Interior of world famous Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Ferry Dock Pier 52, Seattle 4, Wasington, USA, on Seattle's historic waterfront. In the foreground is "Sylvester" the mummy and Cigar Store Indian. Most unique shop in the world, "Beats the Dickens". Established 1899.
Sent by Lisa from Sacramento in California, USA.
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop is a store founded in 1899, on the Central Waterfront of Seattle, Washington, United States. It is currently located on Pier 54. Best known today as a souvenir shop and museum, it also has aspects of a dime museum, and is an important supplier of Northwest Coast art to museums. As of 2008, the store has been owned by four generations of the same family.
In 1933, the Seattle Star named Ye Olde Curiosity Shop one of the "Seven Wonders of Seattle", the only shop on the list. The other six Wonders were the harbor, the Ballard Locks, the Boeing airplane factory, the Seattle Art Museum, the Pike Place Market and the University District's Edmond Meany Hotel (now the Graduate Seattle hotel). (read more)
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