154 results for: Transportation
Transportation token, "Pacific Gas and Electric Co.," 1920s-1930s
This token was exchanged for transportation fare. Tokens such as these were commonly used in Washington during the Depression Era.
ID Number:1998.51.18
Date:Circa 1920-1930
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
Bicycle repair tool kit, ca. 1970-1990
Marjorie Grove, the donor of this bicycle repair kit with handmade tool roll, rode through the British Isles, Austria, and Germany, as well as all around Seattle's roadways on a 1949 BSA English touring bicycle.
ID Number:2003.27.2
Date:Circa 1970-1990
Great Northern Railway sign, ca. 1936
The Great Northern Railway (reporting mark GN) ran from Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington, and was developed from the Saint Paul & Pacific Railroad. It was the northernmost transcontinental railroad route in the United States. No federal subsidies were used during its construction, making it the only privately funded, and successfully built, transcontinental railroad in US history.
ID Number:2003.33.1
Date:Circa 1936
Lincoln Towing "Pink Toe" tow truck, 1968
No vehicle was more recognizable in late 20th century Seattle than Lincoln Towing's Pink Toe Truck. Inspired by an offhand remark from a forgotten salesman who visited company owner Ed Lincoln, the Toe was built by Ed Ellison from an old VW bus chassis and the toes were sculpted by Joane C. McInnis. The rolling pink foot made its debut…
ID Number:2004.54.1
Date:1968
Horse bridle, worn by "Casey" the horse for the Seattle Water Department, ca. 1890-1900
The city's first municipal Water Department was established in 1890. "Casey" pulled the wagon for the Seattle Water Department around 1900.
ID Number:2005.59.2
Date:Circa 1890-1900
Dodge Challenger drag racing car driven by champion racer, Al Young, 1974-2003
Al Young (1946-2022) was a Chinese American Seattle history enthusiast. He worked for the Seattle School District for 35 years as a history teacher and taught auto maintenance to many students. During the 1970s and 1980s, Al spent his weekends traveling to various tracks in the Pacific Northwest and around the United States and competitively race this souped-up Dodge Challenger.…
ID Number:2007.66.1
Date:1970
Fiberglass kayak designed and used by Wolf Bauer, 1962
Wolf Bauer logged 3,000 miles on this kayak during the time he lived on Vashon Island from 1985-2000, and this was the original kayak that started the Washington Kayak Club in 1962. The kayak's fabrication was innovative and unprecedented in its time and it was designed to be used in both river and sea kayaking. Born in 1912, Bauer came…
ID Number:2009.13.1
Date:1962
1923 Ford Model TT, UPS Delivery Truck, restored in 1995
In 1907, Seattle teens Jim Casey and Claude Ryan started a messenger service with $100 and a bike. Merging with a competitor, they switched to trucks and - in 1919 - expanded beyond Seattle to Oakland, becoming the United Parcel Service (UPS). Those first trucks are long gone, but this vintage Ford Model T restored by expert Ron Ferguson shows…
ID Number:2009.UPStruck
Date:1923