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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) souvenir pitcher made for The Bon Marché, 1909
This pitcher is a souvenir of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909. It publicized the development of the Pacific Northwest and positioned Seattle as a gateway to Alaska and the Pacific Rim. The pitcher is decorated with the official AYPE emblem, designed by Adelaide Hanscom Leeson (1876-1932). One of the many published AYPE guides…
ID Number:1954.764.e
Date:1909
High laced boots, 1910
This pair of women's boots were sold at an original Seattle shoe store, Eggert's, in 1910.
ID Number:1954.777
Date:1910
Black kid leather beaded slippers, ca. 1912
These women's shoes were sold at early Seattle shoe store, Turrell's, around 1912.
ID Number:1955.879.k
Date:Circa 1912
Pink satin slippers with beading and bows, ca. 1910
These shoes, purchased at Seattle shoe store Turrell's, were worn by Mrs. P. P. Ferry on her wedding day.
ID Number:1955.967.2
Date:Circa 1910
Pair of black brocade heels, ca. 1920
These women's shoes were sold at Seattle store, Baxters, in the late 1910s or early 1920s. They would have been very expensive shoes for the time.
ID Number:1955.989.2
Date:Circa 1920
Silver heeled pumps, ca. 1925
These women's shoes were sold at Seattle shoe retailer Turrell's in 1925. They were originally decorated with rhinestone bows, which have since gone missing.
ID Number:1956.1030.58
Date:Circa 1925
Buttonhook from Nordstrom's shoe store, ca. 1900
Nordstrom began as a shoe retailer established in Seattle in 1901 by Carl Wallin and Swedish immigrant John Nordstrom (Wallin & Nordstrom). By 1929, both Nordstrom and Wallin had retired and sold their shares to Nordstrom's sons, Everett and Elmer. In 1930, when the newly remodeled Second Avenue store was reopened, the name changed to Nordstrom and eventually opened stores…
ID Number:1956.1056.64
Date:Circa 1900
Blue cape with long fringe from J.S. Graham, 1924
This cape from the 1920s features a velvet-like fabric called duvetyne on the exterior, a floral printed interior, and long decorative fringe. It has a label for Seattle retailer J.S. Graham. Owner John Graham opened his business just after the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. It grew through the years, and by 1910 he had a store on the corner…
ID Number:1956.1098.C336
Date:1924
Pair of black beaded evening shoes, ca. 1910
These women's shoes were sold at Seattle retailer Eggert Shoe Co. around 1910, and are linked to the McCallisters, an early Seattle family.
ID Number:1956.1115.12
Date:Circa 1910
Buttonhook from Wallin and Nordstrom, ca. 1900
Nordstrom began as a shoe retailer established in Seattle in 1901 by Carl Wallin and Swedish immigrant John Nordstrom (Wallin & Nordstrom). By 1929, both Nordstrom and Wallin had retired and sold their shares to Nordstrom's sons, Everett and Elmer. In 1930, when the newly remodeled Second Avenue store was reopened, the name changed to Nordstrom and eventually opened stores…
ID Number:1956.1115.34
Date:Circa 1900