36 results for: Police and Law Enforcement
Caricature on wood of Luke May, ca. 1950s
Luke May (1892-1965) came to Seattle in 1919. He was given the nickname "America's Sherlock Holmes" because he was an early scientific detective - one of the first to provide forensic and scientific methods as part of crime investigation. In 1922, he debuted his invention, the "Revelareoscope", a giant microscope that could project images of more than one object or…
ID Number:2009.36.5
Date:Circa 1950
Coffee mug featuring the WTO conference in a cyclone, given as gift from the Seattle Police Department to conference worker, L.A. McNeal, 1999
This artifact is part of a collection of items donated by someone who worked for the Seattle World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, a heavily protested event held in the Seattle Convention Center in November 1999. This mug, showing a chaotic swirl around the Space Needle, was a gift from the Seattle Police Department.
ID Number:2013.84.3
Date:Circa 1999
Seattle Police Department jacket worn by Captain Jim Pugel during the World Trade Center (WTO) conference and protests in Seattle, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as the WTO's favoring of corporate interests over social and environmental concerns. Jim Pugel served as a Captain in charge of all of the police…
ID Number:2013.109.1
Date:1999
Gas mask and carrying case used by Captain Jim Pugel during the World Trade Center (WTO) conference and protests in Seattle, 1999
During the WTO conference and protests in Seattle in 1999, Jim Pugel served as a Captain in charge of all of the police in downtown that week, and was intensely involved in the activities that occurred during that time. He later served as Interim Chief of Police of the Seattle Police Department from 2013-2014.
ID Number:2013.109.2
Date:Circa 1999
Street sign for Union Way, temporarily posted on Pine Street during the World Trade Center (WTO) conference in Seattle, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as the WTO's favoring of corporate interests over social and environmental concerns. Heavy police response included the use of riot gear, tear gas, and rubber…
ID Number:2013.109.3
Date:1999
Empty bag of Doritos brand tortilla chips which was handed out by the Seattle Police Department during Hempfest Seattle, 2013
Individual bags of Doritos brand tortilla chips were handed out by the Seattle Police Department during Hempfest Seattle 2013. each bag featured a helpful and humorous SPD sticker about the Do's and Don'ts of Initiative 502 on marijuana reform.
ID Number:2014.107.1
Date:2013
Blackjack or billy club, ca. 1919
Billy club used by Seattle police patrol officer, William J. Richmire, ca. 1919.
ID Number:2015.62.1
Date:Circa 1919
Spent tear gas cannister from the World Trade Organization (WTO) Conference protest in Seattle, 1999
This empty tear gas cannister was picked up by a local Seattleite after the 1999 Seattle protests that occurred during the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference, deemed the "Battle in Seattle."
ID Number:2018.62.1
Date:1999
Long sleeve shirt with David Horsey cartoon, "I covered the WTO,"1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as the WTO's favoring of corporate interests over social and environmental concerns. Heavy police response included the use of riot gear, tear gas, and rubber…
ID Number:2021.64.1
Date:1999
White T-shirt, "No Cops at Pride," made and worn at Pride events in 2019
This T-shirt was donated by Soren, a member of the MOHAI Youth Advisors (MYA) program for high school students. It was created in 2019 and displayed as part of the MOHAI exhibit "Stand Up! Seattle: The Democracy Project" in 2020 and 2021. Soren had this to say about the shirt: “Pride started as a protest against a police raid on…
ID Number:2021.Kopp
Date:2020