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Two pieces of concrete rubble salvaged from the Seattle Alaskan Way Viaduct demolition in 2019
Considered seismically vulnerable, the Alaskan Way Viaduct, a circa 1949 elevated freeway and stretch of State Route 99 that ran along the Seattle waterfront, was demolished in 2019 and replaced with a new, more tourist-friendly surface street and an underground tunnel. Concrete rubble from the demolition was collected by local organization Friends of Waterfront Seattle and given away free to…
ID Number:2019.Rubble
Date:Circa 1950
Seattle Transit System Visitor pin, ca. 1940s-1950s
Seattle had a robust streetcar system up until 1940 when the Muicipal Street Railway System transitioned to an all-bus network and became the Seattle Transit System, or what is today known as the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (METRO).
ID Number:2021.20.1
Date:Circa 1940-1950
Re-Elect Brock Adams pin, ca. 1980s
Brockman "Brock" Adams (1927-2004) served as a Washington State representative in the US House of Representatives from 1965 to 1977. From 1977 to 1979, he was the US Secretary of Transportation under Jimmy Carter. Adams also served as a US Senator representing Washington State from 1987 to 1993. After multiple women came forward with experiences of sexual harassment and abuse…
ID Number:2021.20.13
Date:Circa 1980
METRO pin, "Ride with Pride," ca. 1990s
King County Metro, established in 1973, is the public transit authority for Seattle and King County, Washington. The slogan "Ride with Pride" was later used to celebrate the LGBTQ community.
ID Number:2021.20.15
Date:Circa 1990-1999
King County Metro Uniform rain shell jacket, 2018-2019
King County Metro, established in 1973, is the public transit authority for Seattle and King County, Washington. This jacket belonged to a Metro bus driver who worked from 2018-2019.
ID Number:2021.46.1
Date:2018
King County Metro Uniform "3 season" parka, 2018-2019
King County Metro, established in 1973, is the public transit authority for Seattle and King County, Washington. This jacket belonged to a Metro bus driver who worked from 2018-2019. It was made by Sportsmaster which is a manufacturing company based in New York.
ID Number:2021.46.2
Date:2018
King County Metro Uniform fleece jacket with zip-off sleeves, 2018-2019
King County Metro, established in 1973, is the public transit authority for Seattle and King County, Washington. This jacket belonged to a Metro bus driver who worked from 2018-2019. It was made by Sportsmaster which is a manufacturing company based in New York.
ID Number:2021.46.3
Date:2018
Slope Indicator 200 and case, early inclinometer probe, 1960s
The inclinometer is a tilt sensing device used to measure lateral displacement of earth or structures in various applications such as landslide monitoring, high-rise building pit excavations, bridge foundations, and more. The inclinometer was invented in the 1950s by Stanley D. Wilson, co-founder of the Slope Indicator Company (SINCO), which was established in Seattle in 1958. This device was used…
ID Number:2021.69.1
Date:Circa 1960
Digitilt RPP (recorder, processor, printer) inclinometer and cable, 1981
The Digital RPP inclinometer is a tilt sensing device used to measure lateral displacement of earth or structures in various applications such as landslide monitoring, high-rise building pit excavations, bridge foundations, and more. The inclinometer was invented in the 1950s by Stanley D. Wilson, co-founder of the Slope Indicator Company (SINCO), which was established in Seattle in 1958. The 64K…
ID Number:2021.69.2
Date:1981
Canoe Journeys paddle made by Keith Stevenson, Muckleshoot, ca. 2020
Tribal Canoe Journeys is a celebrated event for the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Participants travel and visit neighboring Nations in ocean-going canoes, usually made of traditional cedar material, but other materials and more modern techniques may be applied as well. Justice Bill (Muckleshoot/Tlingit) stated: “Canoe Journeys have revitalized our nations through travel by oceangoing canoes and the…
ID Number:2021.76.1
Date:Circa 2020