125 results for: Puget Sound
Oil painting, "Battle of Seattle, Jan. 26, 1856," by Emily Inez Denny, ca. 1890
On the morning of January 26, 1856, the "Battle of Seattle" began when Native Americans raided the white settlement in what is now known as Seattle. Previously warned of the attack, most settlers had barricaded themselves in a blockhouse. The attackers were driven off by artillery fire. The battle was the penultimate event in a series of armed conflicts, known…
ID Number:1955.921.2
Date:Circa 1890
Teak cigarette box made from the ship, "Queen of the Pacific," ca. 1935
The Queen of the Pacific was an iron-hulled, commercial passenger cargo steamer built in 1882 in Philadelphia for the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. She had three decks and two masts, and could carry over 300 passengers. For many years she operated as a shuttle between San Francisco and Seattle, and she was supposedly the first ship with electric lights in…
ID Number:1955.970.191
Date:Circa 1935
Figurehead from the four-masted bark William T. Lewis built as the Robert Duncan in Scotland in 1891
This figurehead was originally made for a ship called the Robert Duncan and represented the bearded Mr. Duncan. When the ship came under the management of Hind Rolph it was renamed the William T. Lewis after the port captain. Lewis only had a mustache, so the figurehead was given a “shave” with a chisel and rasp. It was donated to…
ID Number:1955.970.228
Date:1891
Figurehead of woman from unknown vessel, 1850-1860
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:1955.970.284
Date:1850-1860
Smith Island Lighthouse 4th Order Fresnel Lens, 1884
A Fresnel lens is a convex lens surrounded with bands of glass ground so that they have all the same focal point. This Fresnel lens was made in 1884 by Barbier and Fenestre in Paris for the Smith Island Lighthouse built by the Coast Guard in 1858. Smith Island is located at the junction of Rosario and Juan de Fuca…
ID Number:1955.970.292
Date:1884
Watercolor drawing of SS Beaver by Hewitt R. Jackson, 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 drawing features the SS Beaver which was the first steamship on the Northwest Coast. Originally built in 1835 in England, she sailed…
ID Number:1955.970.363
Date:1963
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
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