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Operating nephelometer used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) for work on Arctic Haze studies, 1970s
This device was one of the first operational nephelometers designed by Dr. Robert Charlson (1936-2021) at the University of Washington and used by NOAA for work on Arctic Haze studies in the 1970s. The nephelometer measured the spatial distribution of smog and haze from human activity and would be attached to an airplane to capture data in flight. Robert Charlson…
ID Number:2020.22.1
Date:Circa 1970
Long light blue dress, ca. 1960s-1970s
Stanley A. Hostek (1918-2014) was a prominent and influential tailor in Seattle. In addition to owning his own custom tailoring business, he taught tailoring at Edison Technical School (now Seattle Community College) and authored a series of instructional tailoring books in the 1970s. He made this dress for his wife Dorothy Hostek.
ID Number:2020.24.7
Date:Circa 1960-1970
Tailor's scissors used by Stanley Hostek, ca. 1950s-1990s
Stanley A. Hostek (1918-2014) was a prominent and influential tailor in Seattle. In addition to owning his own custom tailoring business, he taught tailoring at Edison Technical School (now Seattle Community College) and authored a series of instructional tailoring books in the 1970s.
ID Number:2020.24.10
Date:Circa 1950-1990
Square grand Hallett & Allen piano, ca. 1847-1850
This piano was owned by Antoinette Josephine Baker, an original Mercer Girl who arrived in Seattle in 1864 at the age of 26 to teach at the newly established Territorial University. The Mercer Girls was the name given to the group of women recruited by Asa Mercer to journey to Seattle where there were a plethora of men but very…
ID Number:2020.37.1
Date:Circa 1847-1850
Pin, "It's Great to be a Husky in the Rose Bowl," ca. 1970s-1980s
From 1924 to 2019, the University of Washington Huskies football team played at the Rose Bowl fifteen times, winning seven of those games.
ID Number:2021.20.RefUWpin
Date:Circa 1970-1980
University of Washington basketball, 1896
The University of Washington had their first season of men's basketball in 1896 which consisted of just two games. The UW lost to the Seattle Athletic Club 2-3 in overtime, but beat the Seattle Y.M.C.A. (score not recorded). Basketball was invented in 1891, and these early games did not have high scoring results. The ball was thrown into a fruit…
ID Number:2021.65.1
Date:1896
Watercolor painting by Olive Malstrom Carl, ca. 1940-1960
The artist of this painting is Olive Malstrom Carl (1903-1988) who was born and raised in Tacoma. In 1916, she moved to Seattle where she attended the Seattle Schoool of Art and studied at the Seattle Art Museum. She lived with her family in the Queen Anne neighborhood and, in 1935, she opened the Olive Carl School of Art which…
ID Number:2022.23.1
Date:Circa 1940-1960
Blanchet High School football jersey #96, 1995
Casey McNerthney was issued this football jersey as a freshman at Bishop Blanchet High School in 1995. The freshmen jerseys that year had been varsity jerseys from the previous year, so they felt imbued with a sense of importance for the new players. It was also the last year that Blanchet put “Braves” on the football jerseys. In the early…
ID Number:2022.28.1
Date:Circa 1995
Three-piece ensemble from Chamberlin’s Handwovens, 1950s
The Washington Training Center for the Blind was started in 1939 and one of their key programs involved weaving. Students were trained to weave fabrics and then were employed through the center. An affiliated nonprofit called Handcrest distributed and sold goods, but other businesses sourced fabrics and employed craftspeople through the training center. One such was Chamberlin’s Handwovens which opened…
ID Number:2022.40.1
Date:Circa 1950
Abstract wooden sculpture made by Everett DuPen, ca. 1950-2000
This abstract wooden sculpture is the work of Everett DuPen (1912 – 2005). He was best known for figurative pieces created in a wide variety of materials, including terra cotta, stone, wood, and bronze. DuPen was a member of the UW Art Faculty for 38 years, and was a friend and mentor to his many students including glass artist Dale…
ID Number:2022.DuPen.2
Date:Circa 1950-2000