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Research To-do

Page history last edited by peterga 1 month, 1 week ago

Project K-Bar Research To-Do List

 

General

Saloon Supply Catalogs

  • Bishop & Babcock Co., Cleveland
  • Claes & Lehnbeuter Manufacturing Co., St. Louis
  • Cleveland Faucet Co., Cleveland
  • R. Rothschild's and Sons Co., Cincinnati 
  • B.A. Stevens Co., Toledo  (Toledo Public Library in 1980s)

 

Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh Carnegie Library 

  • Can you access the ledger for the The Old Stone Tavern (also called Elliott's, Coates Tavern)?
    • "An account ledger from the Tavern exists at the Main branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh dated from 1793 to 1797.... he ledger contains over 89 names connected with the Whiskey Rebellion as well as 109 veterans of the American Revolution and 16 men who would serve in the War of 1812." - wikipedia 
  • Photograph Polks and other area directories (not open for in person visits?) 

University of Pittsburgh

Misc. 

 

Seattle/Washington 

The Rocket Archives 

Seattle Central Library 

    • Telephone Directories - 1962, 1963, 1992-1993, 1939-1941, 2002-2004, 2006-2012, 2014, >2015
    • Telephone Directories need cocktail lounges, nightclubs, and bar sections: 1991,   
  • Boise
    • Add TK Bar as oldest multiple locations (Boise's oldest) - "My Grandpa Rex Shelley bought The TK Tavern from my Uncle Merl Able in the 1960's. Grandpa Rex and Grandma Pat owned it until 1981. In 1982 our cousins, the Woods, bought it from the developers of Riverfront Plaza. They moved the historic building up to Federal Way and Broadway. TK had been a branded livery during horse and carriage days." - TK web site
    • Check white pages of 1938-1942 Polks for Triangle K (and owners) -- said to be est. private club in Dec 1938 and public "a couple years later." 
    • The Beerhouse Facebook page says it was established in June of 1956 (FB message sent 4/1)
    • Reassess Suds/Crooked Bar 
  • Seattle Phone books for years with no Polk published: 1944 (SCL doesn't have) 
  • 1982 Polk - Need 2nd column of cocktail lounges (not at SCL, not at WSL)  
  • Check to see if SCL has Everett Polks for 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954
    • Fill in name gaps for Brown's/Morrow's/Fireplace in Everett 
  • Sanborn fire map of Georgetown - were 5953-5959 Airport/Duwamish the same building 1910-1930s? (Or before 2000?)
  • Get digital images of years of Polk currently only on paper 
    • 1871, 1888 Seattle Business Directory (microfiche?) 
  • Take photos of home volumes: 1908, 1936, 1960, 1970, 1981
  • Washington State Library - Centralia Polks - 1971+ that I don't have

Find Seattle Polks that SPL and WSL don't have:

  • 1897, 1945-1947, 1950, 1952, 1982, 1984, 1991-1993, 1995+  
    • Doc owner of Red Robin from 1950 and 1952  - No 1950, 1952 edition at SCL  
  • Also no guides for 1868-1870, 1873-1875, 1877, 1879-1881, 1883, 1886
  • Phone books for years with no Polk published: 1944 

Attempt to find out more about the Minnehaha Saloon and owner Mary Thompson

  • Minnehaha Saloon - Owned by Mary Thompson (d 1893), "one of Seattle's wealthiest African American citizens at the time of her death. As the owner of the saloon and brothel, she earned a fortune in real estate, jewelry, and cash." -- Seattle's Black Victorians, Esther Hall Mumford

Everett Public Library - 2702 Hoyt Ave - Reference: 425-257-8000

  • Northwest Room Reference Resources - Everett Saloon Index, 1891-1915 (PDF?)
  • Everett Polks that SCL doesn't have - "Northwest Archive" (bold = found in their catalog)
    • 1914, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954
    • Fill in name gaps for Brown's/Morrow's/Fireplace in Everett 

Boise Research 

  • Look for Cactus Club under Polk white pages and clubs prior to 1956  
  • Find Missing Boise Polks, esp. 1935-1940 (check for Little Dutch Garden) 
  • Check Boise Polks 1951-1956 Restaurant sections for Broadway Bar
  • Check for digital Idaho Statesman and other papers to fill in gaps
  • Look up owners of Ray's Tavern and then Broadway Bar from 1950 thru 1957
  • Look for Broadway Cafe and Bar under restaurants 1951 to 1955
  • Check white page listings for Overland Bar 1954-1955 

 

 

Possible: For owner initials, look up full names in white pages

Upgrade Port Angeles and other peninsula data sources to help sort through Sit N Bull artifacts

Communicate with Gina on status of Sit N Bull artifacts

Complete the transfer of old bar data to the wabar Google Sheet  

Review oldest bar list and research ambiguous origins 

  • Triangle Hotel/Saloon/Pub Seattle 
  • Nail down dates for The Rainbow 
  • Chester Club/Tavern - South Bend - Pacific Co -  Raymond Polks (oldest = 1960), Lewis County Polks - (1914)
  • Carbonado Saloon - Pierce Co
  • H&H Tavern - Issaquah/Gilman - King Co - North Bend Polks (oldest = 1959) 
  • Town Bar and Grill - Mansfield - Douglas Co - Chelan TelDir (1960 only)
  • Headquarters Tavern - Mineral - Lewis Co - Polks: Centralia, Morton, Lewis Co
  • Slim's - Lind - Adams Co -  Polk Adams Co (only 1906 1912) - Slim Nichols
  • The Club - Winlock - Lewis Co - Polk Lewis Co (in 1937, no winlock in 1934?) 

