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Pair of low-cut leather boots, worn as part of C21 Fashion Show, 1962
These women's shoes were part of a White Stag poncho and ski pants ensemble. They were presented in the Fashion Pavilion at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.
ID Number:1962.2821.14
Date:1962
Pair of black flat pumps, worn as part of Century 21 Seattle World's Fair Fashion Show, 1962
These women's shoes were part of a Bobbie Brooks skirt and sweater ensemble. They were presented in the Fashion Pavilion at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.
ID Number:1962.2821.16
Date:1962
Pair of low cut boots, worn as part of Century 21 Seattle World's Fair Fashion Show, 1962
These women's boots were part of a 3-piece knit brown wool ensemble, including cardigan and skirt, made by Garland. They were presented in the Fashion Pavilion at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair.
ID Number:1962.2821.19
Date:1962
Gavel from the Seattle Hotel Association, 1931
This gavel made from walrus ivory was presented to Frank W. Hall on December 28, 1931, when he was the president of the Seattle Hotel Association.
ID Number:1963.3060.1
Date:1931
Ribbon commemorating the Fifth Annual Picnic of the Master Horseshoer and Blacksmith, August 19, 1905
This ribbon commemorates what was an annual event for the Seattle Blacksmith Protective Association Local No. 90. In 1905, the picnic was held at Stones' Landing in Federal Way. The town's name soon changed to Redondo after a devastating dock collapse in 1906.
ID Number:1963.3133.25
Date:1905
First Methodist Church pieced quilt, 1895
This quilt was made by members of Seattle's First Methodist Church in 1895 and includes their embroidered names. This was Seattle's oldest church, founded in 1853, and the first service was held in a log cabin.
ID Number:1964.3301.2
Date:1895
Arctic Brotherhood (AB) studs from the Klondike Gold Rush, 1899
The Arctic Brotherhood was a fraternal organization for prospectors who had travelled to Alaska and the Yukon for the Klondike Gold Rush. It was founded in 1899 on the steamship "City of Seattle" headed for Skagway, Alaska. This pin was likely owned by John Miller Winslow who went to the Yukon in 1898 and was joined by his family in…
ID Number:1965.3580.1
Date:1899
Wheelchair, ca. 1950
This 1950s wheelchair was donated by Jodie Louise Torgesen, who was a devoted member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Monroe, Washington, and a volunteer for the Adventist Disaster Relief Association. Perhaps she used this chair herself, or perhaps it was used by the Disaster Relief Association.
ID Number:1965.3743
Date:Circa 1950
Gavel presented to the "Seattle Council of Minute Women," 1923
The Washington Woman's Work Committee of the State Council was dubbed the "Minute Women" because "they, like the men of old, were to be ready at a minute's notice to carry messages for the government." This gavel, made from the wood of the oak and elm trees in Belleau Wood, France, and from artillery shells left after the WWI battle…
ID Number:1967.4109.34
Date:1923
Washington state I.O.O.F. pin featuring the AYPE, 1907-1909
This pin has three components. The upper part has an emblem for the fraternal organization the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.), Washington State chapter. Below is a badge for a 1907 convention in St. Louis. At the bottom is a medallion for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909. It reads “Meet me on…
ID Number:1968.4364.4f
Date:1907-1909