120 results for: Puget Sound
Brass bell and mallet made in honor of Bob Meyer, a leader in the Puget Sound farmers markets community, 1938-2002
Bob Meyer was a revered member of the Puget Sound region farmers markets community. He served on the board of Tilth Producers of Washington and was board president of the Olympia Farmers Market. Meyer sold his produce at farmers markets throughout the Thurston, Pierce, and King counties. This bell was made in his honor at the time of his death…
ID Number:2017.60.1
Date:2002
Lowman & Hanford drafting set, 1910
The Lowman & Hanford Company, established around 1885, was a printing company and retail stationery business operating in Seattle's Pioneer Square. This drafting kit, sold by Lowman & Hanford and owned by Percy Kendall, was a cherished item for Percy's granddaughter Barbara Elizabeth "Liz" Kendall. Percy Kendall (1891-1940) received his engineering degree from the University of Washington and followed his…
ID Number:2019.36.1
Date:1910
Button pin, "I (heart) Transit," ca. 1990s
This button promotes the public transit systems in the Puget Sound region including King County Metro, established in 1973, and Sound Transit, established in 1993.
ID Number:2019.40.15
Date:Circa 1990-2000
Extra-long handled shovel, or "spade," used for digging power pole holes, ca. 1910s-1940s
This type of long-handled shovel was used prior to electric augurs or hole digging machines. A crew of ten to twelve men would work together to dig power pole holes using a "spade, spoon, and bar," which consisted of a pointed shovel (spade), round shovel (spoon), and steel bar. These extra-long tools may have been used by predecessors of Joe…
ID Number:2019.68.1
Date:Circa 1910-1940
Extra-long handled shovel, or "spoon," used for digging power pole holes, ca. 1910s-1940s
This type of long-handled shovel was used prior to electric augurs or hole digging machines. A crew of ten to twelve men would work together to dig power pole holes using a "spade, spoon, and bar," which consisted of a pointed shovel (spade), round shovel (spoon), and steel bar. These extra-long tools may have been used by predecessors of Joe…
ID Number:2019.68.2
Date:Circa 1910-1940
Long steel bar used for digging power pole holes, ca. 1910s-1940s
This steel bar was used along with shovels to dig power pole holes prior to electric augurs or hole digging machines. A crew of ten to twelve men would work together to dig power pole holes using a "spade, spoon, and bar," which consisted of a pointed shovel (spade), round shovel (spoon), and steel bar. These extra-long tools may have…
ID Number:2019.68.3
Date:Circa 1910-1940
Small Pride flag, Puget Sound Energy branded, ca. 2018-2024
This is a souvenir Pride flag distributed by Puget Sound Energy. The flag is known specifically as the Progress Pride flag, which combines the original rainbow flag with the colors of the Trans Pride flag (light blue, pink, and white) and brown and black stripes representing People of Color.
ID Number:2024.48.RefPrideFlag
Date:2018-2024
Azimuth circle from the logging schooner Wawona, 1929
The three-masted schooner Wawona sailed from 1897 to 1947 as a lumber carrier and fishing vessel based in Puget Sound. An azimuth circle fits over a ship's compass and is used for celestial navigation. This device, made by Ritchie & Sons for the Sperry gyroscope, was installed in the Wawona in 1929 by J. E. Trafton and his sons, Elsworth…
ID Number:2025.21.1
Date:1929
Puget Sound Freight Lines jacket, worn by Tom Kitano, 1990s
This jacket belonged to Tom Takashi Kitano (1929-2019) who worked as a controller for Puget Sound Freight Lines. Kitano began working at Puget Sound Freight after he graduated from the University of Washington. Except for the two years when he was drafted into the United States Army as part of the 10th Mountain Division Artillery, Kitano spent his entire career…
ID Number:2025.36.1
Date:Circa 1994
Life ring from the ferry Kalakala, ca. 1930s
The Kalakala, in operation on Puget Sound from 1935-1967, was designed and built to be fast, to look "futuristic", to showcase revolutionary construction technologies, and to express a buoyant confidence in Seattle's irrepressible progress even in the depths of the Great Depression.
ID Number:2026.13.1
Date:Circa 1930-1940