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Image of Model airplane, Boeing Jet Stratoliner 707, N-70700, ca. 1954-1970

Model airplane, Boeing Jet Stratoliner 707, N-70700, ca. 1954-1970

The Boeing 707 Stratoliner was the first American jetliner ever made. Chief test pilot, A.M. "Tex" Johnston made history when he introduced the 707 to the world by completing an unauthorized "barrel roll" in front of an unsuspecting Seattle hydroplane racing crowd in August 1955.
ID Number:1955.877.1
Date:Circa 1954-1970
Image of Painting of Smith's Cove and Dr. Henry Smith's house by Emily Inez Denny, 1870-1880

Painting of Smith's Cove and Dr. Henry Smith's house by Emily Inez Denny, 1870-1880

This painting depicts the home of Dr. Henry A. Smith, who had come west by wagon in 1851. He was a physician who used his skills on the wagon train trip from the Midwest, in Seattle and in Snohomish, where he cared for Native Americans as he developed tidal land there. He was involved in Seattle politics, served as chair…
ID Number:1955.878.3
Date:1870-1880
Image of Souvenir flag from the launch of the USS Golden Gate, 1897

Souvenir flag from the launch of the USS Golden Gate, 1897

This souvenir flag is from the launch of the Coast Guard boarding boat, the USS Golden Gate, on February 13, 1897. It was the first all-steel vessel built and launched in Washington State by the Moran Brothers Company in Seattle.
ID Number:1955.880.c
Date:1897
Image of Porthole salvaged from the Ryo Yei Maru and featuring a photograph of the vessel, 1921

Porthole salvaged from the Ryo Yei Maru and featuring a photograph of the vessel, 1921

The Ryo Yei Maru was a Japanese fishing vessel that experienced engine failure during a gale in December 1926 and subsequently drifted for nearly a year before it was found off the Washington coast near Cape Flattery in October 1927. The name of the boat roughly translates to "Good and Prosperous" but fate would determine otherwise for this doomed vessel.…
ID Number:1955.970.206
Date:1921
Image of S.S. Portland ship's wheel, 1885

S.S. Portland ship's wheel, 1885

The S.S. Portland, built in 1885, launched the Klondike Gold Rush in 1897. For the next ten years, the steamship carried miners from Seattle to Alaska, and brought back more than a ton of gold. She wrecked in a 1910 blizzard off Alaska. The wheel and other parts of the ship were rescued by crew members before she sank.
ID Number:1955.970.258
Date:1885
Image of US Mail leather flight suit worn by Leon Cuddeback, who flew the first scheduled air mail in the US, ca. 1926

US Mail leather flight suit worn by Leon Cuddeback, who flew the first scheduled air mail in the US, ca. 1926

Pilot Leon Cuddeback wore this sheepskin flight suit while delivering mail in the 1920s. On April 6, 1926, Cuddeback made the nation's first regularly scheduled airmail run, flying between Pasco, Washington, and Elko, Nevada, with a fuel stop in Boise, Idaho. Early mail planes, like Cuddeback's single-engine Curtis biplane, had open cockpits. Above 20,000 feet above sea level, temperatures sometimes…
ID Number:1955.977.1C685
Date:Circa 1926
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Painting, "The first gas station in the world, Seattle, 1907," by Robert Addison, ca. 1950s

This painting, a copy made from an illustration, claims to feature the first gas station ever established and it was built in 1907 at the corner of East Marginal Way and Holgate Street in Seattle, Washington. This is highly debatable as it is more widely known that St. Louis, Missouri, holds that title dating back to 1905. The story goes…
ID Number:1956.1016
Date:1950-1960
Image of Tin destination sign from Seattle street car, ca. 1910,

Tin destination sign from Seattle street car, ca. 1910, "Montlake 10 / Madrona 8"

Seattle had its first cable car line in 1887 that went from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park via Yesler Way and Jackson Street. More lines were built around the city and, by 1892, there were 48 miles of streetcar track and 22 miles of cable railways. Most of the early lines were independent and privately-owned. In 1918, voters approved of…
ID Number:1956.1114.m
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Tin destination sign from Seattle street car, ca. 1910,

Tin destination sign from Seattle street car, ca. 1910, "Wallingford 18"

Seattle had its first cable car line in 1887 that went from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park via Yesler Way and Jackson Street. More lines were built around the city and, by 1892, there were 48 miles of streetcar track and 22 miles of cable railways. Most of the early lines were independent and privately-owned. In 1918, voters approved of…
ID Number:1956.1114.n
Date:Circa 1910
Image of Tin destination sign from Seattle street car, ca. 1910,

Tin destination sign from Seattle street car, ca. 1910, "8th Ave N.West 19"

Seattle had its first cable car line in 1887 that went from Pioneer Square to Leschi Park via Yesler Way and Jackson Street. More lines were built around the city and, by 1892, there were 48 miles of streetcar track and 22 miles of cable railways. Most of the early lines were independent and privately-owned. In 1918, voters approved of…
ID Number:1956.1114.o
Date:Circa 1910
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