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Bill Nye’s baseball scoring clipboard and radio, 1980s-1990s
Bill Nye (b. 1955) is widely known for his television show “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” his advocacy for science education, and his books about science for children and adults. Nye is also a baseball fan. In the 1980s and 1990s, while living in Seattle, Nye brought this clipboard to Mariners games to follow along with the scoring. Elastic bands…
ID Number:2024.39.Ref06
Date:Circa 1980-1999
Bag from the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic, 1989
Bill Nye (b. 1955) grew up in Washington D.C. and studied mechanical engineering at Cornell University. He moved to Seattle in the late 1970s to work for Boeing and later Sundstrand Data Control. While working as an engineer, he also became interested in standup and the local comedy scene. In the 1980s Nye worked as a writer and performer on…
ID Number:2024.39.Ref08
Date:1989
Child’s top hat worn for a performance at the Portola Theatre, 1919
Virgina Slate wore this top hat with a child-sized tuxedo to perform the “Cakewalk” with her sister Betty at the Portola Theatre in 1919. The “Cakewalk” was a dance that originated among enslaved people to mock the formal dances of high-society slaveholders. Not understanding the mockery, white performers then replicated the dance in minstrel shows. Virgina and Betty were white…
ID Number:2024.58.1
Date:1929
“Grateful Gourmet” T-shirt and bandana from Almost Live! TV show, 1993
This outfit was worn by Ed Wyatt on the Seattle television comedy show Almost Live! which aired from 1984 to 1999 on KING5 in Seattle. In its earliest years, Almost Live! was like a local version of the Tonight Show, but in 1989 the format changed to be a 30-minute sketch comedy show. Cast member Ed Wyatt was on Almost…
ID Number:2025.5.12.ONLINE
Date:1993
“Grateful Gourmet” Birkenstocks from Almost Live! TV show, 1993
These Birkenstock sandals were worn by Ed Wyatt on the Seattle television comedy show Almost Live! which aired from 1984 to 1999 on KING5 in Seattle. In its earliest years, Almost Live! was like a local version of the Tonight Show, but in 1989 the format changed to be a 30-minute sketch comedy show. Cast member Ed Wyatt was on…
ID Number:2025.5.3
Date:1993