The Schwabacher Brothers—Louis Schwabacher, Abraham (Abe) Schwabacher, and Sigmund (Sig) Schwabacher —were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Washington Territory and later Washington state. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, first in San Francisco, then in Walla Walla, Washington, and later in Seattle. Notable among these businesses were Schwabacher Bros. of San Francisco ; Schwabacher Bros. & Company, the Schwabacher Realty Company, the Gatzert-Schwabacher Land Company, and the Schwabacher Hardware Company, all ultimately based in Seattle; and the Stockton Milling Company.
Schwabacher Hardware Co. sign at 401 First Avenue S., Seattle, Washington
Schwabacher's Wharf, Seattle, circa 1900
Schwabacher's Hardware Co. at First and Yesler, Seattle, circa 1900
A similar view in 2007.
Walla Walla is a city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. It had a population of 34,060 at the 2020 census, estimated to have decreased to 33,927 as of 2021. The population of the city and its two suburbs, the town of College Place and unincorporated Walla Walla East, is about 45,000.
Reynolds–Day Building, Sterling Bank, and Baker Boyer Bank buildings in downtown Walla Walla
Old Mission, Waiilatpu
Fort Walla Walla - 1874
Whitman College, Memorial Building, 1906
