138 results for: Maritime
Full scale model of outboard motor without prop, ca. 1957
This prototype of the Boeing Model 540-4 gas-turbine outboard propulsion unit was innovative for its time due to its light weight relative to the capacity for horsepower. With few moving parts, this motor was fairly easy to build, dependable and utilized a variety of fuels. The drawbacks to this design included a higher building cost and fuel inefficiency. This particular…
ID Number:1993.16.2
Date:Circa 1957
Colored drawing of Cowichan Bay by Bertha Marie Boeing, September, 1952
Bertha Marie Potter Paschall (1891-1977) was married to William Boeing, founder of the Boeing Company. She exhibited her artistic talents in this colored drawing of Cowichan Bay located on the southeast edge of Vancouver Island. The work was a gift to her friend Virginia Denny (1905-1993), a member of the early Seattle settler family.
ID Number:1996.01.4
Date:1952
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
Sport Air Cushion Vehicle model, ca. 1966
Walter A. Crowley (1917-2008) was an engineer at Boeing and a self-styled "garage" inventor. While at Boeing, he developed an air-bearing system for moving heavy objects like a 747 Jumbo Jet. Boeing established a subsidiary, Aero-Go, to develop this invention. This is a model of his actual working air cushion vehicle which was similar to the hydrofoil, but ultimately not…
ID Number:2000.49.1
Date:Circa 1966
Color print, "Ferry Boat Café," by Glen Alps, 1949
The Ferry Boat Café was the famous horseshoe bar on Seattle’s Black Ball ferry, Kalakala. The artist, Glen Alps (1914-1996) was most well known as a printmaker, but he also painted and sculpted. He made several contributions to the field of printmaking as art, and is internationally known for his development of unique printing techniques. Alps came to Seattle from…
ID Number:2000.50.1
Date:1949
Portrait of Lt. Thomas W. McCurdy USNR (1928-1955), painted in 1955
This portrait of Lt. Thomas W. McCurdy USNR was painted by Charles A. Veteto in 1955. The McCurdy family are longtime supporters of the maritime community, the University of Washington, MOHAI, and many other organizations. Not much is known about the artist except that he was a local painter.
ID Number:2005.15.1
Date:1955
Portrait of Daniel V. McEachern by Charles A. Veteto, 1971
Horace W. McCurdy (1899-1989), maritime builder and great benefactor of MOHAI, commissioned this portrait of his friend Daniel V. McEachern (1879-1971) who founded with his father and brothers the J.A. McEachern Construction Company in 1911. In 1929, they merged with, and assumed the name of, General Construction Company, which went on to build multimillion dollar construction projects in and around…
ID Number:2005.15.3
Date:1971
Robert Moran's wallet from when he first arrived in Seattle, ca. 1875
Robert Moran arrived in Seattle in 1875 with this empty wallet, but soon he became a successful shipbuilder and served as the city's mayor from 1888-1890.
ID Number:2006.35.160
Date:Circa 1875
Commemorative medal purchased at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) by Robert or John Moran, 1909
These medals were given out as prizes to exhibitors at the Exposition but this one was specifically purchased as a souvenir by either Robert Moran or his son John. All the medals were originally bronze and then the gold and silver medals were plated. Typically the name of the winner was engraved on the reverse of the medal but this…
ID Number:2006.35.163
Date:1909
Woodcut, "Puget Sound Fishing Boat," by Richard Bennett, ca. 1920s
Richard Bennett (1899-1971) was a nationally known printmaker, illustrator, and painter. He was born in Ireland but grew up just outside Seattle in Washington State, and he also spent time in New York City and Ireland. A leading children's book author and illustrator, he received national recognition for his woodblock prints and engravings. He was close friends with several leading…
ID Number:2006.38.263
Date:Circa 1920