<p>Caption on image: Crescent Manufacturing Co.
</p><p>Cartoons and Caricatures of Seattle Citizens (page 89).
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Photographs from which these Pen and Ink Sketches were Produced have been furnished principally by James &amp; Bushnell and E.S. Curtis. Engravings by the Art Engraving Company. Published by the Associated Cartoon Service. Artwork by A. Bobbett.<p class="mw-empty-elt"></p>
<p>W.J. Kahle, brother of John Wesley Kahle, arrived in Seattle in 1883, and took up permanent residency there in 1890. He took over the Crescent Manufacturing Company in 1896, along with his brother. He served as secretary and treasurer, and his brother was president. Crescent Manufacturing was an exporter and importer of coffees, teas, and spices. </p>
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