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Image of Trade bead necklace from Pacific Northwest Native community, ca. 1910

Trade bead necklace from Pacific Northwest Native community, ca. 1910

This necklace was collected by Aubrey Archer in the early part of the 20th century. His father, Finch R. Archer, was the Alotting Agent for the Quinault, Queets, and Hoh tribes from 1906 to 1912. He was in charge of alotting these government land to these tribes. Aubrey worked with his father during school vacations.
ID Number:1970.4971.3a
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Trade bead necklace, ca. 1910

Trade bead necklace, ca. 1910

This necklace was collected by Aubrey Archer in the early part of the 20th century. His father, Finch R. Archer, was the Alotting Agent for the Quinault, Queets, and Hoh tribes from 1906 to 1912. He was in charge of alotting these government land to these tribes. Aubrey worked with his father during school vacations.
ID Number:1970.4971.3d
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Watercolor portrait of Mary Folger Brown by unknown artist, ca. 1833

Watercolor portrait of Mary Folger Brown by unknown artist, ca. 1833

The subject of this portrait, Mary F. Brown, was the niece of Captain Isaiah Folger of the schooner EXACT which brought the Denny party to Seattle. Mary's great uncle was Mayhew Folger, captain of the brigantine TOPAZ, and who rediscovered the Pitcairn Islands in 1808 where one of the HMS BOUNTY mutineers was still living. This portrait was painted on…
ID Number:1971.5127.1
Date:1833
Image of Drawing by Emily Inez Denny entitled,

Drawing by Emily Inez Denny entitled, "Chief Seattle shaking hands with D.T. Denny at site of West Seattle, Sept. 25, '51"

The daughter of one of Seattle’s founding families Emily Inez Denny (1853 – 1918) was both a painter and writer. Greatly influenced by seeing the drawings of Sarah Willoughby as a student at the Washington Territorial University, she took on painting as a life-long pursuit. Emily’s father was David Denny, who is depicted in this drawing, and one of the…
ID Number:1971.5139.44
Date:1870-1900
Image of Child's rocking chair, 1870-1890

Child's rocking chair, 1870-1890

Anna Berggren Clinton, born in Seattle in 1889, was given this chair when she was 11 years old. Her parents, Rudolph and Anna Berggren, came to Seattle before the Great Fire and settled in the Queen Anne neighborhood. Anna Clinton was told by her mother that Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) often sat in the doorway of their Queen Anne home, drinking…
ID Number:1971.5249.1
Date:1870-1890
Image of Trade bead necklaces, ca. 1850

Trade bead necklaces, ca. 1850

Strings of beads and dentalium were often used for trade or sale between the Native community and the early European settlers.
ID Number:1971.5263.69
Date:Circa 1850
Image of Brown velvet and tan straw hat, 1889

Brown velvet and tan straw hat, 1889

This hat belonged to Mrs. Edwin Bowden, daughter of William Henry Burt. The Burt family arrived in Walla Walla, Washington, from San Francisco in 1862. Mrs. Bowden moved to Seattle when she married in 1882 and died in 1952.
ID Number:1972.5374.55M623
Date:1889
Image of Travel trunk, ca. 1860

Travel trunk, ca. 1860

Angie E. Burt (Mrs. Edwin Bowden) owned this trunk and she may have used it when she traveled to Walla Walla from San Francisco in 1865, then to Seattle in 1882. A tag on the trunk is from Lowman & Hanford Company. Lowman & Hanford was a printing and retail stationery business operating in the Pioneer Square area of Seattle…
ID Number:1972.5374.61
Date:Circa 1860
Image of Wooten patent secretary desk, owned by Territorial Governor Watson C. Squire, ca. 1876

Wooten patent secretary desk, owned by Territorial Governor Watson C. Squire, ca. 1876

Watson C. Squire (1838 - 1926) was the twelfth governor of Washington Territory from 1884 - 1887 and United States Senator from the state of Washington from 1889 - 1897. He used this desk all during his political life. The Wooten desk is highly valued for its complicated and intricate work. There are over a hundred features including carved elements,…
ID Number:1973.5537.1
Date:1876-1880
Image of Black leather wallet, ca. 1890s

Black leather wallet, ca. 1890s

This men's wallet, a souvenir from the Hotel Arlington in Seattle, belonged to Leonard Reinig, a German immigrant who was a bakery and grocery store owner in Seattle in the 1870s-1880s.
ID Number:1973.5609.2
Date:Circa 1890
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