681 results for: Clothing and Dress
World Trade Organization (WTO) protest T-shirt, 1999
The 1999 protests against the World Trade Organization (WTO) Summit made international news. Deemed the “Battle of Seattle,” police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds. The Seattle Shirt Company capitalized on the city’s notoriety with this T-shirt produced and sold within a week after the event.
ID Number:1999.76.1
Date:1999
Gray wool coat with wide skirt, ca. 1950s
Professional Seattle seamstress Clara B. White created and wore this dramatic coat. From it, we can tell White was not shy about adding eye-catching details. She may have worn it at First African Methodist Episcopal Church, where she taught Sunday school for 60 years. Notice the lines of ribbon and velvet diamonds, which reflect light in contrast to the coat’s…
ID Number:2000.30.1
Date:Circa 1950-1990
Pair of Julianelli high-heel shoes in original box, ca. 1960-1965
This pair of women's pink leather pumps feature a florette decoration at the toes. These were likely purchased at a Seattle store called Frank More, once located at 1519 5th Avenue.
ID Number:2000.46.1
Date:Circa 1960-1965
Pair of hiking boots purchased at REI, 1967
Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI) imported these hiking boots from Switzerland to sell in its Seattle store. They belonged to Seattleite Leila Martin, who wore them to climb Mount Rainier in 1970.Lloyd and Mary Anderson founded REI in 1938 as a way to get better gear for climbing. They formed the co-op to buy high-quality gear from Europe in large, cost-effective…
ID Number:2000.55.1
Date:1967
Dark-blue peep-toe pumps, ca. 1940s
According to the donor, these peep-toe women's shoes were purchased in Spokane in the 1940s and she wore them well into the 1950s. The donor states, "They were comfortable for dancing and for just being 'dressed up' in Seattle."
ID Number:2000.68.3
Date:Circa 1940
Green dress with rhinestones, sold by John Doyle Bishop, ca. 1965
This 1960s evening gown was purchased from John Doyle Bishop— a fashionable Seattle store run by a charismatic owner of the same name. Bishop (1913-1980) was known as "Seattle's most colorful Irishman" and loved the color green. Bishop sold fashions from high-end American and European designers. This gown was designed in New York by Elinor Simmons for the company Michael…
ID Number:2000.70.1
Date:Circa 1960
T-shirt featuring the Dog House Restaurant, 1994
The Dog House, according to an article by Stuart Eskenazi in the Seattle Times, Nov. 7, 2000, was a “24-hour kitschy diner at Seventh Avenue and Bell Street where crusty waitresses dispensed sass with black coffee and the menu featured rib-eye steak (“tenderness not guaranteed”), peppered ham and eggs (“rye toast 10 cents extra”) and spaghetti smothered with chili.” The…
ID Number:2000.75.1
Date:1994
Painted oxford shoes worn by Phil Webber, ca. 1992
Phil Webber, a Seattle Post-Intelligencer press photographer from 1956-2006, was known for wearing colorful shoes on assignments. The designs on these shoes show Webber's houseboat before and after renovating it.
ID Number:2000.99.1
Date:Circa 1992
Brass paper knife, ca. 1927
This brass letter opener bears the logo of Currin's Shoe Company, a Seattle company founded in 1908 that manufactured handmade work shoes and boots.
ID Number:2000.110.2
Date:Circa 1927
T-shirt from newspaper guild strike, 2000
On November 21, 2000, staff at both of Seattle's major newspapers, The Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (P-I), went on strike. Though the papers were owned separately, both striking groups were represented by the Communication Workers of Americas (CWA) Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild Local 37082. This shirt belonged to Sherry Grindeland, co-chair of the strike steering committee for the…
ID Number:2001.15.1
Date:2000