120 results for: Clubs and Organizations
Pike Place Public Market Crafts Permit pin, 1975-1976
The Pike Place Market is one of the oldest continuously operated farmers' markets in the United States. Local farmers, craftspeople and merchants have travelled to the market and set up shop for over one hundred years. Permits like this one were issued to vendors at the Market.
ID Number:2021.20.7
Date:1975-1976
Seattle Vegetarian Society pin, ca. 1970s
Pin for the Seattle Vegetarian Society promoting health and humanity.
ID Number:2021.20.10
Date:Circa 1970
Three-piece ensemble from Chamberlin’s Handwovens, 1950s
The Washington Training Center for the Blind was started in 1939 and one of their key programs involved weaving. Students were trained to weave fabrics and then were employed through the center. An affiliated nonprofit called Handcrest distributed and sold goods, but other businesses sourced fabrics and employed craftspeople through the training center. One such was Chamberlin’s Handwovens which opened…
ID Number:2022.40.1
Date:Circa 1950
Court uniform with sash and pins, worn by Paul Bigley, ca. 1980s-2010s
This uniform belonged to Paul Bigley who was active with the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and Rainier Empire, an LGBTQ+ organization which raises money for charity, organizes a series of galas and formal balls, and annually selects a royal court to preside over the events. Bigley reigned as Emperor Rainier XI in 1986. The uniform was used for court…
ID Number:2022.42.1
Date:Circa 1980-2010
Red royal orb "Rainier 15," owned by Paul Bigley, ca. 1980s-2010s
This item belonged to Paul Bigley who was active with the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and Rainier Empire, an LGBTQ+ organization which raises money for charity, organizes a series of galas and formal balls, and annually selects a royal court to preside over the events. It is part of International Imperial Court System, founded in San Francisco in 1965,…
ID Number:2022.42.3
Date:Circa 1980-2010
Wallet and coins that once belonged to Morgan James Carkeek, ca. 1866
According to a note in this wallet written by his daughter, Guendolen Carkeek Pleetscheeff, Morgan James Carkeek arrived in the United States at 19 years of age with just a few coins and "high hopes." An 1866 six pence and circa 1880 Japanese Rin were the two coins found in the wallet. Morgan Carkeek (1852-1926), a stone mason originally from…
ID Number:2023.39.1.1
Date:Circa 1866
Chair from the house of the Hoo-Hoo lumberman fraternal organization, 1909
The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo is a fraternal and service organization whose members are involved in the forests products industry. This chair is from the Hoo-Hoo House that was built for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. The organization's mascot is the black cat and this feline image is stamped into the chair. The AYPE building was designed for the…
ID Number:2024.24.1
Date:1909
Chair from the house of the Hoo-Hoo lumberman fraternal organization, 1909
The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo is a fraternal and service organization whose members are involved in the forests products industry. This chair is from the Hoo-Hoo House that was built for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. The organization's mascot is the black cat and this feline image is stamped into the chair. The AYPE building was designed for the…
ID Number:2024.24.2
Date:1909
Door from John "Doc" Hamilton's speakeasy in Seattle, ca. 1920s
John Henry "Doc" Hamilton (1891-1942) moved from Mississippi to Seattle around 1914 at the age of 23. He served in WWI in the 92nd infantry division in France and returned to Seattle after the war ended. When the Prohibition Act took effect in 1920, Hamilton opened his first speakeasy in his home on E. Union Street. Seattle police shut it…
ID Number:2024.27.1
Date:Circa 1920-1930
Swing from the Chong Wa Benevolent Association Chinese school playground, 1929
Established in 1892, the Chong Wa Benevolent Association was originally created to aid Chinese Americans with housing, employment, and to mediate disputes in the community. The Association constructed a building in 1929 at the corner of Seventh Avenue South and Weller Street to carry out these activities and house a school for Chinese American children. Today, it serves as a…
ID Number:2025.10.1
Date:1929