Emil (Martincevic) Martin, Class of 1940
Excerpt from the Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine, January 3, 2025
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“I’m a 101-year-old Seattleite who grew up on Beacon Hill back in the old Depression days in the 1930s. … I donated a whole bunch of postcards to MOHAI a few years ago that were all concerned with Rainier Beer, produced by the old Seattle Brewing and Malting Co. They were all dated around 1905. … One that I especially remember is a request for delivery of a keg to be delivered by steamer to Utsalady, a small town (on Camano Island). The way I came into possession of them is a bit of a story also: I was 12 years old at the time in 1935, and a buddy of mine and I used to go to the library in Georgetown by going down the hill west of Cleveland High School and crossing the railroad tracks south of the old brewery. There was a separate office building just south of that building, and on one of our trips, we saw a big plank leaning against a windowsill with the window open. Naturally, we investigated, and there were piles of paperwork strewn all over the floor. I was a stamp collector at the time, and still am, and saw some of these postcards lying there, so I picked up some of them. Well, a lady who worked in the icehouse just north of the office saw us and called the police station less than a block away. She was upset because someone had stolen three dozen ice picks from their icehouse and thought we might have been the culprits. My friend Al was looking at and admiring the postcards he had as we were walking away when a policeman nabbed us. He took the postcards away from Al. I had stuffed all of mine in a back pocket and didn’t volunteer the fact, so I was able to keep mine.”
— Emil M. Martin
Seattle
