Sept. 21, 2003 – Jan. 4, 2004
Brewed in Bellingham: 1900 – 1910
Whatcom Museum, 1892 Old City Hall
Take a photographic journey through the taverns and breweries of early Bellingham. The 1905–06 Polk
directory listed 62 saloons in the newly incorporated city. This is double number listed throughout
Whatcom County today. Rising above them all, the Bellingham Bay Brewery was touted as "the finest
brewery west of Chicago." This series of historical images depicts the many businesses and their
proprietors. For more information,
please call (360)676-6981.