Try to find history of Bon's Congo Room - -1956-1975- Syliva Beck owner, (her children have last name Bon)

Make sure North City Tavern and the Cabin are listed in WA oldest

Continue downloading bar pics from TPL archives 

Search other local wa libraries for new digital collections  

Update Most Interesting Bars - add jazz bar, link to doc hamilton's

Update Favorite reviews -- add above, reshuffle

Create version of oldest bars in google sites

Watch for google results of https://sites.google.com/view/nwbars/home 

Check Oregon Historic Newspapers database for Hubbard Inn, saloons 

Newspapers for Merchants during years missing from bars section of Polk 1968-1980 

Check out Swannies, John Socks

Does location of Heads or Tails date back to 1934?   12534 Aurora 

Does Pete's Club in Carnation date back to 1910?  4640 Tolt Ave

Does Three Lions Bothell space (10111 Main) have bars dating back to constr. In 1908?

UW Special Collections Hours - M-F 10am-4:45, Wed 10am-7:45 

  • Oak Harbor Polk 1965 - 979.737 D62
  • Pacific Coast 1878, 1880/81, 1886/87 McKenney's Pacific coast directory of business and professional men of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Nevada, Utah, Idaho and Montana - 979 D62 (McKenney's)
  • Douglas County 1910/11 Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan counties directory  - 979.76 D62 (Polk's)
  • Sedro Woolley 1903, 1905/06, 1941 - 979.733 D62 (Polks's)
  • Adams County 1906 - 979.791 D62
  • Grant County 1910/11 Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan counties directory - 979.76 D62 (Polk's)
  • Okanogan County 1910/11 Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan counties directory - 979.76  D62 (Polk's) 
  • Aberdeen 1903/04, 1905, 1907  - 979.748 D62 [-1994] (Polk's)
  • 1909 The Tacoma-Seattle interurban directory embracing a complete alphabetical list of business and private citizens of Puyallup, Auburn, Kent, Renton - F899.P89 P64 (Polk's)
  • Anacortes 1903, 1905/06, 1941 - 979.733 D62 (Polks's)
  • Bellingham 1903/04-1905/06, 1906, 1911 - 979.732 D62 [-1994] (Polk's)
  • Burlington 1903, 1905/06, 1941 - 979.733 D62 (Polks's)   
  • Seattle 1934 Business directory, Seattle, 1934. General information about the "largest city of its age" - 979.743 D62s (Seattle post-intelligencer)
  • La Conner -->1952, 1955, 1959, 1962 - 979.733 D62wc (Wells)
  • Yakima 1905/06 - 979.773 D62 (Polk's) 

If ever visiting Salt Lake City, the Family History Library has the following:

 

Cities/Counties of Special Interest

  •   Oak Harbor - Island County
  •   Spanaway - Pierce County
  •   Mineral - Lewis County
  •   Roslyn - Kittitas County
  •   Coulee City - Grant County

 

 

In Case Visiting Other Cities

  • Salt Lake City - Family History Library - Oregon and Washington gazetteer and business directory, 1909-1910
  • Rohnert Park, CA - Sonoma County Library -  Oregon and Washington gazetteer and business directory, 1909-1910
  • Ellensburg - Central Washington U -  Microform - R.L. Polk & Co.'s Puget Sound directory, 1888

 

Notes on research past and underway

 

 

DONE 

  • Contact Oak Harbor Main Street Association - See where the date of 1917 came from for tavern plaque, and any other historical info they can provide
  • See if they have Sanborn Fire Insurance maps beyond digitized (e.g. for Hubbard OR other than 1913) 
  • Check newspapers for "Off Ramp" and "Eastlake East" 1980-1990 
  • 1978 Polk - Need Cocktail Lounges 
  • 1944 Telephone directory Beer Taverns between Silver Moon and Twentieth Century  
  • Telephone Directories - 1947, 1950  
  • Telephone Directories need cocktail lounges, nightclubs, and bar sections - 1982 1990,
  • Get digital images of years of Polk currently only on paper - Polk:  1980
  • Washington State Library - Directory Room - Lewis County Polks that I don't already have
  • Phone books for years with no Polk published: 1949
  • Check Tacoma 1933 Polk for possible entries under Liquor Retail (no copy in Seattle Central)  
  • Look up Parky's in white pages and under Cigars in 30s and 40s Tacoma guides ("Parky's Cigar Emporium" in 1939?) Update blog accordingly.
  • 1976 Polk - Look for Triangle Hotel & Bar in white pages, owner - Not Listed 
  • 1980 Polk - Owner of Stan's Ticker Tape (and/or Sneakers) - Neither Listed
  • 1955, 1956 Polk - Look up owner of Louis Tavern, Lou's Tavern (551 1st, Triangle) 
  • Phone books for years with no Polk published: 1972 
  • Doc owner of Red Robin from 1950-1952  - No 1950 or 1952 edition at SCL 
  • Doc owners of Brown's, Morrow's, and Fireplace in Everett, esp. Fireplace in 1948 (still owned by Morrows?) 
  • Check if 1933 Polk contains Glass Front Butcher Shop - NO
  • Check owners of Glass Front Beer Parlor in 1937 and of The Hub in 1939 (e.g. if either lists Alan Spencer, that may get us closer to when the name changed).
  • Check the owners of the Glass Front and the Hub through the years 
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