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White leather high button shoes, ca. 1917
Mrs. Edmund Bowden purchased these shoes at early Seattle shoe store Turrell's around 1917.
ID Number:1972.5374.15
Date:Circa 1917
Brown velvet and tan straw hat, 1889
This hat belonged to Mrs. Edwin Bowden, daughter of William Henry Burt. The Burt family arrived in Walla Walla, Washington, from San Francisco in 1862. Mrs. Bowden moved to Seattle when she married in 1882 and died in 1952.
ID Number:1972.5374.55M623
Date:1889
Evening bonnet with parrot decoration, 1888
The hat belonged to Mrs. Edwin Bowden, who came to Seattle in 1882. In anticipation of an upcoming performance by soprano Emma Abbott at the Frye Opera House, Bowden ordered this fashionable hat from Tirney & Coombs in New York. From 1884 to 1889, the Frye Opera House served as Seattle’s premier cultural attraction for an expanding population. The hat…
ID Number:1972.5374.56M624
Date:1888
Black cloth embroidered slippers, ca. 1820-1870
This pair of men's 19th century black cloth slippers feature multi-colored hand-embroidered flowers. They were worn by a member of the family of Elizabeth Long Curtis, born 1892 in Seattle.
ID Number:1972.5406.8
Date:Circa 1820-1870
Brown satin heels, ca. 1918
These shoes were sold at Seattle shoe store Turrell's in 1918.
ID Number:1973.5593.1
Date:Circa 1918
Pair of black leather shoes with four buttons, ca. 1910s
These shoes were worn by Seattle children Rex and Isa Hende in the early part of the 20th century.
ID Number:1973.5594.2B
Date:Circa 1910
Black heeled boots from Wallin & Nordstrom, ca. 1901-1929
These early 20th-century boots have an unusually modern detail: rather than closing with a series of buttons or laces, a strap wraps around the ankle and snaps in place. The boots are from Wallin & Nordstrom, the earliest incarnation of fashion retailer Nordstrom.John Nordstrom met Carl Wallin during the Gold Rush. The two reconnected in Seattle and decided to go…
ID Number:1973.5687.3
Date:Circa 1901-1929
Two pairs of bathing shoes, ca. 1900-1920
Martha Gates, born in Seattle in 1889, wore these women's bathing shoes at the local beaches.
ID Number:1973.5772.4
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Black and white button shoes, ca. 1900-1920
These girl's shoes were sold by Turrell's in Seattle and worn by the donor as a child around the 1900s.
ID Number:1973.5772.6
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Brown and black suede pumps, ca. 1950s
This pair of women's brown suede pumps were sold at Best's Apparel in Seattle.
ID Number:1974.5876.3
Date:Circa 1950