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Sign from formerly named Safeco Field extending a "thank you" to visitors of the ballpark, 1999
T-Mobile Park in Seattle is a retractable roof baseball park formerly sponsored by Safeco Insurance Company. At that time, the park was named Safeco Field. It is the home stadium of the Seattle Mariners baseball team and has a seating capacity of 47,929. The first game played in this park was on July 15, 1999. The naming rights for the…
ID Number:2019.102.RefThankYou
Date:1999
Red Goodwill Games T-shirt with text in Russian, 1990
The donor purchased this T-shirt at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle. The large white lettering says "Seattle" in cyrillic characters. Conceived as an apolitical alternative to the Olympics, the games promised international goodwill through world-class competition. Over 2,000 athletes from 54 countries competed in 21 sports events at the University of Washington and other cities in Washington State.
ID Number:2020.38.1
Date:1990
Signed soccer ball from the Seattle SeaDogs indoor soccer team, 1997
The Seattle SeaDogs were an indoor soccer league which played for three seasons from 1995-1997. They won the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL) championship in 1997.
ID Number:2021.10.1
Date:1997
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
White Goodwill Games tennis sweater, 1990
This tennis sweater was issued to Goodwill Games volunteer Michael D. Evans. The Goodwill Games ran from July 20 to August 5, 1990 in Seattle and were a huge undertaking for the city. Conceived by Ted Turner as an apolitical alternative to the Olympics, the games promised international goodwill through world-class competition. Over 2,000 athletes from 54 countries competed in…
ID Number:2021.53.1
Date:1990
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
Seattle Supersonics World Champs green T-shirt, 1979
This shirt celebrates the Seattle Supersonics championship win in 1979. According to the donor, this was the last one left at Bartell Drugs in the University District.
ID Number:2021.78.1
Date:1979
Mariners "Seat Fleet" coroplast cut outs of dogs Isabelle and Phoebe, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, fans were prohibited from attending Seattle Mariners baseball games that season at T-Mobile Park. The Mariners organization offered to create coroplast cut outs of people or pets submitted by fans for a cost of $30 each. A portion of the money raised went to the All in Washington COVID Relief Fund. Known as the…
ID Number:2021.Cutouts
Date:2020
Souvenir hockey puck from the inaugural season opening night home game of the Seattle Kraken on October 23, 2021
The Kraken are the first professional hockey team to play in Seattle since the Seattle Totems, who ended their run in 1975. The Kraken are also the first Seattle hockey team to compete for the Stanley Cup since the Seattle Metropolitans, who won it in 1917. This souvenir puck commemorates the inaugural season opening night home game for the Seattle…
ID Number:2022.4.1
Date:2021
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