182 results for: Alaska
Souvenir glass shovel from the 1911 Seattle Golden Potlatch celebration
The Seattle Potlatch was an annual event which began in 1911 to celebrate Seattle's prosperity after the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1897. This souvenir was collected at the Dreamland Pavilion, once located at the corner of Seventh and Union Street, where many of the Potlatch activities took place. The name "Golden Potlatch" appropriates a Chinook Jargon word describing a Native ceremony…
ID Number:2018.102.1
Date:1911
Lowman & Hanford drafting set, 1910
The Lowman & Hanford Company, established around 1885, was a printing company and retail stationery business operating in Seattle's Pioneer Square. This drafting kit, sold by Lowman & Hanford and owned by Percy Kendall, was a cherished item for Percy's granddaughter Barbara Elizabeth "Liz" Kendall. Percy Kendall (1891-1940) received his engineering degree from the University of Washington and followed his…
ID Number:2019.36.1
Date:1910
Contemporary art paddle made by Marvin Oliver celebrating Seattle's sesquicentennial in 2001
In 2001, the metropolitan area of Seattle celebrated 150 years of existence dating back to the Alki landing of the Denny Party in 1851. The artist of this piece, Marvin Oliver (1946-2019), was born to Quinault and Isleta-Pueblo parents, and raised in Washington and San Francisco. He was an Associate Professor of American Indian Studies and Art History at the…
ID Number:2019.60.2
Date:2001
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) souvenir pin featuring William H. Seward, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was held in Seattle in 1909 on what are now the grounds of the University of Washington. It was a major national event for the young but fast growing city. The original owner of this pin, Irene Ashby, attended the Exposition when she was a girl and purchased this pin as a souvenir. Henry William Seward…
ID Number:2020.5.1
Date:1909
President Taft "dollar" fob from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) and made by Mayer Bros., Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), held in Seattle in 1909, was a major national event for the young but fast growing city, and celebrated the emerging development of the Pacific Northwest. Each day celebrated or commemorated a famous person, state, place, or event, and many souvenirs were sold along with these commemorations. Official medals were struck in the Mint Exhibit on…
ID Number:2020.41.1
Date:1909
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
Rayfoto Recorder invented by Austin Cooley, ca. 1927
Austin Cooley (1900-1993) invented the Rayfoto (or radio photograph) in 1927. Cooley was born in Seattle and experimented in radio technology early on, even installing the first radio station in a small town in Alaska at the age of 16 before attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a college student. The Rayfoto radio picture receiver was, essentially, the…
ID Number:2022.24.1
Date:Circa 1927
Currin's Whale Oil Paste can, ca. 1930s
The Currin-Greene Shoe Manufacturing Company was founded in 1908 with a partnership between Hugh L. Currin and Warren Greene. Currin-Greene manufactured boots and specialty work shoes sold throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. They were known for hand-made, cleated logging boots, constructed with top quality hides imported from Switzerland and Austria. Currin-Greene shoes were marketed in Seattle through retail outdoor…
ID Number:2022.41.1
Date:Circa 1930
Chair from the house of the Hoo-Hoo lumberman fraternal organization, 1909
The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo is a fraternal and service organization whose members are involved in the forests products industry. This chair is from the Hoo-Hoo House that was built for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. The organization's mascot is the black cat and this feline image is stamped into the chair. The AYPE building was designed for the…
ID Number:2024.24.1
Date:1909
Chair from the house of the Hoo-Hoo lumberman fraternal organization, 1909
The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo is a fraternal and service organization whose members are involved in the forests products industry. This chair is from the Hoo-Hoo House that was built for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in 1909. The organization's mascot is the black cat and this feline image is stamped into the chair. The AYPE building was designed for the…
ID Number:2024.24.2
Date:1909