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Surveying stencil tool used by James Casey Embree, ca. 1903-1939
James Casey Embree (1881-1940) was an early Seattle civil engineer. He was responsible for surveying various Seattle neighborhoods and, from 1906-1924, he worked on the Alaskan Engineering Commission that would provide railroads to parts of Alaska following the Gold Rush of 1897.
ID Number:2018.54.3
Date:1877
Sectional dinner plate from the Firland Sanatorium in Shoreline, ca. 1920
The Firland Sanatorium opened in 1911 and was Seattle's municipal tuberculosis treatment center. Once located in Shoreline, Firland was originally called Henry Sanatorium. Horace Henry, a railroad magnate, donated 34 acres of land and money to build the sanatorium. Though it was known as the tuberculosis hospital, Firland treated all types of patients. The hospital closed in 1973 as the…
ID Number:2018.87.1
Date:Circa 1920
Button pin, "I Rode the Talgo High Speed Train," ca. 1990s
The Spanish railroad company, Talgo, founded a North American corporate office in Seattle in 1944. Amtrak has used Talgo train cars on their Cascades Line since 1998.
ID Number:2019.40.9
Date:Circa 1990-2000