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Navy Ferragamo shoes, early 1990s
The owner of these women's shoes worked at the President's Office at Seattle University. She wore out the back of the heel from driving a stick shift pickup. They were purchased at Seattle department store Nordstrom.
ID Number:2016.104.5
Date:Circa 1990-1995
Red, yellow, and black plaid pants, 1971
Seatle’s Lakeside School began as a boys-only institution in 1919, but in the fall of 1971 it became co-educational for the first time. Catherine A. "Willie" Pepper Milo wore this pair of bell-bottom plaid pants to her first day of 5th grade at Lakeside in 1971.
ID Number:2017.61.7
Date:1971
Pin, "Junior Safety Patrol", ca. 1950s
Kathleen Repass was part of the Seattle Public School District Junior Safety Patrol while attending elementary school in the 1950s. She expressed "real pride in being selected to be a member." She further stated that is was "unbelievable that they let ten and eleven year olds stop traffic on busy streets to allow children to cross. There was no adult…
ID Number:2017.63.1
Date:Circa 1950
Black dress ensemble, worn by Louise McKinney, 1961
Louise McKinney (1930-2012) was a Seattle educator, civil rights advocate, and business owner. She was also the wife of Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney, pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Louise McKinney wore this black silk outfit for an evening event with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he visited Seattle in 1961. King and Samuel McKinney had been classmates…
ID Number:2018.10.1
Date:Circa 1960
Floral patterned skirt suit, worn by Louise McKinney, 1961
Louise McKinney (1930-2012) was a Seattle educator, civil rights advocate, and business owner. She was also the wife of Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney, pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Louise McKinney wore this suit for an event with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he visited Seattle in 1961. King and Samuel McKinney had been classmates at Morehouse College,…
ID Number:2018.10.2
Date:1961
Highline College Nursing School uniform, 1964-1967
Marilyn Hale was part of Highline College's first class of nursing students, enrolling in 1964 and graduating in December of 1967. The uniform was made locally by the Arcadian Uniform Company.
ID Number:2019.14.4
Date:1964-1967
Mural, "Race of Man," by Kenneth Callahan, ca. 1930s
The mural "Race of Man" was originally displayed at the Sequim Public Library in the 1930s. Patrons objected and the mural was removed. The artist Kenneth Callahan (1905-1986) was one of the founders of the Northwest School of art in the mid-20th century. He was known for his bold forms and dramatic depictions of the human condition. MOHAI also holds…
ID Number:2019.59.1
Date:Circa 1930
Small Louis Vuitton bag, used as makeup case, 1990s-2010s
This bag belonged to Louise McKinney (1930-2012), educator, community activist, arts patron, and wife of Reverend Samuel B. McKinney of Mount Zion Baptist Church. She used it to carry makeup and would transfer it between whichever larger handbag she was using that day.
ID Number:2019.105.13
Date:1990-2010
Promotional software package containing a CD-ROM for "Piper: A VideoActive Adventure for Children of All Ages," by Splash Studios Inc., Redmond, Washington, 1996
This software package is part of a collection donated by Frank Catalano who was one of the first local broadcast journalists to cover the personal computer revolution in the 1980s. At that time, he created and hosted the weekly Northwest Computing show for KING-AM and, in the 1990s, tracked the tech industry with a long-running "Byte Me" column that first…
ID Number:2020.4.9
Date:1996
Prototype of a Multi-Wavelength Integrating Nephelometer, 1971, US Patent 3,563,661
This integrating nephelometer is part of a collection of prototypes of devices that were patented by the University of Washington from the 1960s into the 1980s that relate to climate and atmospheric monitoring and measurement. This prototype, co-invented by Professor Robert Charlson (1936-2021), was used in a 1969 experiment at CalTech that was referred to by the participants as "The…
ID Number:2020.11.2
Date:1971