During the first decade of the 20th century, the Crescent Manufacturing Company occupied the ground floor of a building at the corner of Jackson Street and Occidental Avenue, near Pioneer Square. The firm imported coffee, tea and spices and also manufactured flavorings and ingredients for baking. Maring & Blake, a photoengraving and printing company, occupied the second floor of the building. This photo, taken sometime between 1903 and 1905, shows the Crescent Manufacturing Company offices near Pioneer Square. A delivery wagon and a pile of empty crates wait by the sidewalk (lower l." Judging by the pile of tools and bricks on the sidewalk (lower r.) the street is being paved or repaired.

Signs in image: Eyres Transfer Co. Wells Butchers Supply Co. Crescent Manufacturing Co. - Home of Mapleine. Full Pound 25 Cents at All Grocers. Mapleine - Makes Syrup Better Than Maple. Crescent [Baking?] Powder. Cream of All Coffees - Crescent [...] Coffee. Maring & Blake Photo Engravers. [...ngels] Block. Pacific Bottlers Supply Co. - Bottles and [...lers]. Power [...smitting] Machinery. Handwritten on sleeve: Crescent Mfg. Co. Bldg. (spices). Caption by MOHAI staff.

• Subjects (LCTGM): Food industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Carts & wagons--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle