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Cotton souvenir banner from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909
This highly stylized and romanticized image of a giant Kikioblu (Princess Angeline) waving a banner over Seattle is meant to instill a feeling of bold ingenuity and progress, big themes for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Princess Angeline, also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle) and a beloved local icon.…
ID Number:1957.1228.12
Date:1909
Quilt appliqued with rose pattern, ca. 1847
This quilt was made by Adie Shinn.
ID Number:1957.1250.1
Date:Circa 1847
British flag presented to pilot Major Frederick L. Martin on the first Round the World flight, 1924
On April 6, 1924, four Douglas World Cruisers, each manned by an Army Air Corps pilot and mechanic, took off from Seattle's Sand Point Field in an attempt to be the first to fly around the world. The four aircraft were named Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans. Major Frederick L. Martin (1882-1956) was in the lead aircraft, the Seattle.…
ID Number:1958.1427
Date:1924
Sampler made by Mary Gillam Woodbridge, 1819
This sampler belonged to Seattle businessman Frank P. Dow and was made by the second child of Dudley Woodbridge and Dorcas March. Mary Gillam Woodbridge was Frank's great-grandmother. Dudley Woodbridge was the great-great grandson of Reverend John Woodbridge who married Mercy Dudley, daughter of the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1620. Frank P. Dow (1859-1933) was a…
ID Number:1958.1490.6
Date:1819
Roll-up style needle case, 1861
George C. Gleason carried this needle case while he was a Civil War soldier. It was made by his daughter and is a rare example of Civil War history within the MOHAI collection, 1861.
ID Number:1958.1508.3
Date:1861
Tatted round doily, ca. 1890-1910
Tatted round doily, late 19th to early 20th century
ID Number:1958.1541.3
Date:Circa 1890-1910
Small 48-star US flag from Warren Avenue School, 1912-1959
This flag was mounted on the wall of a classroom at Warren Avenue School located in the lower Queen Anne Hill neighborhood. The street on which the school was situated is atrributed to Major-General Joseph Warren (1741-1775), who was killed at Bunker Hill during the Revolutionary War. Opening in 1903, the school was built to relieve the overcrowding at nearby…
ID Number:1959.1679.12
Date:1912-1959
Racing crew letter patch, from the University of Washington, 1912
This letter patch for the women's racing crew at the University of Washington features crossed oars behind the number 12. This may be for the Sophomore Class of 1912 who won the 1910 Junior Day form contest. Despite the university cancelling women's rowing in late 1910, these resilient competitors organized their own teams to continue the sport, all in the…
ID Number:1960.1822.5
Date:1912
Pieced quilt in sunflower pattern, ca. 1850
The maker of this sunflower pattern quilt is unknown.
ID Number:1960.1837.4
Date:Circa 1850
Pieced quilt with concentric six-point star, ca. 1860
The maker of this quilt, featuring hundreds of diamond pattern shapes sewed together, is unknown.
ID Number:1960.1837.5
Date:Circa 1860