83 results for: Great Seattle Fire (1889)
Cupels used for assay work that melted together from the Seattle Fire of 1889
The Great Fire of June 6, 1889 was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the city. The fire started in a paint and woodwork shop at Front and Madison and swept southward across 100 acres of Seattle's business district and waterfront. The inferno completely consumed the business district's wooden buildings,…
ID Number:1961.2465.3
Date:Circa 1880
Silk ribbon program for the Dedication Concerts at Seattle's New Opera House held May 15-16, 1962
The new Opera House was built and opened in conjunction with the Seattle World's Fair in 1962. This program is a replica of the one used in the Frye Opera House on November 10, 1887. The Frye was completely destroyed in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.
ID Number:1962.2645.2
Date:1962
Wooden kitchen bowl or tray, 1860-1900
This wooden kitchen bowl could be used for chopping items (with a rounded food chopping tool rather than a straight knife) or for working and shaping butter. This one was used by Frances Mercer McCallister, who came to the Seattle area in 1863 when she was two years old. She married John W. H. McCallister who ran a brickyard near…
ID Number:1962.2723.10
Date:1860-1900
Pot scrubber used by Frances Mercer McCallister, ca. 1880-1900
Metal pot scrubbers were used to scour heavy cookware in the 19th century. This one was used by Frances Mercer McCallister, who came to the Seattle area in 1863 when she was two years old. She married John W. H. McCallister who ran a brickyard near the Duwamish River in South Seattle. The McCallister home was near the brickyard, and…
ID Number:1962.2723.37
Date:1880-1900
Printing block with image from Great Seattle Fire, 1889
This printing block, donated by Lowman & Hanford Co., contains an image of the tent city that was Seattle in the aftermath of the Great Seattle Fire in 1889. Lowman & Hanford was a printing company and retail stationery business operating in the Pioneer Square area of Seattle beginning around 1885.
ID Number:1963.2898.40
Date:Circa 1889
Printing block, image of tents after Great Seattle Fire, 1889
This printing block, donated by the Lowman & Hanford Co., contains an image of the tent city that was Seattle in the aftermath of the Great Seattle Fire in 1889. Lowman & Hanford was a printing company and retail stationery business operating in the Pioneer Square area of Seattle beginning around 1885.
ID Number:1963.2898.59
Date:1889
Box made from wood from Yesler's Mill, ca. 1909
Henry Yesler built the first steam-powered sawmill in Seattle in 1852. It was instrumental in developing this small white settler town into a thriving city. The mill burned down in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, but wood from the mill was found during the excavation of the public comfort station at Pioneer Place in 1909. This box was made…
ID Number:1963.3093.1
Date:Circa 1909
Glass crystal paperweight in the shape of a pyramid from the Frye Opera House, 1889
This badly cracked paperweight from the Frye Opera House was damaged in the Great Seattle Fire of 1889 when the building was completely destroyed.
ID Number:1964.3230.25
Date:Circa 1880
Locker room door from old Seattle Armory, ca. 1888
The old Seattle Armory was built in 1888 on Union Street. After the Seattle fire of 1889, the building was used a relief station. The territorial militia companies were quartered here, along with the Regimental Band. It was here that the National Guard companies volunteered to serve in the Spanish-American War of 1898. Each of the quarters had locker rooms…
ID Number:1964.3381.1
Date:Circa 1888
Cup and saucer burned in Seattle Fire of 1889
The Great Fire of June 6, 1889 was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the city. The fire started in a paint and woodwork shop at Front and Madison and swept southward across 100 acres of Seattle's business district and waterfront. The inferno completely consumed the business district's wooden buildings,…
ID Number:1964.3482.1
Date:Circa 1880