Vibert Jeffers photograph, December 1937, Susan Parish Collection, Washington State Archives, AR20090812-ph005494
Block’s Shoe Store was located in the Pacific Building, now the home of Archibald Sisters. The building was once three stories tall; the 1949 Earthquake made the removal of the top two stories necessary. In this photograph from 1937, the store is decked out for Christmas.
Text © Deborah Ross and The Olympian