Name/Title
PhotographEntry/Object ID
2019.042.066Description
Photo of a man in plaid shirt and trousers in the doorway of a bar or tavern. This is 8 NW Front Street - at the time it was Sealey's Tavern. On the back: Vic Sealey. scanned.
From a photo sleeve that had held 8 photos, these are all of Sealey's Tavern 1940s, various people associated with the tavern and Vic Sealey. Barbara Reed gave the photos to Judy Lynn.
Whidbey Mercantile, A. B. Coates and Co., Coupeville Grocery Store, Cash and Carry, Sealey's Tavern, Toby's Tavern.
Per PNRO page 160: built for John Robertson c. 1875, sold to Thomas Calhoun in 1890. By 1896 A. B. Coates and Co. had a store with storage in the east side until 1938. In the 1930s George Hesselgrave sold gasoline and rented a vehicle from the west side. Since the 1930s it has been a tavern.
Whidbey Mercantile Company, Sealey's Tavern, Toby's Tavern
Photo and blurb are in Arcadia Coupeville book, page 111. Vic converted the Whidbey Mercantile/Cash and Carry building in the 1940s.
From folder: Coupeville, 8 NW Front Street, John Robertson/Thomas Calhoun, A. B. Coates and Co. Store, 1896-1904, Hesselgrave/Sealey's Tavern/Toby's TavernMade/Created
Date made
1940Place
City
Coupeville, WashingtonCounty
Island CountyState/Province
WashingtonRegion
Cascades and Plateau, Whidbey IslandContinent
North AmericaNotes
Medium: Photographic PaperLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Sealey, Vic