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Nite & Day Market

Founded in 1946, the Nite & Day Market continues serving the motoring public from its site at 6233 Bothell Way overlooking Lake Washington. Photo courtesy of Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch.
SuzanneG
January 30, 2019
Business & Industry

Kenmore Camera

Kenmore Camera owner Jim Donovan (right) talks with Burt Knopp (center) and Dick Taylor shortly after the store opened in 1974 in a strip mall at 78th and Bothell Way.  Donovan relocated his store in 1977 to the former Kenmore fire station at 18031 67th Avenue NE after purchasing the…
SuzanneG
October 25, 2018
Business & Industry

Plywood Supply Trucks

A modern fleet of trucks and six warehouses indicate the size of Plywood Supply.  Ralph Swanson began his company with one truck and a small shed in Seattle, moving to Kenmore in 1956. Photo courtesy of Plywood Supply
SuzanneG
October 25, 2018
Business & Industry

Ralph Swanson

The entrepreneurial spirit of Ralph Swanson resulted in the formation of Plywood Supply, one of Kenmore's largest enterprises. Photo courtesy of Plywood Supply
SuzanneG
October 25, 2018
Business & Industry

Industrial Site on the Lake

Multiple use of the Lake Washington shoreline in 1948 shows the Northwest Plywood mill and its log boom located next to Kenmore Building Materials (center).  Barely visible at lower left is Kenmore Air Harbor.  The scene is bounded by Bothell Way (upper). Photo courtesy of the Menard family
SuzanneG
October 25, 2018
Business & Industry

Firlawn Sanitarium

A three-story residence on Lakewood Villa Road (later NE 175th Street) became Lakewood Villa Sanitarium in the 1930s, specializing in psychiatry.  Later renamed Firlawn, the facility offered private medical treatment and attracted author Thomas Wolfe as a patient in 1938.  Photo courtesy of Ronald Gehrke
SuzanneG
October 25, 2018
Business & Industry

Dygert/Telquist Garage

Al Telquist (right) operated Kenmore's first auto-repair garage, at 65th Avenue NE and Bothell Way, beginning in 1922 with his father-in-law Dan Dygert.  The large sign above the door reads "Kenmore Garage, Shell Gasoline, Day and Night Service." (Man at left is unidentified).     Photo courtesy of the Telquist…
SuzanneG
October 25, 2018
Business & Industry

Kenmore Lanes Bowling

Kenmore Lanes co-owner Doug Peek stands beside a sign of bowling prices in this 1960s photo.  Brothers Doug, Don, and Bob Peek founded the business in 1958 with their brother-in-law, Robbie Robertson. Photo courtesy of the Peek family
SuzanneG
October 25, 2018
Business & Industry

Auctioneer James G. Murphy

A Kenmore business that draws national attention and customers is the James G. Murphy auction company on 68th Avenue NE.  Murphy (shown here) founded the business in 1970. Photo courtesy of the Murphy family
SuzanneG
October 25, 2018