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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
Japanese tea table, 1912
This bamboo table with removable tray was purchased at the Furuya Company in 1912, considered to be the only Japanese retailer in Seattle at that time. Masajiro Furuya, founder of this store, was born in Japan in 1862, immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, in 1890, and settled in Seattle in 1892. He first opened a grocery store and tailor shop on…
ID Number:1968.4471.1
Date:Circa 1912
Draftsman's chair, 1875-1905
This Arts and Crafts style factory made draftsman's swivel chair was used by George Nelson, a Seattle general contractor, who worked on the Denny Regrades from 1900 to 1930.
ID Number:1969.4591.2
Date:1875-1905
Bench from the MV Crosline ferry, ca. 1925-1950
The MV Crosline was a 65-car motor ferry, built in 1925 by Marine Construction Company in Seattle, for the Crosby Direct Line Ferry Company. It ran the Alki-Manchester Ferry route on Puget Sound until 1942, when it was purchased and transferred to Vancouver, British Columbia. After World War II, the ferry was purchased by the Washington State Highway Department fo…
ID Number:1969.4652
Date:Circa 1925-1950
Beautician's chair, ca. 1932-1935
This chair is from the Owl Beauty Shop in Seattle, owned and operated by Wilma E. Buell during the 1930s.
ID Number:1969.4679.3
Date:Circa 1930
Radio-Phonograph made by Philco Radio, ca. 1940
This combination radio-phonograph was purchased by Thornton Thomas at Lib's Bellevue Electric, a local electronics store that was in business in the shopping area of Bellevue Square from approximately 1945 to 1980. Thornton Thomas was a former Mayor of Medina, Washington, serving from 1964-1968.
ID Number:1969.4704
Date:Circa 1940
Occasional table, made by local Seattle furniture maker, John Emil Kuniholm, 1890-1920
John Emil Kuniholm was a rattan furniture manufacturer in Seattle in the early 1900s. Born in Finland, John immigrated to the United States in 1890 and settled in Seattle where he made many different items with rattan including furniture, lamps, and vases.
ID Number:1970.4869.1
Date:Circa 1890-1920
Cherry wood settee, ca. 1860
This settee with reupholstered cushions, was made by Charles Terry, one of the original white settlers in Seattle. The wood is from the first cherry tree grown on the Terry Farm once located on Lake Washington.
ID Number:1970.4966
Date:Circa 1860
General store display case made by Rasmus Peter Jensen, ca. 1890-1900
Danish immigrant Rasmus Peter Jensen made this display case after the fire of 1889. He worked as a carpenter and owned a general store in West Woodland, and made the case from maple trees he cut down on the property.
ID Number:1971.5068.15
Date:Circa 1890-1900
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