Nathan Eckstein
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Nathan Eckstein was a German-born American businessman, associated in business and by marriage with the Schwabacher Brothers firm and family. In 1926 he received the honor of being named "Seattle's Mo
Nathan Eckstein, 1900
Eckstein's home from 1915 onward.
Dave Beck
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David Daniel Beck was an American labor leader, and president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1952 to 1957. He helped found the "Conference" system of organization in the Teamsters
Nathan Eckstein
…successfully arbitrated in a jurisdictional dispute between the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) under Harry Bridges and the Teamsters under Dave Beck over organizing inland warehouse workers. Nathan and Mina Eckstein had two daughters, Johanna—a noted Seattle philanthropist and patron of the arts—and…
Beck, 1925–1945
Beck (far right) with President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1955.