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Bell on stand, ca. 1870
This bell was owned by Emilie Peaslee, who graduated from University of Washington in 1910 and taught mathematics at West Seattle High School, ca. 1910-1957. Ms. Peaslee is a rare example of a woman who graduated from UW in the early 1900s and went on to become a professional in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) field.
ID Number:1966.3961.13
Date:Circa 1870
Draftsman's set, ca. 1910-1957
This draftsman's set was owned by Emilie Peaslee, who graduated from University of Washington in 1910 and taught mathematics at West Seattle High School, ca. 1910-1957. Ms. Peaslee is a rare example of a woman who graduated from UW in the early 1900s and went on to become a professional in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) field.
ID Number:1966.3961.18
Date:Circa 1910-1957
University of Washington pennant, ca. 1902
One of two pennants that were owned by Curtiss Isaac Parker who graduated from Seattle High School in 1898, and then graduated from the University of Washington in 1904. The official school colors represented in these pennants were selected by student vote in 1892.
ID Number:1966.4041.19
Date:1902
Windsor style lecture chair with writing arm, 1890-1930
This side-arm school chair was used from 1907-1908 at the Holy Names Academy located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. The Holy Names Academy, established in 1888, is one of the oldest schools in Washington state. A Catholic private all-girls college-preparatory high school, it is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle and governed by a Board of…
ID Number:1968.4426.3
Date:1890-1930
Black satin reticule owned by early Seattle school teacher, ca. 1870s
This purse belonged to Anna Bean Wadleigh, who was a teacher at Seattle's South School and Central School in the 1870s and 1880s.
ID Number:1969.4696.1
Date:Circa 1870
Mortar and pestle from Seattle Community College science department, ca. 1960
Seattle Community College, now Seattle Central College, opened in 1966 and was the first two-year college in the city. Tuition that first year was $60 per quarter and nearly 14,000 students were enrolled.
ID Number:1970.4844.2
Date:Circa 1960
Iron Oxide Red Merck apothecary bottle, one of many in a collection from Seattle Community College, ca. 1900
This pharmaceutical jar is one of many apothecary bottles and other chemistry-related materials that were donated to MOHAI by the Science Department at Seattle Community College.
ID Number:1970.4844.4
Date:Circa 1900
Terrestial globe on brass stand, ca. 1930
This globe was presented to the Broadway High School Library by the Broadway Honor Society in 1930.
ID Number:1970.4939
Date:Circa 1930
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
Child's chair made in Seattle and used in the Seattle Public Schools, 1900-1940
This chair, one of two in the collection, was used in the Seattle Public School District in the early 1900s.
ID Number:1971.5133.25B
Date:Circa 1900-1940