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Child's rocking chair, 1880
This rocking chair was made in 1880 by Michael Wunder for his daughter Miss Rosa Wunder. They lived in Seattle.
ID Number:1961.2228.9
Date:1880
Glass milk bottle, 1/2 pint, ca. 1920-1940
In 1889, Amos Eldridge Stuart founded the Pacific Coast Condensed Milk Company in Kent, Washington. He changed the name to Carnation Evaporated Milk Company in 1901 and established a cow breeding farm in Tolt, Washington. By 1926, the company had six Seattle-area dairies and six local evaporated milk plants, plus 24 evaporated milk plants elsewhere in the country. The town…
ID Number:1961.2384.3
Date:Circa 1920-1940
Blue and white printed cotton wrapper, 1850s-1860s
The realities of frontier life necessitated practical choices and garments that could serve multiple purposes. This 19th-century garment is known as a wrapper. It features a loose-fitting front that could be worn without a corset, at a time when women wore corsets for nearly every occasion. Wrappers were worn as casual home-wear. They were popular as dressing gowns, as maternity…
ID Number:1961.2392.6C765
Date:Circa 1850-1860
Grapefruit slicer, 1920-1940
This grapefruit slicer was used by Louise Nichols Chamberlain. The wooden base rests flat on a table or counter, but the inner face is concave to accommodate the rounded shape of the grapefruit. The serrated blade forms a serpentine cut in the grapefruit, presumably for decorative purposes, and the length of the wood allows the grapefruit to be cut along…
ID Number:1961.2476.34
Date:1920-1940
Handmade wooden box or wall file, ca. 1860-1870
It is thought that Josiah J. White, early Seattle settler, made this wall file out of a cigar box. It was probably meant to hold mail, papers, keys or other trinkets.
ID Number:1962.2682.38
Date:Circa 1860-1870
Butter mold, 1860-1880
This butter mold was owned by the McCallister/Mercer family who were early European settlers in Seattle.
ID Number:1962.2723.5
Date:1860-1880
Butter paddle, 1860-1900
This butter paddle or spade was owned by the McCallister/Mercer family who were early European settlers in Seattle. Paddles like these were used to remove excess liquid from freshly churned butter prior to placement in molds.
ID Number:1962.2723.7
Date:1860-1900
Tin milk jug, ca. 1870
This milk jug was owned by the McCallister family who were early European settlers in Seattle. The donor stated that it was later used as a penny bank.
ID Number:1962.2723.8
Date:Circa 1870
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