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Porthole-shaped window from the Seattle ferry, Kalakala, ca. 1935
The stream-lined, Art Deco designed state ferry Kalakala was an iconic fixture for Seattle. It plied the local waters from 1930s to 1960s. After many failed attempts to restore the ferry, it was demolished in 2015.
ID Number:2015.28.2
Date:Circa 1935
Shoelaces, political advertisement for Patty Murray, "The Mom in Tennis Shoes", 1998
Patty Murray ran for re-election to the US Senate for Washington state in 1998. She ran under the image of a "Mom in Tennis Shoes". Throughout her tenure in the Senate, Murray has been a strong proponent for education and children's issues, and has become a national leader on budget, transportation, ecomonic development, health care, women's health, and veterans' issues.
ID Number:2015.73.16
Date:1998
Central control panel from "Bertha," the Seattle Tunnel Boring Machine, ca. 2012
The Seattle Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), nicknamed "Bertha" after the city's first female mayor Bertha Knight Landes, was the largest TBM ever built at the time in 2012. For over 4 years, Bertha dug a nearly 2-mile long tunnel along the city's waterfront, completing it's underground journey in 2019. The control panel was the heart of the machine where the…
ID Number:2017.42.1.1
Date:Circa 2012
Additional cabinet for the central control panel from "Bertha," the Seattle Tunnel Boring Machine, ca. 2012
The Seattle Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), nicknamed "Bertha" after the city's first female mayor Bertha Knight Landes, was the largest TBM ever built at the time in 2012. For over 4 years, Bertha dug a nearly 2-mile long tunnel along the city's waterfront, completing it's underground journey in 2019. The control panel was the heart of the machine where the…
ID Number:2017.42.1.2
Date:Circa 2012
Cutter bit or tooth from the cutter head of the Seattle Tunnel Boring Machine, ca. 2012
The Seattle Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), nicknamed "Bertha" after the city's first female mayor Bertha Knight Landes, was the largest TBM ever built at the time in 2012. For over 4 years, Bertha dug a nearly 2-mile long tunnel along the city's waterfront, completing it's underground journey in 2019. Bertha's cutter head consisted of eight 24-foot long spokes, and along…
ID Number:2017.42.3.1
Date:Circa 2012
Japanese & English computer keyboard and mouse associated with the Seattle Tunnel Boring Machine computer mainframe, ca. 2012
The Seattle Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), nicknamed "Bertha" after the city's first female mayor Bertha Knight Landes, was the largest TBM ever built at the time. It was made by Hitachi Zosen Sakai Works in Osaka, Japan, and assembly completed in Seattle in 2013. For over four years, Bertha dug a nearly two-mile long tunnel along the city's waterfront, completing…
ID Number:2017.42.Ref.Keyboard
Date:Circa 2012
Picket sign, "Rebuild Viaduct, No Tunnel," ca. 2007
Although everyone agreed that the aging Alaskan Way Viaduct needed to be torn down, not everyone supported the Seattle Tunnel Boring project. There was a large contingent of people who wanted to rebuild the Alaskan Way Viaduct, led by the Citizens for an Elevated Solution. In 2007, a vote of preference was put before the citizens of Seattle and King…
ID Number:2017.64.1
Date:Circa 2007
Pin, "I (heart) the tunnel," ca. 2007
The Seattle Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), nicknamed "Bertha" after the city's first female mayor Bertha Knight Landes, was the largest TBM ever built at the time in 2012. For over 4 years, Bertha dug a nearly 2-mile long tunnel along the city's waterfront, completing it's underground journey in 2019. This pin was worn by a supporter of the tunnel project…
ID Number:2017.64.2
Date:Circa 2007
West Coast Airlines ditty bag, ca. 1958-1959
The owner of this ditty bag was a public relations assistant for West Coast Airlines, a local service airline that was headquartered at Boeing Field from 1941 to 1968.
ID Number:2018.52.1
Date:Circa 1958-1959
Campaign button, "Aubrey Davis," ca. 1970s
Aubrey Davis (1917-2013) was a Mercer Island mayor for two terms starting in 1970. He was a public transportation and health care advocate, politician, environmentalist, and businessman.
ID Number:2019.40.1
Date:Circa 1970