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Bill Nye’s baseball scoring clipboard and radio, 1980s-1990s
Bill Nye (b. 1955) is widely known for his television show “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” his advocacy for science education, and his books about science for children and adults. Nye is also a baseball fan. In the 1980s and 1990s, while living in Seattle, Nye brought this clipboard to Mariners games to follow along with the scoring. Elastic bands…
ID Number:2024.39.Ref06
Date:Circa 1980-1999
Seattle Storm lunchbox with Semeka Randall-Lay #21 and Lauren Jackson #15, 2001
The Seattle Storm is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) member team founded in 2000. This lunchbox was collected by long-standing fans of the team. Featured on the lunchbox are Semeka Randall-Lay who played on the 2001 team before transferring to the Utah Jazz, and Lauren Jackson who played for the Storm from 2001 to 2012 and was a consistant…
ID Number:2024.48.1
Date:2001
Bobblehead, WNBA Seattle Storm basketball player, Sue Bird #10, 2002
Isreali-American Sue Bird was the point guard for the Seattle Storm basketball team from 2002-2022. She won five Olympic gold medals, two NCAA Championships, and four WNBA Championships during her tenure on the team. This bobblehead is from her first year with the team. Bird was voted into the top 20 players of all time in 2016 and the top…
ID Number:2024.48.2
Date:2002
Bobblehead, WNBA Seattle Storm basketball player, Lauren Jackson #15, 2010
This bobblehead was handed out to fans during the 2010 season, which was when the Seattle Storm won their second Women's National Basketball (WNBA) championship. Lauren Jackson played for the Storm from 2001 to 2012 and was a consistant standout during her ten-plus years with the team.
ID Number:2024.48.3
Date:2010
Bobblehead, WNBA Seattle Storm basketball player, Swin Cash #2, 2010
This bobblehead was handed out to fans during the 2010 season, which was when the Seattle Storm won their second Women's National Basketball (WNBA) championship. Swin Cash played for the Storm from 2008 to 2011 and, in 2022, she was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
ID Number:2024.48.4
Date:2010
Bobblehead, WNBA Seattle Storm basketball coach, Lin Dunn, 1999-2002
Lin Dunn was the first coach and general manager for the Seattle Storm. Born in Tennessee, Dunn was known for her southern aphorisms and Seattle fans often wore masks in her likeness. She was with the team from 2000-2002.
ID Number:2024.48.5
Date:Circa 2000-2002
Bobblehead, WNBA Seattle Storm basketball coach, Anne Donovan, 2003
Anne Donovan (1961-2018) coached the Seattle Storm from 2003-2007. She guided the team to their first WNBA Championship title in 2004, making her the first woman to coach a WNBA Championship team and, at that time, the youngest person to coach a WNBA champion, at age 42.
ID Number:2024.48.6
Date:2003
Reversible "Seattle Basketball" Storm jersey, signed, ca. 2000-2020
This practice jersey was used by a player on the Seattle Storm, a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team founded in 2000. It is reversible so can be worn with the black or white side on the outside. The Storm have won four WNBA Championships: in 2004, 2010, 2018, and 2020.
ID Number:2024.48.7
Date:2000-2020
Souvenir Seattle Storm basketball from inaugural game, June 1, 2000
The Seattle Storm is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team founded by Ginger Ackerley and her husband Barry in 2000. The inaugural season was disappointing starting with a 47-77 loss to the Houston Comets and ending with a 6-26 record finish. But the team's momentum picked up led by high-quality players like Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Lauren Jackson, and…
ID Number:2024.48.RefBasketball
Date:2000
Seattle Storm metal dog tag, ca. 2000s
The Seattle Storm is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team founded in 2000. The Storm have won four WNBA Championships: in 2004, 2010, 2018, and 2020.
ID Number:2024.48.RefDogtag
Date:Circa 2000-2010