41 results for: Environment and Climate
Weather cartoon painting done by Bob Hale, ca. 1960s
Bob Hale, weather reporter for KING TV in the 1960s, delivered his reports next to cartoon paintings he created as illustrations. The donor of this cartoon worked at KING TV from 1958-1968 and stated that, after the show each day, the Hale cartoons would be thrown away. He salvaged several from the trash during that time period due to his…
ID Number:2002.17.1
Date:Circa 1960-1969
Weather cartoon painting done by Bob Hale, ca. 1960s
Bob Hale, weather reporter for KING TV in the 1960s, delivered his reports next to cartoon paintings he created as illustrations. The donor of this cartoon worked at KING TV from 1958-1968 and stated that, after the show each day, the Hale cartoons would be thrown away. He salvaged several from the trash during that time period due to his…
ID Number:2002.17.2
Date:Circa 1960-1969
Painting by Don Paulson, "Construction of the Columbia Tower," ca. 1985
Don Paulson (1933-2006) was an author, artist, and chronicler of Seattle drag culture. He was born in Seattle and grew up in Auburn and Enumclaw. Paulson was drafted into the U.S. Army at 19 and served for two years during the Koren War. In the early 1960s he went to New York and immersed himself in the Pop Art scene.…
ID Number:2003.16.1
Date:Circa 1985
Seattle Raging Grannies hat with activist buttons, ca. 1995
The Raging Grannies are an activist group made up of women old enough to be grandmothers. They advocate for environmental issues, peace, and social and economic justice. At protests, they dress up in clothes that play into and mock stereotypes of older women; such as colorful dresses, large hats, sweaters, and aprons. They also sing songs, using their own lyrics…
ID Number:2003.47.1
Date:Circa 1980-1990
First polar fleece jacket made from recycled bottles, 1993
Plastic bottles contain the same chemical content as polyester. Local manufacturers started using polyester from recycled plastic for fleece clothing in 1993. They sent early prototypes like this one to outdoor adventurers for testing. The material in this jacket was made from 26 recycled plastic beverage bottles.
ID Number:2005.12.1
Date:1993
Timber industry support sign, "This Family Supported by Timber Dollars", ca. 2006
The political sign is a reproduction of those used in the 1990s on the Olympic Peninsula in support of the timber industry. The original stencil was used to make it.
ID Number:2006.Timbersign.Family
Date:Circa 2006
Outdoor Research Seattle Sombrero, ca. 1990s
The “Seattle Sombrero” was introduced by local company Outdoor Research in the mid-1980s, and it quickly became one of their top sellers and cornerstone products. Inspired by Seattle’s famously rainy weather, the Seattle Sombrero is a waterproof rain hat made of Gore-Tex fabric with foam stiffening in the brim to keep it “floating” instead of collapsing in a downpour. Velcro…
ID Number:2012.15.1
Date:Circa 1990
Washington Conservation Corps ring, ca. 1940s
This ring belonged to Evert "Eggie" Hillard Soderlund. Born in Preston, Washington, to Swedish immigrant parents, Mr. Hillard was the youngest so he had to work to help support his widowed mother. When he worked for the Conservation Corps, he helped build a camp in Vancouver, Washington, and his check was sent home to his mother.
ID Number:2012.55.2
Date:Circa 1940
Smart-Electrochlorinator 200 (SE200), ca. 2011
The SE200 is a small, community-scale electrochlorination system designed by Cascade Designs, Inc. and PATH for community water purification. Using simple, affordable, and accessible materials (water, table salt, car battery), the device can produce chlorine instantly and efficiently.
ID Number:2012.57.1
Date:Circa 2011
Wood sculpture by artist John Grade, made in 2012 from the repurposed wood of the 1897 schooner Wawona
The Wawona, built in 1897, was an iconic logging schooner for the Pacific Northwest until 1947. Northwest Seaport, a local maritime organization, became the caretaker of the Wawona in 1965. In 2009, the Wawona was dismantled and the parts distributed to other non-profit organizations. MOHAI received several parts for use in the construction and display of exhibits, including this massive…
ID Number:2012.WawonaSculpture
Date:2012