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Image of Child's embroidered chamois slippers, ca.1890-1930

Child's embroidered chamois slippers, ca.1890-1930

Records indicate that the donor of these baby shoes once worked as a housekeeper at the Pine Ridge Agency, an Indian Bureau School Service in South Dakota around 1896. She may have acquired these booties while working there.
ID Number:1953.673.M
Date:Circa 1890-1930
Image of High laced boots, 1910

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
Image of White lace jacket, 1909

White lace jacket, 1909

White lace jacket, 1909
ID Number:1955.850.2
Date:1909
Image of Black kid leather beaded slippers, ca. 1912

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
Image of Pink satin slippers with beading and bows, ca. 1910

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
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
Image of Pair of black brocade heels, ca. 1920

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
Image of Silver heeled pumps, ca. 1925

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
Image of Pale pink net and lace dress, 1940

Pale pink net and lace dress, 1940

This dusty pink dress belonged to Catherine Foley Johnson (1894-1961). Catherine was born in Iowa, graduated from the University of Wisconsin, and spent time teaching English in Chicago. In the early 1920s she worked in advertising, first in Seattle and then in New York City. In 1925 she married Philip G. Johnson (1894-1944). Philip was working for the Boeing company…
ID Number:1956.1062.18C618
Date:1940
Image of Child's brown shoes with black toe caps, ca. 1858

Child's brown shoes with black toe caps, ca. 1858

These shoes, worn by James Urquhart as a child, when his family moved from Toledo, Washington, to Tumwater in 1858 (the shoes came as far as Napavine). They were passed down to his son, Mr. Henry Urquhart, a former Sheriff of Lewis County, Washington.
ID Number:1956.1094
Date:Circa 1858
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