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Whiskey bottle, "Batch No. 12 Bourbon Whiskey," from Heritage Distilling Co., Gig Harbor, 2016
Justin Stiefel founded the Heritage Distillery Company (HDC) in 2012 in Gig Harbor. Batch No. 12 is so named because, according to the label, "It took us 12 attempts to find the perfect recipe for this quality product. Our search took us to Russia, Poland, Scotland, England, Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, and beyond." The number 12 also refers to the Seattle…
ID Number:2014.28.22
Date:2016
Beer bottle, "Pike Seafair Summer Ale", Pike Brewing Co., Seattle, WA, 2017
The Pike Brewing Co. started in 1989, and this beer celebrates the Seattle Seafair summer event held annually since 1950.
ID Number:2014.28.23
Date:2017
Jones Soda bottle, Blue Bubble Gum Soda, featuring the Rat City Rollergirls, 2006
This bottle came from Valerie Morris, who skated under the name Valtron 3000 when she played for the Throttle Rockets team of the Rat City Rollergirls roller derby league based in the White Center neighborhood of Seattle.
ID Number:2014.36.16
Date:2006
Jones Soda bottle, Green Apple Soda, featuring the Rat City Rollergirls Derby Liberation Front (DLF), 2005
This Jones Soda bottle celebrates the Rat City Rollergirls 2005 Champions, the Derby Liberation Front (DLF). The Rat City Rollergirls is a Seattle area women's flat track roller derby league that includes the Rain of Terror team, the Sockit Wenches, and others. A founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), the Rat City Rollergirls' cleverly-named teams have…
ID Number:2014.36.RefJonesSoda
Date:2005
Black coat with fur trim from Best's Apparel, ca. 1940s
This coat was sold in Seattle at Best’s Apparel. Best’s was a women’s clothing store founded by Dorothy Cabot Best (1888-1958) and Ivan Lovich Best (1887-1979). The store opened in 1925 on Third Avenue between Pine and Pike and moved to a larger location at 5th and Pine in 1935. The label on this coat includes one of their slogans:…
ID Number:2014.39.1
Date:1937-1948
Beer bottle, "Alt Heidelberg Pale Beer," ca. 1935
In the late 1890s, Emil Kliese was head brewmaster for Tumwater-based Capital Brewing Company (later Olympia Brewing Company). In 1900, he left Capital to start Columbia Brewing Company in Tacoma. After Prohibition was repealed in 1932, Elmer E. Hemrich, with a group of Seattle investors, purchased the Tacoma brewery and established Columbia Breweries, Inc. from which this Alt Heidelberg Pale…
ID Number:2014.64.1
Date:Circa 1935
House moving jack used during the second Denny Hill regrade in 1929
Denny Hill, which stood north of Seattle's downtown was thought to block the city's growth. The steep hill was removed in two stages between the 1890s and the 1930s, and the land was regraded. This house jack was used during the second Denny regrade in 1929. William T. McLachlan moved his family from Canada to the San Juan Islands in…
ID Number:2014.66.1
Date:Circa 1929
Waitsburg Bourbon Whiskey bottle from Oola Distillery in Seattle, 2014
Kirby Kallas-Lewis founded Oola Distillery in the Capital Hill neighborhood of Seattle in 2010. Oola Distillery produces small batches of gin, vodka, flavored vodkas and bourbon whiskey.
ID Number:2014.93.1
Date:2014
Vodka bottle from Oola Distillery in Seattle, 2014
Kirby Kallas-Lewis founded Oola Distillery in the Capital Hill neighborhood of Seattle in 2010. Oola Distillery produces small batches of gin, vodka, flavored vodkas and bourbon whiskey.
ID Number:2014.93.2
Date:2014
Eddie Bauer down jacket, ca. 1962
Seattle outdoorsman and entrepreneur Eddie Bauer (1899-1986) helped bring high-quality outdoor gear to a wider audience. His company was established in 1920, and in 1940 Bauer patented the first quilted down jacket. This coat, from Bauer’s “Blizzard Proof” line, belonged to John Stuart Miller. Miller was an engineer who worked both in Seattle and Fairbanks, Alaska. This coat was purchased…
ID Number:2015.71.1
Date:1962