38 results for: Global Connections
Banner, "Seattle Host Organization / Welcomes WTO," 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.12.2
Date:1999
Banner, “World Trade Organization / November 30 – December 3,” 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. This banner hung outside of the Convention Center to welcome delegates to the conference. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens…
ID Number:2001.24.1
Date:1999
Cream silk satin evening dress, sold by Madame Thiry, ca. 1933
This silk dress with bias-cut panels has a label from “Madame Thiry,” a fashionable Seattle shop run by Louise Schwaebele Thiry. Thiry was born in Paris and came west in the early 20th century. Her fashion career started as a side business—importing goods from Paris to sell in Alaska and Seattle for supplementary income. After her husband left for WWI…
ID Number:2001.86.7C599
Date:Circa 1929-1933
Banner for the Seattle Goodwill Games, 1990
On July 20, 1990, the Goodwill Games, sponsored in large part by Ted Turner, opened in Seattle. Conceived as an apolitical alternative to the Olympics, the games promised international goodwill through world-class competition. Over 2,000 athletes from 54 countries competed in 21 sports events at the University of Washington and other cities in Washington State.
ID Number:2003.36.3
Date:1990
Gold Pass for John G. Diefenbacker to Century 21, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
John G. Diefenbaker (last name spelled incorrectly on the pass) was Canada's Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963. He was given honorary unlimited admission to the Seattle World's Fair.
ID Number:2007.1.184
Date:1962
Tank top commemorating the Opening Day crew competition between the University of Washington and Soviet Union rowing teams, 1987
This tank top is from the opening day of boating season when the University of Washington (UW) rowing team competed against the Soviets. They had raced against each other in 1958 and the UW was the surprise winner. This time the Soviets dominated. The Russian text on the tank top roughly translates to "Seattle - First Day - Competition -…
ID Number:2009.2.17
Date:1987
Commemorative Seattle Totems hockey puck, 1972
Wesley "Wes" Uhlman was the mayor of Seattle from 1970-1978. He was presented with this hockey puck from when the Seattle Totems hosted the championship Soviet Union Red Army team on December 25, 1972. Sadly, the Totems lost 9-4 that night but went on to beat the Soviet team 8-4 in a rematch in 1974.The appropriation of Indigenous names for…
ID Number:2012.Uhlman.5
Date:1972
Decorative desk tray from Deputy Mayor of Kobe, Satoru Kano, 1973
Kobe, Japan, is Seattle's first sister city. Kobe Deputy Mayor Satoru Kano presented this tray to Seattle Mayor Wes Uhlman who served as mayor from 1970-1978.
ID Number:2012.Uhlman.7
Date:1973
Black and white plaid skirt suit from The Mediterranean, ca. 1980s
This 1980s skirt suit has a label that reads "Made in Italy Exclusively for The Mediterranean Seattle by Roberto Avolio Milano." The Mediterranean was a high-end Italian import store in Seattle that opened in 1964 and closed in 2003. Run by Italian-born Gina Medina and her husband Frank, the inventory was sourced from small fashion houses in Milan and Florence…
ID Number:2013.5.4
Date:Circa 1980
Toy stuffed animal "Fat Cat of the New World Order," 1999
This plush toy is part of a collection of items donated by someone who worked for the Seattle World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, a heavily protested event held in the Seattle Convention Center in November 1999. It is a humorous take on the fact that the protesters called anyone connected to WTO "Fat Cats of the New World Order."…
ID Number:2013.84.8
Date:1999