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Gavel presented to the "Seattle Council of Minute Women," 1923
The Washington Woman's Work Committee of the State Council was dubbed the "Minute Women" because "they, like the men of old, were to be ready at a minute's notice to carry messages for the government." This gavel, made from the wood of the oak and elm trees in Belleau Wood, France, and from artillery shells left after the WWI battle…
ID Number:1967.4109.34
Date:1923
Straw hat, "Maudette," sold at Hetrick Hat Shop in Seattle, 1912
Maude Hetrick, owner of Hetrick Hat Shop, was in business from 1907-1935 in Seattle. This "Maudette" hat belonged to Nina Hartley, wife of Roland Hartley. Roland was the mayor of Everett from 1910-1911, a member of the Washington State House of Representatives from 1915-1916, and Washington State Governor from 1925-1933.
ID Number:1969.4671.M523
Date:1912
Canteen from the Spanish American War, 1898
This canteen was owned by Roland Hill Hartley who was a colonel in the Minnesota militia during the Spanish-American War. He later served one term as Mayor of Everett, Washington, in 1910, then served two terms as Governor of the state of Washington from 1925-1933.
ID Number:1969.4671.2
Date:1898
Wooten patent secretary desk, owned by Territorial Governor Watson C. Squire, ca. 1876
Watson C. Squire (1838 - 1926) was the twelfth governor of Washington Territory from 1884 - 1887 and United States Senator from the state of Washington from 1889 - 1897. He used this desk all during his political life. The Wooten desk is highly valued for its complicated and intricate work. There are over a hundred features including carved elements,…
ID Number:1973.5537.1
Date:1876-1880
Squire Investment Company safe, ca. 1897
This safe, donated by the wife of Watson C. Squire, Governor of Washington Territory from 1884 - 1887, and Washington State Senator from 1889 - 1897, was used by Squire while he was President of the Seattle-based Union Trust Company and Squire Investment Company.
ID Number:1973.5537.2
Date:Circa 1897
Microphone and sound system, ca. 1939
This microphone and sound system was used at the Women's City Club of Seattle which was founded in 1922 by the city's first woman mayor Bertha Knight Landes. The Women's City Club, originally named the Women's Civic League, was organized to help educate women on local, national and world politics, and strive to improve the municipal conditions of Seattle.
ID Number:1973.5572.5
Date:Circa 1939
White loafers worn by Daniel J. Evans, ca. 1971
Daniel J. Evans most likely wore these Sak's-Fifth Avenue shoes while he was the Governor of Washington State from 1965-1977. He later was a State Senator from 1983-1989.
ID Number:1974.5924.5
Date:Circa 1971
Photograph of President Warren Harding posing for World War I veterans at Cushman Hospital by Seattle photographer Martin A. Grady, 1923
President Harding went on a tour of the western states arriving in Tacoma on July 3, 1923. He visited the WWI veterans at Cushman Hospital which was originally the Puyallup Indian School established in 1860, then renamed the Cushman Indian School in 1910, and then became the hospital in 1918. On July 5, Harding sailed to Alaska, returning to Seattle…
ID Number:1974.5977.9
Date:1923
Grey silk tea-length evening gown worn by Evelyn Baker Langlie, 1958
This dress belonged to Evelyn Baker Langlie (1903-2000) former first lady of Washington State. It is missing its original belt. Langlie was born in Pittsburgh and met Arthur B. Langlie on a blind date in Spokane. They married in 1928. She was passionate about music and the arts and was a supporter of the Seattle Opera, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Art…
ID Number:1979.6846.46C2425
Date:1958
Signed baseball bat from when the University of Washington baseball team went to Japan in 1926
This bat was owned by Arthur Langlie who was mayor of Seattle from 1938 to 1941, then twice governer of Washington State from 1941-1945 and 1949-1957. Langlie graduated from the University of Washington and played on the baseball team while attending. He continued to play on the travel team post graduation. The UW baseball team went to Japan in 1926…
ID Number:1980.6893.12
Date:1926