Children's shop at Frederick & Nelson store, Seattle, circa 1925

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century. It closed in the 1990s. pBorn in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909 when she managed the Edward Curtis Studio. She opened her own studio in 1917 with Wayne Albee. Albee moved to San Diego in 1925, and McBride continued to operate a studio in various Seattle locations. In 1932 she partnered with Richard Anderson; they continued to work together until she retired in 1954 due to her failing eyesight. She died in 1965 at the age of 102. Written on verso: A corner of the children's shop showing detail of specially designed stock table. *Subjects (LCTGM): Children--Clothing & dress; Department stores--Washington (State)--Seattle; Frederick & Nelson

Date

c. 1925

Photographer / author

McBride Studio

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

photograph

Original size

692 × 321 pixels

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