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Image of Instructional model of first hydraulic cyclone built in the USA, ca. 1946

Instructional model of first hydraulic cyclone built in the USA, ca. 1946

The first hydraulic cyclone was built by Max R. Greer under the direction of Dr. H.F. Yancey soon after WWII at the Northwest Experiment Station (later Seattle Coal Research Laboratory), U.S. Bureau of Mines.
ID Number:2008.6.1
Date:Circa 1946
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Watercolor illustration, "The Men Cut Shakes," by Parker McAllister, 1948

Parker McAllister (1903 - 1970) was an artist who was most noted for his illustration work at the Seattle Times and on Lucile McDonald's Washington state history texts. This image appears on page 54 of "Washington's Yesterdays, Before There Was a Territory," published in 1953. He worked primarily in watercolor, but was a photographer as well. McAllister illustrated articles written…
ID Number:2008.63.1
Date:1948
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Washington Mutual "School Savings" promotional calculator, ca. 2005

WaMu was incorporated as the Washington National Buliding Loan and Investment Association on Sept 25, 1889, and grew to be the United States' largest savings and loan association until its infamous collapse in 2008. This promotional calculator advertises WaMu's School Savings program.
ID Number:2009.93.2
Date:Circa 2005
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Handblown glass sculpture, part of "Seaform" project, by Dale Chihuly, 1985

Local celebrity artist Dale Chihuly designed and inscribed this piece. Born in Tacoma in 1941, Chihuly opened the Pilchuck Glass School near Seattle in 1971. He began his "Seaform" project in 1980 at Pilchuck. In 1990, he purchased the historic Pocock Building at Lake Union for use as a studio, hotshop, and archives, remaming it "The Boathouse."
ID Number:2009.96.1
Date:1985
Image of Handblown glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly, 1987

Handblown glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly, 1987

Local celebrity artist Dale Chihuly designed and inscribed this piece. Born in Tacoma in 1941, Chihuly opened the Pilchuck Glass School near Seattle in 1971. He began his "Seaform" project in 1980 at Pilchuck. In 1990, he purchased the historic Pocock Building at Lake Union for use as a studio, hotshop, and archives, remaming it "The Boathouse."
ID Number:2009.96.2
Date:1987
Image of Handblown glass sculpture, part of

Handblown glass sculpture, part of "Seaform" project, by Dale Chihuly, 1993

Local celebrity artist Dale Chihuly designed and inscribed this piece. Born in Tacoma in 1941, Chihuly opened the Pilchuck Glass School near Seattle in 1971. He began his "Seaform" project in 1980 at Pilchuck. In 1990, he purchased the historic Pocock Building at Lake Union for use as a studio, hotshop, and archives, remaming it "The Boathouse."
ID Number:2009.96.3
Date:1993
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Framed artwork, "Venetian Drawing" by Dale Chihuly, 1990

Internationally-known glass artist, Dale Chihuly (b.1941) was born in Tacoma, Washington, and studied interior design at the University of Washington where he was first introduced to glass. After returning from working in the Venetian glass industry, he incorporated the team approach to blowing glass, and established the Pilchuck Glass School in Washington State in 1971. A car accident in the…
ID Number:2009.96.4
Date:1990
Image of Hanging sign for The Wet Whisker, ca. 1971

Hanging sign for The Wet Whisker, ca. 1971

To help fund his education in optometry, Jim Stewart opened his first store, the Wet Whisker, in 1968 in Coupeville on Whidbey Island, Washington. In the summer of 1969, he purchased his first 12-pound Royal Roaster from a peanut vendor on the beach in Southern California. By the end of the second summer, Jim had roasted and sold nearly 500…
ID Number:2010.1.99
Date:Circa 1971
Image of Lincoln High School pennant, ca. 1910

Lincoln High School pennant, ca. 1910

Lincoln High School was the second purpose-built public high school in Seattle. The first was Seattle High School, later renamed Broadway High School, which opened on Capitol Hill in 1902. Seattle High School was at capacity within a year. Lincoln High School in Wallingford was built in 1906 and opened to students in the fall of 1907. This pennant belonged…
ID Number:2010.79.1
Date:Circa 1908-1910
Image of West Seattle High School blue letterman sweater, 1973

West Seattle High School blue letterman sweater, 1973

This sweater belonged to Laurie Sleight Kleespies who lettered in multiple sports at West Seattle High School after the passage of Title IX in 1972. Title IX banned discrimination on the basis of sex in federally-funded educational institutions and included sports and recreational activities. Laurie was born and raised in West Seattle and grew up playing tennis with her brother.…
ID Number:2013.131.1
Date:1973
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