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Image of Child's dress with brown and red berry pattern, ca. 1850

Child's dress with brown and red berry pattern, ca. 1850

Girl's dress with brown and red berry pattern, ca. 1850
ID Number:1964.3424.1
Date:Circa 1850
Image of Straw hat with brown velvet, 1895

Straw hat with brown velvet, 1895

This hat was purchased at Marshall Field's in Chicago and belonged to Mrs. Howard Goodell Thompson, born Mabel Denny, daughter of Orion Denny and granddaughter of Arthur A. Denny, early white settlers in Seattle.
ID Number:1966.3823.11M430
Date:1895
Image of Brown straw hat with brown velvet bow, 1892

Brown straw hat with brown velvet bow, 1892

This hat belonged to Mrs. Howard Goodell Thompson, born Mabel Denny, daughter of Orion Denny and granddaughter of Arthur A. Denny, early white settlers in Puget Sound.
ID Number:1966.3823.13M432
Date:1892
Image of Money purse worn under garments, ca. 1860s

Money purse worn under garments, ca. 1860s

Annie Miller Peebles came to Seattle in the early 1860s and married Mr. Amos Brown in 1867. Although not a "Mercer Girl" herself, she did take passage on the same ship "The Continental."
ID Number:1966.3915.7
Date:Circa 1860
Image of Brown print dress, 1845

Brown print dress, 1845

This plain, handstitched, cotton dress is similar to those that were brought to Seattle in the 1850s by the white settler families from the eastern and midwestern United States.
ID Number:1966.4009.C1227
Date:1845
Image of Hat check tag from Doc Hamilton’s resataurant, ca. 1926-1932

Hat check tag from Doc Hamilton’s resataurant, ca. 1926-1932

John Henry "Doc" Hamilton (1891-1942) moved from Mississippi to Seattle around 1914 at the age of 23. He served in WWI in the 92nd infantry division in France and returned to Seattle after the war ended. When the Prohibition Act took effect in 1920, Hamilton opened his first speakeasy in his home on E. Union Street. Seattle police shut it…
ID Number:1968.4523.2
Date:Circa 1926-1932
Image of Watercolor portrait of Mary Folger Brown by unknown artist, ca. 1833

Watercolor portrait of Mary Folger Brown by unknown artist, ca. 1833

The subject of this portrait, Mary F. Brown, was the niece of Captain Isaiah Folger of the schooner EXACT which brought the Denny party to Seattle. Mary's great uncle was Mayhew Folger, captain of the brigantine TOPAZ, and who rediscovered the Pitcairn Islands in 1808 where one of the HMS BOUNTY mutineers was still living. This portrait was painted on…
ID Number:1971.5127.1
Date:1833
Image of Brown velvet and tan straw hat, 1889

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
Image of Brown satin heels, ca. 1918

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
Image of Brown and black suede pumps, ca. 1950s

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
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