<p>This stock certificate for the Seattle Theatre Company was issued on December 20, 1893, to J. D. Lowman for 12.5 shares, valued at $1250. The company, of which Mr. Lowman was also president, owned the Seattle Theatre, located on the northeast corner of Third Avenue and Cherry Street. A prominent Seattle business and civic leader, James D. Lowman (1856-1947) also owned Lowman &amp; Hanford Stationery and Printing Company with his partner, Clarence Hanford (1857-1920), a business that existed in one form or another until the 1960s. </p>
<p>Caption information source: Lowman &amp; Hanford Company records, 1894-1955, Museum of History &amp; Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library.</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Business people--Washington (State)--Seattle; Stock certificates</li>
<li>People: Lowman, James D., 1856-1947</li></ul>
Seattle Theatre Company
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