146 results for: Textiles
Seattle Sounders Football Club (FC) scarf, from their inaugural season in MLS, 2009
The Seattle Sounders formed as a North American Soccer League (NASL) team in 1974, and joined Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2009. As of 2023, the team has won two MLS Cup championships, four US Open Cups, and one CONCACAF championship (Confederation of North, Central America, and Carribean Association Football).
ID Number:2011.42.1
Date:2009
Souvenir handkerchief showing I-90 floating bridge, 1940s-1950s
The presence of the Kalakala (retired in 1967) and the absence of the Space Needle (completed in 1962) implies that this souvenir handkerchief showing I-90 floating bridge and other local attractions, was made in the 1940s-1950s.
ID Number:2012.8.1
Date:Circa 1940-1950
John Doyle Bishop signature gray scarf, ca. 1968
Influential Seattle retailer John Doyle Bishop (1913-1980) sold high-end womenswear at his store at 5th and Union. In the late 1960s, he designed a line of silk scarves that featured a chicken wire pattern and his signature in the lower corner. The chicken wire design was a reference to his upbringing in Idaho on a chicken farm. The scarves were…
ID Number:2013.5.1
Date:Circa 1968
Seahawks 12th Man Towel, souvenir from the Seahawks NFC Championship Game, 2014
This towel is a souvenir distributed at the Seattle Seahawks 2014 NFC championship game.
ID Number:2014.12.3
Date:2014
Seattle Reign Football Club (FC) women's soccer team scarf, ca. 2012
The Seattle Reign was established in 2012, as one of eight inaugural members of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
ID Number:2014.53.2
Date:Circa 2012
Official ribbon armband for the Silver Skis Open on Mount Rainier, 1947
The Silver Skis is one of the classic races in Northwest ski history that started in 1934. It was an epic downhill race from Camp Muir at 10,000 feet on the side of Mount Rainier, down to Paradise at 5,400 feet. There was a mass start and the first one to the finish line was the winner. The races were…
ID Number:2014.60.2
Date:1947
Souvenir hand towel, "We Are 12," from Super Bowl XLIX, Seattle Seahawks vs. the New England Patriots, in Arizona, on Feb. 1, 2015
In 2015, the Seattle Seahawks went to the Superbowl for the second consecutive year after winning against the Denver Broncos the previous year. This towel was given to fans at the game in Glendale, Arizona. Unfortunately they were unable to defend their title and lost to the New England Patriots 28-24.
ID Number:2015.22.4
Date:2015
Green hair wig, souvenir from Super Bowl XLIX, Seattle Seahawks vs. the New England Patriots, in Arizona, on Feb. 1, 2015
The Seattle Seahawks made their second consecutive appearance at the Super Bowl in February 2015 but were defeated by the New England Patriots 28-24.
ID Number:2015.22.RefWig
Date:2015
Panel of "Evergreen State" printed cotton fabric designed by Chandler O'Leary and sold at Pacific Fabrics & Crafts, 2015
This printed cotton fabric features a design by local artist Chandler O'Leary and includes illustrations of iconic Pacific Northwest objects like the Space Needle, Sasquatch, trees, Mount Rainier, an orca, a ferry, an umbrella, Rainier cherries, and more. The fabric was made and sold by local fabric store Pacific Fabrics & Crafts.
ID Number:2015.39.2
Date:2015
Pennant from "The Prom You Never Went To," 1988
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the local LGBTQ community. "The Prom You Never Went To" was first held in 1983 and became an institution in the local gay and lesbian…
ID Number:2016.10.11
Date:1988