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Sequin shoes worn by Anne Slaugh, Miss Seafair 1997
The first Seattle Seafair Queen was crowned in 1950. The title was changed to Miss Seafair in 1972 as the role evolved to put more emphasis on academics and personal achievements. Anne Slaugh, Miss Seafair 1997, worked to expand her duties into a full year of public appearances and community service. This stunning blue sequined mermaid-like gown and matching shoes…
ID Number:2011.105.2.23
Date:1997
Racing suit worn by Don Due for limited hydroplane racing, ca. 1970s
Don Due was a Seattle native, born in 1932. He raced Super Stock and K-Class race boats, or limited hydroplane racing, in the 1970s. In 1971, he won the national championship in super stock at Green Lake driving his boat the Krazy Kanaka.
ID Number:2011.109.2
Date:Circa 1970
Seattle Supersonics 1979 World Champs T-shirt with sleeves cut off, 1979
The Seattle SuperSonics basketball team won the NBA Championship in 1979. The owner of this shirt cut the sleeves off and used it for workouts at the gym.
ID Number:2011.111.1
Date:1979
Dress and bolero made out of World's Fair fabric, ca. 1962
While you could buy shirts and dresses printed with 1962 World’s Fair patterns, some companies also made fabrics for fairgoers to create their own designs. This dress is made from a patterned fabric which may have been intended for making skirts (since the pattern is along the lower part of the fabric and plainer where you would gather the waistband)…
ID Number:2011.117.1
Date:1962
Seattle Red Cross veil, 1940s
Marian Pease wore this veil as a volunteer for the Seattle Red Cross during World War II.
ID Number:2011.119.2
Date:Circa 1940
Souvenir handkerchief showing I-90 floating bridge, 1940s-1950s
The presence of the Kalakala (retired in 1967) and the absence of the Space Needle (completed in 1962) implies that this souvenir handkerchief showing I-90 floating bridge and other local attractions, was made in the 1940s-1950s.
ID Number:2012.8.1
Date:Circa 1940-1950
Outdoor Research Seattle Sombrero, ca. 1990s
The “Seattle Sombrero” was introduced by local company Outdoor Research in the mid-1980s, and it quickly became one of their top sellers and cornerstone products. Inspired by Seattle’s famously rainy weather, the Seattle Sombrero is a waterproof rain hat made of Gore-Tex fabric with foam stiffening in the brim to keep it “floating” instead of collapsing in a downpour. Velcro…
ID Number:2012.15.1
Date:Circa 1990
Pair of cream satin wedding shoes with beaded toe, from Turrell's Seattle, ca. 1910s
This pair of satin wedding shoes were sold at Turrell's, an early Seattle retailer, in the 1910s.
ID Number:2013.2.19
Date:Circa 1910
Pair of black satin and grosgrain pumps with lace ties, "Styled at Rysonele", Baxter's Seattle, ca. 1915-1925
This pair of women's black satin pumps features lace ties. They were sold at Baxter's Shoes of Seattle around 1915-1920.
ID Number:2013.2.21
Date:Circa 1915-1925
John Doyle Bishop signature gray scarf, ca. 1968
Influential Seattle retailer John Doyle Bishop (1913-1980) sold high-end womenswear at his store at 5th and Union. In the late 1960s, he designed a line of silk scarves that featured a chicken wire pattern and his signature in the lower corner. The chicken wire design was a reference to his upbringing in Idaho on a chicken farm. The scarves were…
ID Number:2013.5.1
Date:Circa 1968