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Souvenir card deck from University of Washington Book Store, ca. 1910-1920
This souvenir deck of Husky playing cards commemorates the founding of the University of Washington in 1861. Designs on the cards include the husky mascot as well as swastikas, which were still considered a purely auspicious symbol even into the early 20th century.
ID Number:1976.6289.32
Date:Circa 1910-1920
Card game, "Household Words," 1916
This vintage card game lists many businesses that were popular in Seattle during the 1910s. This game was given away for free at the Grote-Rankin Co. a home furnishing store once located at the corner of Pike Stree and 5th Avenue.
ID Number:1976.6289.34
Date:1916
Reel-to-reel silent movie projector, 1916
This projector was used at Seattle's Colonial Theatre, built around 1914 and in operation into the 1960s.
ID Number:1984.38.5
Date:1916
Shooting gallery .22 caliber rifle, ca. 1920s
The Playland Amusement Park in Bitter Lake, north of Seattle, was a favorite destination for many families from 1930 to 1961. This rifle was used in the Playland's shooting gallery from 1930-1942.
ID Number:1986.36.1
Date:Circa 1920
RCA Television, 1949
This television set was assembled by Charles Rehkopf in 1949. He purchased the kit from Radio Products Sales in Seattle, Washington. He was the first to own a TV among his family and friends, and they often came over to watch programs.
ID Number:1989.9.1
Date:1949
Souvenir pin, "I've been had by the 1958 Seattle Seafair Pirates"
The Seafair Pirates are a local organization founded in 1949 to provide entertainment and promote the Seattle Seafair celebration held every year. They launch the beginning of Seafair with a commemorative landing at Alki Beach.
ID Number:1989.109.6
Date:1958
Precor Stair Climber, 1989
Founded in 1980 in Bothell, Washington, Precor (Precision Corporation) became one of the largest manufacturers of high-end fitness equipment in the 1980s. Their product line included stationary bicycles, treadmilss, rowing ergometers and stairclimbers for both fitness clubs and home use. The model 718e is a low impact stair climber advertised to slim and tone the body, and provide cardiovascular conditioning.
ID Number:1990.89.1
Date:1989
Ball gown from the House of Schiaparelli, ca. 1951
This gown is from the couture house of Elsa Schiaparelli, likely during Hubert de Givenchy’s design tenure in the early 1950s. It boldly contrasts the black skirt and beading with Schiaparelli’s signature color, “shocking pink.”The wearer, Ruth Schoenfeld Blethen Clayburgh, was a prominent arts patron who attended and organized many of Seattle’s most glamorous fundraising events. She was a founder…
ID Number:1991.18
Date:Circa 1951
Board game, Pictionary: The Game of Quick Draw, 1987
Pictionary is a drawing and charade-playing word game developed in 1984 by Rob Angel, a Seattle resident.
ID Number:1991.26.1
Date:1987
Hand puppet "Crazy Donkey" from the "Brakeman Bill Show," ca. 1960-1980
Brakeman Bill, featuring ex-DJ and sports announcer Bill McLain, was a popular weekday children's show on KTNT-TV (later KSTW-TV) in the Pacific Northwest market from 1955 to 1975. The television show was performed live and un-scripted; McLain dressed as a railroad brakeman, and drew pictures, ran elaborate model trains, showed cartoons, and interacted with puppet side-kick the Crazy Donkey, whose…
ID Number:1992.CrazyDonkey
Date:Circa 1960-1980