146 results for: Textiles
Souvenir rally towel from the inaugural season opening night home game of the Seattle Sea Dragons (formerly Seattle Dragons) XFL football team, 2020
The Seattle Sea Dragons (formerly the Seattle Dragons), established in 2019, was an XFL football team franchise based in Seattle. The XFL was a professional American football league that featured simplified rules for a faster pace game, and drew players from former college teams and the NFL. This bright orange rally towel commemorates the Seattle Sea Dragons inaugural home game…
ID Number:2022.4.2
Date:2020
Prop towel from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, used by Hera Hoffer/Jinkx Monsoon, 2013
This prop towel is from the 2013 production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Moore Theatre. Lead character Hedwig Robinson wipes sweat from her face and then reveals an imprint of her makeup on the towel. The faux imprint effect was created by production designer Jennifer Zeyl. Playing Hedwig was Hera Hoffer, better known by her stage name…
ID Number:2022.20.1
Date:2013
Seattle World's Fair pennant, 1962
The MOHAI collection contains a wide range of souvenirs from Seattle’s 1962 World's Fair, also known as the Century 21 Exposition. The donor of this pennant purchased it at the fair as a child. She was living in Sacramento at the time, and her family drove up and camped in Kent to visit the Exposition.
ID Number:2022.44.1
Date:1962
International News cotton tote, ca. 1989
International News was a Seattle-based brand, founded in 1983 by brothers Raj and Akhil Shah and Mike Alesko. It was known for bold, screen-printed graphics, often featuring the “International News” branded text. The donor of this bag bought it around 1989 from Zebraclub, the retail store on 1st Avenue owned by the International News team and used as a “laboratory”…
ID Number:2023.26.1
Date:Circa 1989
Earth Day patch, 1980
Earth Day is an annual event held on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. This patch which states, "Remember when sex was dirty and air was clean," brings a humorous approach to the seriousness of the situation.
ID Number:2024.48.8
Date:1980
Patch, Earth Day flag, 1980
Earth Day is an annual event held on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection.This flag patch features the ecology symbol which was designed in 1969 by Ron Cobb and incorporated into the Earth Day flag in 1970. To create the symbol, Cobb fused the letter 'e' for environment with the letter 'o' for organism to form a shape…
ID Number:2024.48.9
Date:1980
Seattle Pride bandana, Elysian Brewing branded, ca. 2010s
This is a souvenir bandana for Pride which was distributed by Elysian Brewing. Elysian is a Seattle-based brewery which was founded in 1995.
ID Number:2024.48.RefBandana1
Date:Circa 2015
BECU branded “Proud Ally” bandana, ca. 2018-2024
This is a souvenir bandana for Pride which was distributed by BECU. The design of this bandana is a derivation on the Progress Pride flag, which combines the original rainbow flag with the colors of the Trans Pride flag (light blue, pink, and white) and brown and black stripes representing People of Color. BECU originally stood for Boeing Employee Credit…
ID Number:2024.48.RefBandana2
Date:2018-2024
Small Pride flag, Puget Sound Energy branded, ca. 2018-2024
This is a souvenir Pride flag distributed by Puget Sound Energy. The flag is known specifically as the Progress Pride flag, which combines the original rainbow flag with the colors of the Trans Pride flag (light blue, pink, and white) and brown and black stripes representing People of Color.
ID Number:2024.48.RefPrideFlag
Date:2018-2024
Seattle Storm WNBA Champs towel, 2010
The Seattle Storm is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team founded in 2000. This towel is from the second of their four Championship wins. They also won in 2004, 2018, and 2020.
ID Number:2024.48.RefTowel
Date:2010