9 results for: Eating and Drinking
Kitchenware jar used for fruit canning, ca. 1860s-1880s
This ceramic jar was the type that early Euro-American settlers used in Washington Territory for fruit canning. It was donated by Margaret Moore Latimer (Mrs. Norval H. Latimer) who was born in 1869 and came to Seattle with her family sometime before 1880. She was an active member of many local clubs and organizations, including the Seattle Historical Society (later…
ID Number:1950.426.5
Date:Circa 1860-1890
Champagne bottle from the SS Islander, ca. 1901
This champagne bottle is one of several items in the collection that were salvaged from the SS Islander which struck an iceberg and sank in Stevens Passage off the coast of Juneau, Alaska, in 1901. The SS Islander was a Canadian Pacific Navigation Company steamship built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1888.
ID Number:1963.2927.15
Date:Circa 1901
Whiskey bottle, ca. 1910
This whiskey bottle was distributed by the Hillside Saloon once located at Yesler Way and Second Avenue in Seattle in the early 20th century.
ID Number:1966.3879.2
Date:Circa 1910
Pen knife, ca. 1900
This pen knife was owned by Emilie Peaslee, who graduated from University of Washington in 1910 and taught mathematics at West Seattle High School, ca. 1910-1957. Ms. Peaslee is a rare example of a woman who graduated from UW in the early 1900s and went on to become a professional in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) field.
ID Number:1966.3961.24
Date:Circa 1900
Neon Sign for Six Eleven Tavern, 1962
For many years in the mid-20th century, the only public place gay people could gather and feel relatively safe from discrimination and harrassment, were gay bars. Bars became a safe second home for them and others like them. This sign hung outside of the Six Eleven Tavern located at 611 2nd Ave in Pioneer Square, the center of gay life…
ID Number:2000.41.1
Date:1962
Wooden sign from Shelly's Leg Tavern, 1975
Famous for the bold sign announcing its identity, Seattle’s first disco opened in December 1973 at the foot of Main Street. Co-owner Shelly Bauman, a colorful figure, named the bar for the leg she lost to a cannon that misfired in a Pioneer Square parade. Money from the lawsuit helped her start the bar. "I wanted a place where everyone…
ID Number:2001.66.1
Date:1975
Champagne glass used to toast the christening of the Space Needle on April 23, 1962
The addition of the iconic Space Needle, innovative for its time, changed Seattle's skyline forever. It was a highly celebrated event for the people of Seattle.
ID Number:2011.103.1
Date:1962
Chicken Soup Brigade dog tag and chain, ca. 1990s
In the 1980s, Chicken Soup was a support organization for the gay community with groups of volunteers cooking and caring for those who were ill with HIV.
ID Number:2014.40.7
Date:Circa 1990-1999
Fish cake steamer from the Moriguchi family and Uwajimaya, 1928-1940
This fishcake steamer is from the Moriguchi family who founded Uwajimaya, a family-owned supermarket chain headquartered in Seattle's Chinatown International District with other locations in the Pacific Northwest. Fujimatsu Moriguchi began his enterprise in 1928, selling fishcakes and other goods from his truck in Tacoma, Washington. In the mid 1940s, after Moriguchi and his family were released from the incarceration…
ID Number:2016.Uwajimaya.1
Date:1928-1940