68 results for: Lake Washington
Container for Powdered Pumice Stone from Bartell Drug Stores, Seattle, ca. 1900
Bartell Drugs, established in 1890, was one of the oldest and long-standing family-owned stores in Seattle until it was sold to Rite Aid in 2020. George H. Bartell Sr. (1868–1956) purchased the Lake Washington Pharmacy at 2711 South Jackson Street in Seattle's Central District in 1890, and that was the beginning of a long-lived and beloved Seattle business.
ID Number:1966.3957.6b
Date:Circa 1900
Bench from the MV Crosline ferry, ca. 1925-1950
The MV Crosline was a 65-car motor ferry, built in 1925 by Marine Construction Company in Seattle, for the Crosby Direct Line Ferry Company. It ran the Alki-Manchester Ferry route on Puget Sound until 1942, when it was purchased and transferred to Vancouver, British Columbia. After World War II, the ferry was purchased by the Washington State Highway Department fo…
ID Number:1969.4652
Date:Circa 1925-1950
Cherry wood settee, ca. 1860
This settee with reupholstered cushions, was made by Charles Terry, one of the original white settlers in Seattle. The wood is from the first cherry tree grown on the Terry Farm once located on Lake Washington.
ID Number:1970.4966
Date:Circa 1860
Suitcase used by Helene Madison, ca. 1932
Helene Madison (1914-1970) started swimming at Green Lake when she was 12 years old. At 19, she swept the women's freestyle swimming events in the 1932 Olympics, winning three gold medals. She tied with male gymnast Romeo Neri of Italy as the most successful athlete at the 1932 games. That same year she held all 16 women's world freestyle records…
ID Number:1970.5051.1
Date:1932
Pearl printing press used at Weed's Pharmacy in Seattle, ca. 1910
Melvin Albert Weed began work as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company in 1898. When he graduated from the University of Washington's School of Pharmacy in 1902, Weed worked as a pharmacist at Lake Washington Pharmacy, and in 1907, his partner (and father-in-law) sold the business to Weed. The store, now permanently located at 2601 Jackson Street, became Weed's…
ID Number:1971.5079
Date:Circa 1900
Hamilton Beach drink mixer from Weed's Pharmacy in Seattle, ca. 1940
Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene and worked as a pharmacist at Lake Washington Pharmacy which became Weed's Pharmacy in 1910, operating in the same Central District location until 1958.
ID Number:1971.5098.3
Date:Circa 1940
Pair of green leather portières from the home of Melvin Albert Weed, 1902
Melvin Albert (Bert) Weed (1882-1964) began in the pharmacy business in 1898 as a clerk at the Bartell Drug Company. After college he partnered with Albert G. Keene and worked as a pharmacist at Lake Washington Pharmacy which became Weed's Pharmacy in 1910, operating in the same Central District location until 1958. A portière is a hanging curtain placed over…
ID Number:1971.5220.2
Date:1902
Painting of Indigenous person paddling a canoe on Lake Union, ca. 1900
Anna L. Fonda (1863-1917) was born in New York and settled in the Tacoma/Seattle area around 1892. She is best known for her landscapes and still-life works.
ID Number:1973.5723
Date:Circa 1900
Original drawing depicting Lake Washington Boulevard and shoreline in Seattle by A. G. McGraney, 1910
This wash drawing, signed by local artist A.G. McGraney on 2/14/1910, shows an early auto route along the shores of Lake Washington. The first affordable, assembly-line made automobile, the Ford Model T, was first produced in 1908, so this road is an early adoption of this new form of travel.
ID Number:1977.6499.1
Date:1910
Ibsen Aqua-Belt, 1950
Water skiers used this type of inflatable belt for floatation before more modern life jackets came on the market in the late 1960s. In 1928, Don Ibsen introduced water skiing to the Pacific Northwest by carving and steaming his own skis out of cedar planks, and plying the waters of Lake Washington. In 1950, he worked with Plastimayd, a Portland,…
ID Number:1983.51.1
Date:1950