23 results for: Hotels
Saratoga trunk belonging to the John Collins family of Seattle, ca. 1900
John Collins was in Irish immigrant to Washington by way of New York and Maine, arriving in Seattle in 1865. He was a successful industrial investor, and he purchased and managed the Occidental Hotel, becoming one of Seattle's wealthiest citizens. He also entered the political sphere and served as mayor in 1873.
ID Number:1951.980.13
Date:Circa 1900
Revolver,.22 calibre, ca. 1870
Ellen Clough had arrived in Seattle a week before the Great Seattle Fire broke out. She and her husband had just bought a hotel on Front Street which was completely destroyed. They managed to find in the ashes an unpacked trunk in which this pistol was found.
ID Number:1953.343.1
Date:Circa 1875
Chip from the old forest maple tree on the original site of the University of Washington, ca.1880-1908
This is a wood chip from an old and revered maple tree that was on the original site of the University of Washington which was located in downtown Seattle before moving to its current site. The tree was cut down in 1908 during the regrading projects in the city. The Olympic Hotel was later constructed on the site in 1924.
ID Number:1953.380.A
Date:Circa 1880
Gavel from the Seattle Hotel Association, 1931
This gavel made from walrus ivory was presented to Frank W. Hall on December 28, 1931, when he was the president of the Seattle Hotel Association.
ID Number:1963.3060.1
Date:1931
Beer mug, "Hotel Savoy, Seattle, Inspiration," ca. 1900
The Savoy Hotel opened at 625 1st Avenue in 1898. In 1907, it moved to 1214 2nd Avenue, where it operated for 80 more years until being demolished to make way for new construction.
ID Number:1969.4631.27
Date:Circa 1900
Painting of shipyards at Dockton on Maury Island by Alice Samson, ca. 1907
The artist, Alice Samson, whose husband owned the Samson Hotel in Tacoma, painted this picture for J.F. Rheim, keeper of the Drydock Hotel on Maury Island featured prominently on the right side of this painting. The Dockton drydock was established in 1892 with its first job being to attach sponsons to the hull of the steamer FLYER.
ID Number:1970.4972.1
Date:Circa 1905-1910
Grillwork and molding from the lobby of the Seattle Hotel, then Victoria Hotel, ca. 1905
John Collins built the third Occidental Hotel in 1890, but by 1895, it was converted to an office building due to the economic depression at the time. The lobby became a commercial bank (Peoples Savings Bank) with Jacob Furth as President and Arthur Denny as Vice President. When the Klondike Gold Rush brought new visitors to the city, the building…
ID Number:1973.5604
Date:Circa 1905
Ivory poker chips, 1920s
These elephant ivory poker chips with scrimshaw designs and painted borders were recovered in 1960 from the basement of the Morrison Hotel, located at Third Avenue and James Streets, when the hotel’s basement was demolished to develop parking facilities. A portion of the basement had been developed into a hidden gambling hall that operated during the 1920s.
ID Number:1980.7165.4
Date:Circa 1920-1930
Sailor-style hat worn by tour guides on the Dominion Monarch, 1962
The Dominion Monarch was commissioned in 1939 and was a World War II troop transport ship. In the late 1950s, Eddie Black, a member of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair organizing committee, saved the ship from the scrapheap by helping to purchase the vessel and turning it into a floating hotel for fairgoers. Unfortunately, it was not a successful endeavor…
ID Number:1996.Dominion.02
Date:1962
Hotel Alki wooden sign, ca. 1910
The Hotel Alki opened in 1910 and was located at the corner of 5th and Washington in what is today the Chinatown International District. The building housed primarily low income tenants throughout its lifetime. In 1934, a deadly storm caused the south wall to collapse, killing a man below. The Alki eventually closed down in the 1970s.
ID Number:2004.37.1
Date:Circa 1910