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Seattle Storm refrigerator magnet with 2000 season schedule
The Seattle Storm is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team founded by Ginger Ackerley and her husband Barry in 2000. This magnet is from the inaugural season. That first year began with a disappointing 47-77 loss to the Houston Comets and ending with a 6-26 record finish. But the team's momentum picked up led by high-quality players like Sue…
ID Number:2024.48.RefMagnet
Date:2000
Photo of Coach Lin Dunn's head on a stick, signed, 1999-2002
Lin Dunn was the first coach and general manager for the Seattle Storm. Born in Tennessee, Dunn was known for her southern aphorisms and Seattle fans often wore masks in her likeness or waved photo sticks like this one at games. She was with the team from 2000-2002.
ID Number:2024.48.RefPhotoStick
Date:1999-2002
Seattle Storm bucket hat, 2000s
The Seattle Storm is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) member team founded in 2000. The bucket hat is a popular souvenir for the Seattle Storm's fans.
ID Number:2024.48.RefStormHat
Date:Circa 2000-2010
WNBA Seattle Storm T-shirt from Inaugural Season, 2000
The Seattle Storm is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team founded by Ginger Ackerley and her husband Barry in 2000. The inaugural season was disappointing starting with a 47-77 loss to the Houston Comets and ending with a 6-26 record finish. But the team's momentum picked up led by high-quality players like Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Lauren Jackson, and…
ID Number:2024.48.RefStormShirt
Date:2000
Seattle Storm WNBA Champs towel, 2010
The Seattle Storm is a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team founded in 2000. This towel is from the second of their four Championship wins. They also won in 2004, 2018, and 2020.
ID Number:2024.48.RefTowel
Date:2010
WNBA Seattle Storm basketball player Sue Bird T-shirt, 2006-2007
Isreali-American Sue Bird was the point guard for the Seattle Storm basketball team from 2002-2022. She won five Olympic gold medals, two NCAA Championships, and four WNBA Championships during her tenure on the team. Bird was voted into the top 20 players of all time in 2016 and the top 25 players of all time in 2021. She retired from…
ID Number:2024.48.RefTshirt
Date:2006-2007
Canoe paddle carved by Emmett Oliver (Swinomish), 1934
This canoe paddle was carved by Emmett Oliver of the Swinomish Tribe. He raced in the Lone Eagle dugout canoe during the annual Canoe Race of 1934. The Lone Eagle would be the same boat that raced against the UW crew in the 1941 Great Race. Long before white settlers introduced rowing to this region, Coast Salish tribes paddled the…
ID Number:2024.55.1
Date:1934
Joe Rantz's German-made USA flag from the Berlin Olympics, 1936
Joseph Harry Rantz (1914–2007) was on the University of Washington crew team that won the Olympic gold medal in the men's eight at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He was born in Spokane and experienced a very harsh childhood, basically living by himself through high school. Despite these hardships, he succeeded in gaining admission to the UW where he…
ID Number:2024.56.1
Date:1936
Joe Rantz's USA Olympic pin in black case, 1936
Joseph Harry Rantz (1914–2007) was on the University of Washington crew team that won the Olympic gold medal in the men's eight at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He was born in Spokane and experienced a very harsh childhood, basically living by himself through high school. Despite these hardships, he succeeded in gaining admission to the UW where he…
ID Number:2024.56.2
Date:1936
University of Washington rowing sweater, owned by Norman A. Turay, ca. 1937
This University of Washington sweater belonged to Norman A. Turay who rowed from 1936-1938. As a member of the junior varsity team, he rowed against the 1936 varsity team which would win the gold medal at the Olympics. The sweater was made in Seattle by the Octoneck Knitting Co.
ID Number:2024.59.1
Date:Circa 1937