Name/Title
PhotographEntry/Object ID
2019.042.070Description
Photo of a group of 6 men wearing trousers and the same style/pattern shirt. They are standing outside in probably a parking lot. A low buidling is behind them. A sign in the center back is ..Market ...Eats. On the back: from left - Dave Wells, 2 from right - Ray Menters, 2 from left - Lyle Smith, left - Vic Sealey. Bowling Group. The copy was made on June 22, 2010. Vic owned Sealey's Tavern at 8 NW Front Street.
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
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 TavernAcquisition
Accession
2019.042Source or Donor
Sherman, Dale & LizMade/Created
Date made
1940Place
City
CoupevilleCounty
Island CountyState/Province
WashingtonCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaRegion
Whidbey IslandNotes
Medium: Photographic PaperLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Shops, Taverns, Grocery storesRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Sealey, VicPerson or Organization
Smith