Musicians - Ivar Haglund

Home > Listing Index > Musicians > Ivar Haglund

	Musicians - Ivar Haglund

Ivar Haglund (1905 – 30 January 1985) was a Seattle folk singer and the "flounder" of Ivar's restaurants. In 1938, he opened Seattle's first aquarium along with a short-lived fish and chips counter on Pier 54. In 1946, he opened a full restaurant there, Ivar's Acres of Clams, which survives to this day (although it has been thoroughly remodeled). He coined its motto, "Keep Clam."

After his neighbor on Pier 56 put up a sign reading "Don't Feed Sea Gulls, Health Regulation" in 1971, Ivar responded with his own sign encouraging customers to feed the seagulls.

In 1976, Ivar bought the Smith Tower, a Seattle landmark that was once the tallest building in North America west of the Mississippi River. In 1983, he was elected port commissioner after filing as a prank. He died of a heart attack just over a year later.

[ Visit the complete Wikipedia entry for Ivar Haglund ]

This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Ivar Haglund; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.

Searches on eBay