26 results for: Railroads
Transportation token, "Portland Traction Co.," 1930s-1940s
This token was exchanged for transportation fare. The Portland Traction Company was an interurban railway that served the Portland area starting from the early 1890s.
ID Number:1998.51.6
Date:Circa 1930-1940
Union Pacific souvenir coin, 1934
This aluminum token is a commemorative piece from the 1934 Union Pacific train. Tokens such as these were commonly used in Seattle during the Depression Era.
ID Number:1998.51.7
Date:1934
Great Northern Railway sign, ca. 1936
The Great Northern Railway (reporting mark GN) ran from Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington, and was developed from the Saint Paul & Pacific Railroad. It was the northernmost transcontinental railroad route in the United States. No federal subsidies were used during its construction, making it the only privately funded, and successfully built, transcontinental railroad in US history.
ID Number:2003.33.1
Date:Circa 1936
Painting by Lockwood Dennis, "Grand Union Hotel," 1976
Lockwood "Woody" Dennis (1937-2012) was born in Portland, Oregon, but lived in Port Townsend, Washington, for 37 years. He was inclined to paint both natural and industrial scenes from the Northwest, California, Colorado, Africa, and Japan, and often included images of vehicles from the 1930s and 1940s as their shapely design had inspired him as a child. In this work,…
ID Number:2013.56.1
Date:1976
Painting by Lockwood Dennis, "Main Fish Waterfront," 1977
Lockwood "Woody" Dennis (1937-2012) was born in Portland, Oregon, but lived in Port Townsend, Washington, for 37 years. He was inclined to paint both natural and industrial scenes from the Northwest, California, Colorado, Africa, and Japan. In this work, showing a pier on Elliott Bay in Seattle, one can see Lockwood's influences which were primarily Matisse and Cezanne, as well…
ID Number:2013.56.6
Date:1977
Painting by Lockwood Dennis, "Railroad Yard, Ship Canal," 1977
Lockwood "Woody" Dennis (1937-2012) was born in Portland, Oregon, but lived in Port Townsend, Washington, for 37 years. He was inclined to paint both natural and industrial scenes from the Northwest, California, Colorado, Africa, and Japan. In this work, featuring a railroad yard located on the Seattle Ship Canal from Lake Union to Puget Sound, one can see Lockwood's influences…
ID Number:2013.56.7
Date:1977
Painting by Lockwood Dennis, "Pier 70," 1978
Lockwood "Woody" Dennis (1937-2012) was born in Portland, Oregon, but lived in Port Townsend, Washington, for 37 years. He was inclined to paint both natural and industrial scenes from the Northwest, California, Colorado, Africa, and Japan. In this work, featuring Pier 70 in Elliott Bay with railroad tracks in the foreground and maritime vessels in the background, one can see…
ID Number:2013.56.8
Date:1978
Painting by Lockwood Dennis, "King Street Station," 1999
Lockwood "Woody" Dennis (1937-2012) was born in Portland, Oregon, but lived in Port Townsend, Washington, for 37 years. He was inclined to paint both natural and industrial scenes from the Northwest, California, Colorado, Africa, and Japan, and often included images of vehicles from the 1930s and 1940s as their shapely design had inspired him as a child. In this work,…
ID Number:2013.56.14
Date:1999
Set of surveying tools used by James Casey Embree, ca. 1903-1939
James Casey Embree (1881-1940) was an early Seattle civil engineer. He was responsible for surveying various Seattle neighborhoods and, from 1906-1924, he worked on the Alaskan Engineering Commission that would provide railroads to parts of Alaska following the Gold Rush of 1897.
ID Number:2018.54.1
Date:Circa 1900
Protractor measuring tool used by James Casey Embree, ca. 1903-1939
James Casey Embree (1881-1940) was an early Seattle civil engineer. He was responsible for surveying various Seattle neighborhoods and, from 1906-1924, he worked on the Alaskan Engineering Commission that would provide railroads to parts of Alaska following the Gold Rush of 1897.
ID Number:2018.54.2
Date:1877