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Watercolor by Marian Gardineer showing a map of Seattle and the real estate enterprises of R.C. Erskine, 1929
R.C. Erskine was a prominent local businessman who started in real estate in Seattle in 1903. In 1929, Erskine moved his offices into the newly completed Northern Life Tower at 1218 Third Avenue. This map was made that same year, likely to display in his new office space. No information could be found on the artist, Marian Gardineer, but she…
ID Number:1972.5485
Date:1929
Pincushion shaped like miniature footstool, Standard Furniture Co. of Seattle, ca. 1900s
This pincushion advertised Standard Furniture Co., an early Seattle retailer of imported furniture that was part of the turn-of-the-century economic boom resulting from the Klondike Gold Rush. The enterprise constructed and opened a permanent high-rise on Second Avenue in 1908.
ID Number:1972.5567.65
Date:Circa 1890-1920
Squire Investment Company safe, ca. 1897
This safe, donated by the wife of Watson C. Squire, Governor of Washington Territory from 1884 - 1887, and Washington State Senator from 1889 - 1897, was used by Squire while he was President of the Seattle-based Union Trust Company and Squire Investment Company.
ID Number:1973.5537.2
Date:Circa 1897
Grillwork and molding from the lobby of the Seattle Hotel, then Victoria Hotel, ca. 1905
John Collins built the third Occidental Hotel in 1890, but by 1895, it was converted to an office building due to the economic depression at the time. The lobby became a commercial bank (Peoples Savings Bank) with Jacob Furth as President and Arthur Denny as Vice President. When the Klondike Gold Rush brought new visitors to the city, the building…
ID Number:1973.5604
Date:Circa 1905
Metal rabbet plane from Stanley Rule and Level Company, ca. 1890
This metal rabbet plane belonged to Frederick Augusta Philbrick who was a home contractor in Seattle from 1890 to the early 1900s.
ID Number:1973.5656.1
Date:Circa 1890
Shingles in cardboard box, Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing. Co., 1910-1958
The Seattle Cedar Lumber Manufacturing Co. operated from 1910 to 1958.
ID Number:1973.5738.1
Date:1910-1958
Chinese man's robe which belonged to Goon Dip, ca. 1890-1910
This robe belonged to Goon Dip (circa 1862-1933), one of the most influential Chinese people in the history of Washington state. He worked his way up from poverty to become a wealthy merchant and successful labor contractor who provided employment in the canneries for hundreds of Chinese immigrants. He served as China's honorary consul to Washington State and Alaska. He…
ID Number:1974.5914.10
Date:Circa 1890-1910
Book binding embossing drill press, 1860-1865
This large piece of machinery from Bayless Bindery in Seattle was used for embossing and indenting designs and lettering into leather book covers. Bayless Bindery, formerly Ward's Bindery, was first located on Spring Street in 1918 but moved to Wall Street in 1948, then to Ninth Ave North in 1962. The company grew to one hundred employees and moved to…
ID Number:1974.5991
Date:1860-1865
Printing plates on wood blocks made for Duncan & Sons Saddlery catalogs, 1907
Duncan & Sons Saddle Company was a saddle maker and repair company founded in Seattle in 1898 on Western Avenue and Marion Street. The business relocated several times before closing in 2007.
ID Number:1975.6019
Date:1907
Northern Radio Company Radio Telephone, model no. N529E/N620E, ca. 1965
This radiotelephone was built by Northern Radio Company, a Seattle business established in 1926. This communication equipment was widely used by various Alaskan salmon canneries, bush airlines, oil explorations and drilling during the 1960s and early 1970s. An advertisement for the Northern Radiotelephone states: "Versatility, clean uncluttered lines and genuinely rugged construction characterize the new N529 transmitter and N620 receiver.…
ID Number:1975.6036
Date:Circa 1965