History comes in all shapes and sizes. University of Washington doctoral candidate Ross Coen was in Ketchikan in mid-November to give a presentation on the history of the canned salmon industry in ...

ANACORTES — When Carl Wedlund worked in the canneries, he pretty much did what his supervisor told him — chauffeur his boss around town, make coffee, and clean bathrooms and storage areas. In those ...

YAKIMA, Wash. — Lifelong Yakima Valley resident Mike Doty collects fruit crate labels for the thrill of the hunt. “That’s what it’s all about. Stuff we’ve never seen before,” he said. Thomas Hull, a ...

Many a book, blog and news article has been devoted to the topic of whiskey: the way it's aged, where to drink it, how to store it and serve it or pair it with food. But comparatively little attention ...

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency. The most ...

YAKIMA — Produce labels identify and advertise. They feature original art and hint at history. Sometimes, it’s personal history. Walter Lindsey, an apple crate label hobbyist and collector who is one ...

The Nutrition Facts label, that black and white information box found on nearly every packaged food product in the U.S. since 1994, has recently become an icon for consumer transparency. The most ...

Lovers of all things vintage are in for a treat with an exhibition of textile labels and old calendars that begins in the city today “These were things that would have been thrown away by now, but ...

A wine label from the 1950s in the Maynard Amerine collection at UC Davis (courtesy UC Davis University Library) More than 5,000 wine labels at the University of California, Davis, chronicle the ...

CLEVELAND -- The history of Cleveland is intertwined with the story of its water. Simply put, Cleveland exists because of water. Located at the strategic confluence of a river and a lake, those water ...

During Prohibition, booze was banned, but "medicinal" spirits weren't, a loophole whiskey makers exploited. That's just one of the tidbits a new... Many a book, blog and news article has been devoted ...