65 results for: European Immigrants
Tin of Genova brand olive oil, ca. 1930
Italian immigrants working in the coal mines of the Black Diamond/Ravensdale area wrote home asking friends and relatives to send foods they missed from Italy. Angelo Merlino, one of those miners, opened his first store in 1900. Angelo Merlino & Sons has been shipping cheese, olive oil and Mediterranean delicacies throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska ever since. This Genova…
ID Number:1972.5373.5.2
Date:Circa 1930
Black leather wallet, ca. 1890s
This men's wallet, a souvenir from the Hotel Arlington in Seattle, belonged to Leonard Reinig, a German immigrant who was a bakery and grocery store owner in Seattle in the 1870s-1880s.
ID Number:1973.5609.2
Date:Circa 1890
Dietz brand police lantern flashlight, ca. 1900
This police flashlight belonged to Thor Ulstrop (1861-1941) who was born in Norway and came to Seattle in 1889. He worked as a deckhand on a steamer on Puget Sound, and also as a bricklayer, helping to build the White Henry Stuart building in 1913.
ID Number:1973.5679.2
Date:Circa 1900
Kirsten cigar holder patented by Professor Frederick K. Kirsten, ca. 1930-1950s
Frederick K. Kirsten was a German immigrant who became a professor of aeronautical engineering. In addition to the first Boeing wind tunnel, various machinery and ship parts, Professor Kirsten also invented and patented many pipes and cigarette holders, including this example, ca. 1930s-1950s.
ID Number:1974.5841.7
Date:1930-1950
Photo album music box, ca. 1900
This photo album cover depicts Priscella and John Alden from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Courtship of Miles Standish," and contains a music box that plays two tunes: "Just a Gleam of Heaven in Her Eyes" and "Billy." The photographs in the album are of the donor's Finnish relatives and ancestors. The donor's father immigrated to Astoria, Oregon, in 1912,…
ID Number:1974.5854
Date:Circa 1900
Fife owned by Denny family, ca. 1850
In 1851, Arthur Denny (1822-1899) led a contingent of his family west from Illinois to the Pacific Northwest. Like all immigrants, they brought their most precious belongings which included this Crosby brand fife.
ID Number:1974.5903.5
Date:Circa 1850
Black and gold cocktail dress, 1950s
This 1950s cocktail dress has three built-in petticoat layers to give it extra volume. It belonged to Seattleite Ann Dulien Diamond (1909-1984), who donated many high-fashion garments to MOHAI’s collection. She was born Ann Fabrikant in Russia (now Poland) in 1909 and came to the United States in 1911. She grew up in New York and moved to Seattle after…
ID Number:1975.6058.5C2137
Date:Circa 1950
Blue cocktail or dancing dress, designed by Jean Dessès, ca. 1965
This strapless dress with layers of accordion pleated netting was designed in Paris by couture designer Jean Dessès. It belonged to Seattleite Ann Dulien Diamond (1909-1984), who donated many high-fashion garments to MOHAI’s collection. She was born Ann Fabrikant in Russia (now Poland) in 1909 and came to the United States in 1911. She grew up in New York and…
ID Number:1975.6058.11C2203
Date:1965
Railroad lantern, ca. 1895
This railroad lantern belonged to Herman Dehnhoff (1862-1935) who was born in Germany and arrived in Snohomish in 1890 to work on the Northern Pacific Railroad. The lantern is from the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, often abbreviated as C.M. & St.P. Ry.
ID Number:1975.6182
Date:Circa 1895
Beige high-top leather boots, ca. 1900-1910
These boots were sold at Seattle department store MacDougall & Southwick. In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) opened a retail business which soon became the city's first department store. Originally located at Cherry and Front Street (later called 1st Avenue), the store moved and expanded multiple times and was an early adopter of new technologies…
ID Number:1976.6259
Date:Circa 1900-1910