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Souvenir paper parasol from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909
Mary Francis Barbee of Kent, WA, purchased this souvenir umbrella. She travelled to the exposition with her mother on the Interurban Railway when she was nine years old.
ID Number:1969.4799
Date:1909
Salmon can making device, 1878
Before there was machinery to make fish cans, workers might use this hand tool. This particular device was found in a salmon cannery in Klawak, Alaska.
ID Number:1970.4988
Date:Circa 1878
Automated salmon cleaner, "Iron Chink," made by Smith Cannery Machine Company in Seattle, 1909
The "Iron Chink" was named after the Chinese laborers it was invented to replace. Racist terms like this were painfully common in the 1900s, a time marked by anti-Chinese violence throughout the Northwest. Although much of the salmon canning process was mechanised in the early years of the 20th century, the butchering process was done by hand by laborors who…
ID Number:1970.4992
Date:1909
Pennant from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909. It was a major national event for the young but fast growing city, and celebrated the emerging development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. This pennant is red, white, and blue, and features a small version of the official…
ID Number:1971.5137.2
Date:1909
Coaster advertising Rainier Beer and the AYPE, 1909
This coaster, a souvenir from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), advertises the Rainier Brewing Company. The AYPE was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909 which publicized the development of the Pacific Northwest and positioned Seattle as a gateway to Alaska and the Pacific Rim. Rainier Beer was founded in Seattle in 1884.
ID Number:1971.5258.3a
Date:1909
Coaster advertising Crescent Mapleine and the AYPE, 1909
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. In 1905, a Crescent company chemist and salesman concocted an imitation maple flavoring dubbed Mapleine. This advertising coaster was created for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a major national event held in Seattle. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine,…
ID Number:1971.5258.7
Date:1909
Three stained glass panels from Seattle's Arctic Club, ca. 1907
Seattle's Arctic Club was originally established in 1907 as a "social club" for successful businessmen with ties to the Gold Rush or Alaskan connections. This stained glass mural once graced the front of the Arctic Club and celebrates the intrepid sled dog, the fastest and safest way to carry cargo and trek the wintry regions of the north.
ID Number:1972.5300
Date:Circa 1900
Tin of olive oil from Merlino Olive Oil Company, ca. 1910
Italian immigrants working in the coal mines of the Black Diamond/Ravensdale area wrote home asking friends and relatives to send foods they missed from Italy. Angelo Merlino, one of those miners, opened his first store in 1900. Angelo Merlino & Sons has been shipping cheese, olive oil and Mediterranean delicacies throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska ever since. Their olive…
ID Number:1972.5373.5.1
Date:Circa 1910
Tin of Genova brand olive oil, ca. 1930
Italian immigrants working in the coal mines of the Black Diamond/Ravensdale area wrote home asking friends and relatives to send foods they missed from Italy. Angelo Merlino, one of those miners, opened his first store in 1900. Angelo Merlino & Sons has been shipping cheese, olive oil and Mediterranean delicacies throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska ever since. This Genova…
ID Number:1972.5373.5.2
Date:Circa 1930
Souvenir totem pole from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909
This souvenir miniature totem pole was sold at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition held in Seattle in 1909.
ID Number:1972.5529.7
Date:1909