183 results for: European American Settlement
The Foster spool bed, ca. 1850-1870
This bed is from the home of Joseph Foster, who came to the Pacifc Northwest from Ohio and settled on the Duwamish River in 1852. Foster, founder of the former town that bore his name (now Tukwila), was an early Washington Territory legislator and the first superintendent of schools in the area. The spools for this bed were hand-turned on…
ID Number:1951.38.c
Date:1850-1870
Saratoga trunk belonging to the John Collins family of Seattle, ca. 1900
John Collins was in Irish immigrant to Washington by way of New York and Maine, arriving in Seattle in 1865. He was a successful industrial investor, and he purchased and managed the Occidental Hotel, becoming one of Seattle's wealthiest citizens. He also entered the political sphere and served as mayor in 1873.
ID Number:1951.980.13
Date:Circa 1900
Embroidered motto "Forget Me Not" by Catherine McClellan, ca. 1900
This embroidery was done by Catherine McClellan, an early Seattle settler who at one time owned land at the corner of Terry Avenue and Columbia Steet.
ID Number:1952.177.1
Date:Circa 1900
Portrait of John Wesley Maple, 1862
John Wesley Maple was the son of Jacob Maple, an early white settler, who came to the Puget Sound in 1851 a few months before the Denny party arrived on Alki. The Maple family settled along the Duwamish River on land that eventually became the site of present day Boeing Field.
ID Number:1952.327.1
Date:1862
Small shell-encrusted box from Seattle pioneer, ca. 1887
Alice Warbus Engle made this trinket box as a wedding gift for Alice M. (Cock) Owens in 1887. Shells used are probably from species native to the Pacific Northwest.
ID Number:1952.528.8
Date:Circa 1887
Penknife with mother-of-pearl handle, 1889
This penknife was owned by Catherine Jane Maple Van Asselt, an early white settler from the Maple family who immigrated from England and married into the Van Asselt family.
ID Number:1952.563.3
Date:1889
Shingle from Denny cabin, ca. 1851
In 1851, Arthur Denny, at the age of 29, led a contingent of his family west from Illinois to the Pacific Northwest, where he helped found the city of Seattle. This shingle, donated by a descendent of those early settlers,was part of the original cabin built by the Dennys when they first arrived on what was later called Alki.
ID Number:1952.986.8
Date:Circa 1851
Tin candle mold used by early Seattle settlers, ca. 1850
This twelve-candle mold is one of the many items that were brought with the early European settlers when they journeyed to the Puget Sound region.
ID Number:1952.986.9
Date:Circa 1850
Brass hand lantern that belonged to Sophie Frye Bass, ca. 1867
This hand lantern belonged to Sophie Frye Bass, an early white settler in Puget Sound.
ID Number:1952.986.27
Date:Circa 1867
School desk from a University of Washington library, ca. 1880
The donor stated that this desk, in the Gothic Revival style, was from a previous library at the University of Washington. More research on this desk is necessary to better understand its provenance.
ID Number:1953.298.1
Date:1875-1900