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This 1922 postcard shows Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in its home at that time on Colman Dock.Today, this site is part of Pier 50, the Washington State Ferry Terminal. The postcard shows a variety of artifacts on display in front of the shop, including whale jaw-bones ("1 ton each, 22½ feet, largest in U.S."), a giant clam shell ("weighs 161 pounds, from Equator"), a hat worn by Chief Seattle, and ...
"Ye olde" is a pseudo-Early Modern English phrase originally used to suggest a connection between a place or business and Merry England (or the medieval period). The term dates to 1896 or earlier; [ 1 ] it continues to be used today, albeit now more frequently in an ironically anachronistic and kitsch fashion.
A fact from Ye Olde Curiosity Shop appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 October 2008, and was viewed approximately 18,921 times ...
The Fremont Rocket is a sculpture of a rocket in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, US.The rocket had been displayed at an army surplus store in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood until 1991, when a news radio broadcast said the store was dismantling its "circa 1950 Cold War rocket fuselage []", prompting the Fremont Business Association to buy it for $750.
In March 2014, Swap.com launched a women's apparel service with 25,000 women's apparel and accessory items and launched men's apparel in June 2016. The service is now the largest online consignment retailer with more than 2,000,000 items available for purchase. In 2019, Swap.com reported an overall turnover of $15 Million.
When the city tried to replace the playground equipment in 2008, it was met with local opposition. A task force established to investigate the removal found the rocket ship had "very limited play value," and had "hazardous conditions that present a great danger to young children." [4] The playground equipment was dismantled despite the ...
The Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop is an 80 acre indoor and outdoor flea market, featuring a 14-screen drive-in theater in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. From 1989–2006 the Hanneford Family Circus performed daily (except Tuesdays) in the Swap Shop food court, entertaining the roughly 12 million people who visit each year.
Multi-Coloured Swap Shop, more commonly known simply as Swap Shop, is a British children's television series that aired on BBC1 from 2 October 1976 to 27 March 1982. It was groundbreaking in many ways: by broadcasting on Saturday mornings, being live, being three hours in length, and using the phone-in format extensively for the first time on TV.