132 results for: Recreation
Ouija board with pointer, ca. 1917
The Ouija Board, or talking board, has long been a popular recreational activity at gatherings. It features a series of letters and numbers, and is considered to be a conduit to communicating with the spirit world. Participants place their hands on the planchette, or pointer, and ask questions. The planchette moves around the board, seemingly without urging from the participants,…
ID Number:1966.3924.1
Date:Circa 1917
Commemorative bowling pin, 1900
This bowling pin was awarded to Dr. F.A. Churchill who achieved the world's record "Cocked Hat" on December 31, 1900, in Seattle. Cocked Hat is a three tenpin bowling game played on a tenpin lane and using a duckpin ball. The pins are placed at the three corners of a triangle and one scores a total of three points per…
ID Number:1967.4133
Date:1900
Eddie Bauer brand insulated mittens, ca. 1963
Seattle outdoorsman and entrepreneur Eddie Bauer helped bring high-quality outdoor gear to a greater population. His efforts dismissed the notion that adventure-type recreation was only for backwoods eccentrics or world-class athletes. Eddie Bauer based the design of this type of mitten on ones custom made for Jim Whittaker’s Mt. Everest expedition in 1963. In that historic expedition, the local climber…
ID Number:1967.4134.2
Date:Circa 1963
Eddie Bauer goose-down insulated jacket and pants, 1940s-1960s
Seattle outdoorsman and entrepreneur Eddie Bauer helped bring high-quality outdoor gear to a greater population. His company was established in 1920, and in 1940 Bauer patented the first quilted down jacket. His efforts dismissed the notion that adventure-type recreation was only for backwoods eccentrics or world-class athletes.
ID Number:1967.4134.3
Date:Circa 1940-1960
Man's goose down parka from Eddie Bauer, 1953
In 1953, a group of mountain climbers ascended Mt Godwin Austen (aka K2), the highest peak in Asia's Karakoram Range. The group spent over a month at 20,000 feet at temps as low as negative 70. All wore red windproof and water repellant parkas designed by Eddie Bauer for the ascent. The so-called "K2 Parka" later became a bestseller for…
ID Number:1967.4134.7C1289
Date:1953
First goose-down insulated jacket made by Eddie Bauer, 1936
During an excursion on the Olympic Peninsula, local outdoorsman and retailer Eddie Bauer had his wool garments become soaked with freezing rain. He started to experience serious signs of hypothermia. After his near-death experience, Bauer set out to make a better coat for cold weather activities, one that would be lighter and warmer and allow for good air circulation. He…
ID Number:1967.4134.8
Date:1936
Dice, ca. 1895
When the Klondike Gold Rush hit Seattle starting in 1897, thousands came through the city on their way to Alaska. Merchants across the city clamored to “mine the miners” by selling supplies needed to brave the cold. While local saloons and gaming rooms offered inviting places to spend their money on the way to and from Alaska. This set of…
ID Number:1969.4590.5
Date:Circa 1895
Framed portion of flag carried to the top of Mt. Rainier on July 20, 1894, by a Seattle group led by Major Ingraham
In July 1894, Major Edward Sturgis Ingraham led a group of 14 people, including three women, to the top of Mt. Rainier. Ingraham was the first Seattle Public Schools superindendent and experienced mountaineer who scaled Mt. Rainier 13 times.
ID Number:1970.5032
Date:Circa 1894
Hiking boots, ca. 1920
This pair of women's 1920's hiking boots were worn by the donor while going to Broadway High School 1921-1925. They were also worn while picking mushrooms in Green River Gorge and at Deep Lake near Enumclaw. The manufacturer was Chippewa Shoe Mfg. Co. of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
ID Number:1972.5373.3
Date:Circa 1920
Two pairs of bathing shoes, ca. 1900-1920
Martha Gates, born in Seattle in 1889, wore these women's bathing shoes at the local beaches.
ID Number:1973.5772.4
Date:Circa 1900-1920