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Seattle Rain Festival sweatshirt, ca. 1996
Local apparel company Primal Screens first created these comedic “Seattle Rain Festival” sweatshirts in 1982. According to the shirt, the “Rain Festival” runs from January 1st to December 31st. Besides being a jab at Seattle’s rainy reputation, it also pokes fun at the city’s love of festivals. The donor of this sweatshirt purchased it around 1996 at a shop in…
ID Number:2001.62.3
Date:Circa 1996
Cream silk satin evening dress, sold by Madame Thiry, ca. 1933
This silk dress with bias-cut panels has a label from “Madame Thiry,” a fashionable Seattle shop run by Louise Schwaebele Thiry. Thiry was born in Paris and came west in the early 20th century. Her fashion career started as a side business—importing goods from Paris to sell in Alaska and Seattle for supplementary income. After her husband left for WWI…
ID Number:2001.86.7C599
Date:Circa 1929-1933
Costume worn by children's TV personality Wunda Wunda, ca. 1970
From 1953-1972 Ruth Prins entertained Seattle children as TV storyteller Wunda Wunda. Dressed in a bright clown costume and assisted by animal friends Henry Happy Goose and Albert Wise Owl, she transported her viewers with tales of exciting adventures and distant places.
ID Number:2002.19.1
Date:Circa 1970
Shirt worn by "Ranger Charlie" on KSTW children's show, ca. 1990
Robin Lee Nole played Ranger Charlie on the KSTW children's show, "Ranger Charlie's Kids' Club" which aired in the Seattle Tacoma area from 1988-1995. The show also featured a raccoon puppet, Rosco, and a live studio audience of children.
ID Number:2002.34.1
Date:Circa 1990
Fan cap from the KSTW children's show, "Ranger Charlie & Rosco," ca. 1990
This cap was distributed to fans of the KSTW children's show, "Ranger Charlie's Kids' Club." Robin Lee Nole played Ranger Charlie alongside a raccoon puppet, Rosco, and a live studio audience of children. The show aired in the Seattle Tacoma area from 1988-1995.
ID Number:2002.34.2
Date:Circa 1990
Silk cocktail dress designed by Emilio Pucci, ca. 1970s
Italian designer Emilio Pucci was known for geometric and kaleidoscopic bright prints, and sleek silhouettes that were influenced by his background in sportswear. The dress was purchased from the “Designer Room” at Seattle department store Frederick & Nelson. The Designer Room was the department with the highest-end fashions—selling couture from Europe and top American designers from New York to Los…
ID Number:2002.42.4
Date:Circa 1970
Pair of green satin heels, ca. 1970s
These green satin spiked heels were purchased at Frederick & Nelson to be worn with matching evening dress and purse also in the MOHAI collection.
ID Number:2002.42.10
Date:Circa 1970
Gray petal hat, made by Wayne Wichern, ca. 1990-1999
This hat was made by milliner Wayne Wichern, formerly of Seattle. He is quoted as saying, "By putting on a hat we become a different person. We are becoming the theater instead of the observer." He started making hats in 1986 and now currently resides in California.
ID Number:2002.77.3
Date:Circa 1990-1999
Gore-Tex hooded rain jacket from Mountain Safety Research (MSR), ca. 1976
Seattle-based company MSR was one of the first to use Gore-Tex for recreational wear. The revolutionary material is water-repellent, moisture wicking, and breathable, but it was pricey. Originally worn strictly for outdoor adventures, expensive high-tech gear like this jacket has found its way into daily city wear, becoming a Seattle status symbol. An MSR employee test-wore this before Gore-Tex jackets…
ID Number:2003.32.1
Date:Circa 1976
J.P. Patches's jacket, 1960-2002
This is one of several jackets that local entertainer Chris Wedes (1928-2012) wore as clown J. P. Patches on the KIRO-TV children’s program "The J.P. Patches Show" from 1958 to 1981. The live improv show was immensely popular in the Puget Sound area and southwestern British Columbia. J.P. Patches was the Mayor of the City Dump, so his costumes had…
ID Number:2003.35.2
Date:1960-2002