C.T. Conover photograph collection, ca. 1880-1957 [graphic]. ca. 1880-1957.

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C.T. Conover photograph collection, ca. 1880-1957 [graphic]. ca. 1880-1957.

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The collection documents the early business activities of Conover, including his work for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and his career with Crawford and Conover Real Estate. Most of the photographs date from the 1880s and 1890s.

Photographs: 8 photographic prints : b&w ; various sizes.Ephemera: 1 item : b&w ; 21 x 14 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7666602

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La Roche & Co. (Seattle, Wash.)

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Crawford & Conover Inc. (Seattle, Wash.)

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Crawford and Conover, Inc. was a Seattle real estate firm established in 1888 by two reporters from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Samuel L. Crawford and Charles T. Conover. Crawford and Conover engaged in real estate, rentals and property management, fire insurance, mortgage loans, and investments. Conover is credited with coining the nickname "The Evergreen State" as part of the company's national campaign advertising the state of Washington and the city of Seattle. After Crawford's death in ...

Conover, Charles Tallmadge, 1862-1961

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Writer and businessman Charles Tallmadge Conover worked as an editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper during the mid-1880s, then formed the Crawford and Conover Real Estate firm with Samuel L. Crawford. He also authored several books, including Mirrors of Seattle: Reflecting Some Aged Men of Fifty and a biography of Thomas Burke. Conover helped organize the Seattle Humane Society, and served as publicity chairman for the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, where he coined the state nickname,...