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One of a pair of slat back side chairs with woven rawhide seats, once owned by the Mercer family, ca. 1850-1880
One of a pair of slat back side chairs with woven rawhide seats, once owned by the Mercer family, ca. 1850-1880. The Mercers were early Seattle settlers, arriving in the Pacific Northwest around 1852.
ID Number:2019.64.2
Date:Circa 1850-1880
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
Wallet and coins that once belonged to Morgan James Carkeek, ca. 1866
According to a note in this wallet written by his daughter, Guendolen Carkeek Pleetscheeff, Morgan James Carkeek arrived in the United States at 19 years of age with just a few coins and "high hopes." An 1866 six pence and circa 1880 Japanese Rin were the two coins found in the wallet. Morgan Carkeek (1852-1926), a stone mason originally from…
ID Number:2023.39.1.1
Date:Circa 1866