138 results for: Maritime
Watercolor drawing, "Alki, November 13, 1851," of the schooner Exact by Hewitt R. Jackson, ca. 1963
Hewitt Jackson (1914-2007) was a seaman, marine draftsman, and artist. He is best known for his maritime drawings of ships that sailed the Puget Sound and Pacific Northwest. The MOHAI collection contains seven of Hewitt's works. This particular work depicts the schooner EXACT as it arrived at the future named "Alki" on Puget Sound carrying the Denny party and captained…
ID Number:1955.970.364
Date:Circa 1963
Figurehead of woman from unknown vessel, ca. 1900
This figurehead is one of several in the MOHAI collection donated by Horace W. McCurdy. McCurdy (1899-1989), born in Port Townsend, was a shipbuilder, bridge builder, civic leader, native Washingtonian, and prolific maritime collector. Both the Lake Washington Floating Bridge and the Hood Canal Bridge were built by his firm, Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging. He was instrumental in the…
ID Number:1955.970.469
Date:Circa 1900
Robert Moran's metal lathe, ca. 1882-1906
Robert Moran was an engineer, ship builder and Seattle city mayor. He arrived in Seattle in 1875 with only fifty dollars and went on to establish the Moran Brothers shipyard in 1889 with his brother Peter, specializing in both wooden and steel designs.
ID Number:1955.970.482
Date:Circa 1882
Figurehead of woman from Iolanda, 1908
This figurehead is one of several in the MOHAI collection donated by Horace W. McCurdy. McCurdy (1899-1989), born in Port Townsend, was a shipbuilder, bridge builder, civic leader, native Washingtonian, and prolific maritime collector. Both the Lake Washington Floating Bridge and the Hood Canal Bridge were built by his firm, Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging. He was instrumental in the…
ID Number:1955.970.485
Date:1908
Program on silk ribbon for the arrival of the Miike Maru steamship in Puget Sound, 1896
On August 31, 1896, the Miike Maru docked in Elliott Bay, beginning a regular run between Seattle and Japan. The steamship carried a cargo of silk and tea, and was owned by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japanese Steamship Company).
ID Number:1957.1210.2
Date:1896
Painting of the Seattle waterfront with Indigenous canoes by P.A. Morgan, ca. 1880
This is a finely executed painting of the Seattle waterfront in the late 1800s. The artist, P.A. Morgan was active in Seattle at this time but is relatively unknown.
ID Number:1957.1281.2
Date:Circa 1880
Oil painting of canoes at Ballast Island by John Fery, 1925-1935
Artist John Fery (1859-1934) was born in Austria and immigrated to the United States where he eventually settle in Seattle. During his career, Fery painted many scenes under contract for the Great Northern Railway. He based this waterfront scene on a historical photograph. Ballast Island, as the name implies, was where ships coming into the bay would dump their ballast.…
ID Number:1957.1282.7
Date:1925-1935
Fourth (4th) order light from West Point Light Station, Discovery Park, 1881-1926
The West Point Light Station was the first manned light station on Puget Sound. It began operation in 1881 and, though it is automatic today, it is still in use in its Discovery Park location, which now includes a visitor center.
ID Number:1958.2153.1
Date:1881-1926
Spike from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s
Built by the Russians in Sitka, the POLITKOFSKY came under United States ownership in 1867 when Russian Alaska was sold to the US. The gunboat was then sold into civilian service as a tugboat, Polly, working the northwest coast of North America until 1896. It was then converted to a schooner barge and carried eager gold seekers to Alaska during…
ID Number:1959.1623.1
Date:Circa 1850
Spike from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s
Built by the Russians in Sitka, the POLITKOFSKY came under United States ownership in 1867 when Russian Alaska was sold to the US. The gunboat was then sold into civilian service as a tugboat, Polly, working the northwest coast of North America until 1896. It was then converted to a schooner barge and carried eager gold seekers to Alaska during…
ID Number:1959.1623.2
Date:Circa 1850