trucks.</p>
<p>Signs in image: Schwabacher Bros. &amp; Co. Inc. Wholesale Grocers. Seattle Paint Co. (on wagon). Coffee Roasters. Goodman Bros. Westinghouse.

Handwritten on sleeve: Schwabacher Grocery Co., 1905.

Caption by MOHAI staff.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Grocery stores--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle</li></ul>
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