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Small 48-star US flag from Warren Avenue School, 1912-1959
This flag was mounted on the wall of a classroom at Warren Avenue School located in the lower Queen Anne Hill neighborhood. The street on which the school was situated is atrributed to Major-General Joseph Warren (1741-1775), who was killed at Bunker Hill during the Revolutionary War. Opening in 1903, the school was built to relieve the overcrowding at nearby…
ID Number:1959.1679.12
Date:1912-1959
Framed photograph of Seattle's Central High School graduating class, 1890
Seattle's first high school classes were held in 1876-1877 at the Territorial University. This photo depicts the graduating class of 1890, whose students were the first to attend classes on the third floor of the newly built Central School, after a fire had destroyed the previous school in 1888.
ID Number:1959.1767
Date:1890
Painted tambourine, ca. 1900
This tambourine, missing the metal discs on the side, was used by Minnie Dalby in a Cascade School drill on April 11, 1900, at Ranke's Hall located at 5th Avenue and Pike Street in Seattle.
ID Number:1960.1822.1
Date:Circa 1900
Racing crew letter patch, from the University of Washington, 1912
This letter patch for the women's racing crew at the University of Washington features crossed oars behind the number 12. This may be for the Sophomore Class of 1912 who won the 1910 Junior Day form contest. Despite the university cancelling women's rowing in late 1910, these resilient competitors organized their own teams to continue the sport, all in the…
ID Number:1960.1822.5
Date:1912
Signature handkerchief of Seattle High School, class of 1899
This handkerchief is embroidered with the signatures of Seattle High School class of 1899.
ID Number:1960.1909.1
Date:1899
Oil portrait of Henry Yesler by unknown artist, ca. 1850-1890
On July 8, 1885, voters elected Henry Yesler (1810-1892) as mayor of the City of Seattle. Yesler had served a previous one-year term beginning in 1874. His total education consisted of a few years in a log-cabin school, but when he arrived in Seattle in 1852, he turned the place into a real town instead of a collection of a…
ID Number:1960.1924
Date:Circa 1850-1890
Brass pencil case from McDonald Grade School, ca. 1920
This pencil case is from the McDonald Grade School, located at NE 54th Street and Latona Ave NE in Seattle. The school was named after the Seattle School Board's president, Judge F. A. McDonald, who died in 1913 while the school was under construction. Four of McDonald's grandchildren attended the school. Today, it is the McDonal International Elementary School.
ID Number:1961.2192
Date:Circa 1920
Heavy canvas poncho, ca. 1910
This heavy canvas poncho was cleverly made to also function as a bag, ground sheet, or makeshift shelter. When worn as a garment, its voluminous shape and rain-resistant fabric keep the wearer dry. When it is laid flat into one large rectangle, the collar covers the neck opening. Buttons and buttonholes along the edges can attach to each other in…
ID Number:1961.2244.5C2013
Date:Circa 1910
High school pennant, "West Seattle," ca. 1920-1960
This West Seattle High School pennant (date unknown) displays the controversial former "mascot" of an Indian chief. The symbol of the school has since been changed to Wildcats.The appropriation of Indigenous culture as mascots, or to market products or events, are some common examples of discrimination and marginalization faced by Native peoples in the United States.
ID Number:1961.2427.1
Date:Circa 1920-1960
Framed placard for school children, ca. 1910
This placard listing the "Street Car Don'ts For School Children" was hung in a classroom or at a street car stop to deter kids from potentially harming themselves on or near the community transit vehicles. How well these rules were heeded, we will never know!
ID Number:1961.2455
Date:Circa 1910