Photograph of R.D. Willson hardware dress
Port Angeles Main Library
Exhibition on view: March 15-June 15
The exhibition will feature marketing and advertising memorabilia from businesses across the North Olympic Peninsula. Visitors will enjoy a selection of vintage signs, labels, menus, and more from the collections of the North Olympic History Center that exemplify the rapid economic growth and development of the Peninsula over the course of 100 years.
Community members are invited to the reception, with doors opening at 6:30pm on Friday, March 15, and the presentation at 7pm. Paula Hunt will discuss advertising in the 20th century and its place in the history of the Olympic Peninsula. Hunt is on the board of North Olympic History Center and is a reporter for the Peninsula Daily News. Opening remarks will be provided by the center’s executive director, David Brownell.
The exhibition will remain on view in the library through Saturday, June 15.
“Signs & Designs: 100 Years of Advertising in Clallam County” is presented in collaboration with North Olympic History Center, and is sponsored by Peninsula Daily News. The exhibition is part of NOLS’ Art in the Library program that is generously funded in part by Port Angeles Friends of the Library.
Images courtesy of the North Olympic History Center.
Beehive Candies sign
Smith’s Ice and Bottling Works sign and building
Port Angeles Salmon Club die-cut brochure
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