138 results for: Maritime
Book, "Stevedore" © 1948 by Reed Fulton with illustrations by Richard Bennett
A stevedore is someone who works on the docks to load and unload cargo from ships. This author of this book, Reed Fulton, was a Seattle high school principal, and he had Richard Bennett illustrate his work. Richard Bennett (1899-1971) was a nationally known printmaker, illustrator, and painter. He was born in Ireland but grew up just outside Seattle in…
ID Number:2006.38.358
Date:1948
Print of illustration of workers on the Seattle waterfront, from the book "Stevedore" © 1948 by Reed Fulton with illustrations by Richard Bennett
A stevedore is someone who works on the docks to load and unload cargo from ships. This author of this book, Reed Fulton, was a Seattle high school principal, and he had Richard Bennett illustrate his work. Richard Bennett (1899-1971) was a nationally known printmaker, illustrator, and painter. He was born in Ireland but grew up just outside Seattle in…
ID Number:2006.38.403.152
Date:1948
Print, "The Battle of Seattle, January 26, 1856" and featuring the USS Decatur, by Mark Myers, 1987
This colored print features the USS Decatur which was an armed vessel anchored in Elliott Bay during the "Battle of Seattle" that took place on January 26, 1856. On this day, the native peoples in the area attacked the newly arrived white settlers who took refuge in the blockhouse or on the Decatur which proceeded to fire shells toward land.…
ID Number:2006.60.1
Date:1987
Child's "Dominion Monarch" T-shirt from the Century 21 Exposition, 1962
The ship the Dominion Monarch was commissioned in 1939 and worked the UK to Australia route via the Suez Canal. After only six months of that route she was drafted and repainted for use as a WWII troop transport. Later she became a "diaper ship," carrying military wives and families home. After the war she worked again as a liner…
ID Number:2009.22.5
Date:1962
Watercolor painting by Julius Ullman, "Puget Sound Shacks," 1934
Julius Ullman (1863-1952) was a Seattle artist known for watercolor paintings and murals. Ullman painted for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), then for the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) in 1933-1934 when he completed this work. It was installed at the US Public Health Services Hospital, or Pacific Marine Hospital, in Seattle.
ID Number:2009.40.2
Date:1934
Original sidewalk sign from first Starbucks shop once located at 2000 Western Avenue in Seattle, 1971
This hand-painted sidewalk sign advertised the first Starbucks coffee shop which opened in Seattle, Washington, on March 31, 1971, by three partners: Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin, and Zev Siegl. The first shop was located at 2000 Western Ave, before it was later moved to what is today considered to be the flagship store in Pike Place Market. This sign was…
ID Number:2009.47.1
Date:1971
Gavel made from wood of the Captain Robert Gray "Lone Tree" at Grays Harbor, Washington, ca. 1934
Captain Robert Gray was the first non-Native American to enter the Columbia River and Grays Harbor in 1792, both of which he named. Gray used the "Lone Tree," a tall Coastal Spruce located at the entrance of Grays Harbor as a navigational landmark upon his arrival.
ID Number:2009.94.2
Date:Circa 1934
Starbucks Coffee sign with green-and-black mermaid logo, "We Proudly Serve," ca. 1990
The first Starbucks Coffee opened in Seattle, Washington, on March 31, 1971, by three partners: Gordon Bowker, Jerry Baldwin, and Zev Siegl. The moniker, "Starbucks," comes from the name of the first mate in the Herman Melville novel, "Moby Dick," and the logo, a twin-tailed siren, is representative of Seattle's maritime heritage. The first Starbucks store was located in Seattle…
ID Number:2010.1.100
Date:1990
Model of a Boeing-made USS High Point (PCH1) hydrofoil, ca. 1962
The USS High Point (PSCH1) was a patrol craft of the United States Navy, built in conjunction with Boeing in Seattle.
ID Number:2010.1.277
Date:Circa 1962
Ship's barometer that belonged to Captain William Renton, ca. 1840
William Renton (1818-1891) was born in Nova Scotia and moved to Philadelphia as a young man. He first captained a ship in the 1840s and, over the years, purchased interests in ships that carried a variety of cargoes, including lumber, to various ports around the world. In 1850, Captain Renton and his family sailed on his first new brig the…
ID Number:2010.91.1
Date:Circa 1840