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Souvenir fan from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) celebrating Japan Day, September 4, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held in Seattle in 1909. Various countries, states, and cities were celebrated on particular days during the run of the Exposition.
ID Number:1972.5545.1
Date:1909
Chemistry lab bottles used in an Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) display, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909. It publicized the development of the Pacific Northwest and positioned Seattle as a gateway to Alaska and the Pacific Rim. These jars were used to display examples of Alaskan wild flowers as part of an exhibition on the state's flora and natural resources.
ID Number:1972.5561
Date:1909
Painted ceramic Potlatch "Bug" souvenir, ca. 1911
This Potlatch “Bug” is a souvenir of the Golden Potlatch, a city-wide festival first held in July of 1911. It was organized by civic boosters who were hoping to capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. The organizers called themselves the Tilikums of Elttaes (Tilikum is "Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward). They were…
ID Number:1972.5567.46
Date:1911
Loving cup presented to N.H. Latimer of the AYPE Executive Committee, 1909
This loving cup was awarded to N.H. Latimer for his service on the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) Executive Committee. 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. It includes two ivory teeth from Alaska as handles, and the…
ID Number:1973.5652.1
Date:1909
Chinese man's robe which belonged to Goon Dip, ca. 1890-1910
This robe belonged to Goon Dip (circa 1862-1933), one of the most influential Chinese people in the history of Washington state. He worked his way up from poverty to become a wealthy merchant and successful labor contractor who provided employment in the canneries for hundreds of Chinese immigrants. He served as China's honorary consul to Washington State and Alaska. He…
ID Number:1974.5914.10
Date:Circa 1890-1910
Igorot spear from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) replica village, 1909
The Igorot (meaning "people of the mountains") are indigenous, Austronesian-speaking ethnic groups that live in the Cordillera Mountains of Northern Luzon, Philippines. A group of Igorot people lived in a village on the Pay Streak at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), held in Seattle in 1909. During the 1899 Philippine-American War, the Igorot were allied first with the independence fighters and…
ID Number:1974.5919.118
Date:1909
Photograph of President Warren Harding posing for World War I veterans at Cushman Hospital by Seattle photographer Martin A. Grady, 1923
President Harding went on a tour of the western states arriving in Tacoma on July 3, 1923. He visited the WWI veterans at Cushman Hospital which was originally the Puyallup Indian School established in 1860, then renamed the Cushman Indian School in 1910, and then became the hospital in 1918. On July 5, Harding sailed to Alaska, returning to Seattle…
ID Number:1974.5977.9
Date:1923
Northern Radio Company Radio Telephone, model no. N529E/N620E, ca. 1965
This radiotelephone was built by Northern Radio Company, a Seattle business established in 1926. This communication equipment was widely used by various Alaskan salmon canneries, bush airlines, oil explorations and drilling during the 1960s and early 1970s. An advertisement for the Northern Radiotelephone states: "Versatility, clean uncluttered lines and genuinely rugged construction characterize the new N529 transmitter and N620 receiver.…
ID Number:1975.6036
Date:Circa 1965
Model made circa 1950-1970 of cannery tender, M.S. Captain Bing
The donor of this ship model, John Tenneson, owned and operated the Superior Packing Company plant in Tenakee, Alaska, with the home port based in Seattle, Washington. Superior Packing Company was in operation from 1916 into the 1960s, canning and distributing salmon, crab, and shrimp under the Captain Bing brand. The M.S. Bing was one of the company's vessels and…
ID Number:1975.6066.1
Date:Circa 1950-1970
Souvenir box from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909
This souvenir box was made by "Huntley and Palmers Biscuits" in Reading and London, England. It originally held English biscuits.
ID Number:1975.6135
Date:1909