45 results for: Lake Union
Porthole from the tank room in the Naval Reserve Center Armory building at South Lake Union, ca. 1941
This porthole was salvaged from the Naval Reserve Center Armory building on the southern shore of Lake Union where MOHAI now resides. Construction for the Naval Reserve began in 1940 and completed in 1942. During WWII the site hosted an Advanced Naval Training School and a modified "Tank Room" complete with hatches, submarine equipment, and other naval materials constructed for…
ID Number:2011.14.3
Date:Circa 1941
Warning sign from the Tank Room in the Naval Reserve Center Armory building at South Lake Union, ca. 1941
This sign was salvaged from the Naval Reserve Center Armory building on the southern shore of Lake Union where MOHAI now resides. Construction for the Naval Reserve began in 1940 and completed in 1942. During WWII the site hosted an Advanced Naval Training School and a modified "Tank Room" complete with hatches, submarine equipment, and other naval materials constructed for…
ID Number:2011.14.8
Date:Circa 1941
Interior hatch door from the Tank Room in the Naval Reserve Center Armory building at South Lake Union, ca. 1941
This hatch cover was salvaged from the Naval Reserve Center Armory building on the southern shore of Lake Union where MOHAI now resides. Construction for the Naval Reserve began in 1940 and completed in 1942. During WWII the site hosted an Advanced Naval Training School and a modified "Tank Room" complete with hatches, submarine equipment, and other naval materials constructed…
ID Number:2011.14.13
Date:Circa 1941
Metal box for an Emergency Escape Breathing Device from the Tank Room in the Naval Reserve Center Armory building at South Lake Union, ca. 1941
This object was salvaged from the Naval Reserve Center Armory building on the southern shore of Lake Union where MOHAI now resides. Construction for the Naval Reserve began in 1940 and completed in 1942. During WWII the site hosted an Advanced Naval Training School and a modified "Tank Room" complete with hatches, submarine equipment, and other naval materials constructed for…
ID Number:2011.14.15
Date:Circa 1941
Painting by Lockwood Dennis, "Railroad Yard, Ship Canal," 1977
Lockwood "Woody" Dennis (1937-2012) was born in Portland, Oregon, but lived in Port Townsend, Washington, for 37 years. He was inclined to paint both natural and industrial scenes from the Northwest, California, Colorado, Africa, and Japan. In this work, featuring a railroad yard located on the Seattle Ship Canal from Lake Union to Puget Sound, one can see Lockwood's influences…
ID Number:2013.56.7
Date:1977
Shirt with pattern of people made by Union Bay, ca. 1980s-1990s
Founded in 1981 and named after Seattle's Union Bay on Lake Washington, UNIONBAY is one of the city's longest-running jeans and casualwear companies. This shirt, from the late 1980s or early 1990s, features a print of rows and rows of people, with lettering spelling out U N I O N B A Y.
ID Number:2016.4.10
Date:Circa 1980-1990
Ship model of the M.Y. BLUE PETER in glass case, ca. 1950
The 96-foot BLUE PETER was designed by Ted Geary and built in 1928 at Lake Union Dry Dock & Machine Works in Seattle for John Graham, Sr. It was later owned by Seattle yachtsman and maritime expert Horace W. McCurdy. The maritime flag, Blue Peter, signifies that the ship is ready to sail on its voyage.
ID Number:2016.19.1
Date:Circa 1950
Red "No Seattle Commons" jacket, 1995-1996
The Seattle Commons was a proposal to build a massive park between Denny Way and the southern end of Lake Union. This jacket from the “no” campaign argues for saving the neighborhood of industrial warehouses and affordable housing. Voters rejected the Seattle Commons twice—in 1995 and 1996. Sweeping redevelopment soon transformed the South Lake Union area anyway.
ID Number:2017.40.1
Date:1995-1996
Print of tugboat, "The Old Arthur Foss" by William E. Ryan, ca. 1981
The Arthur Foss was built in 1899 as the WALLOWA to tow ships across the Columbia River bar. On a return trip from the Klondike Gold Rush around 1897, the WALLOWA ran aground and was out of commission until 1930. At that time, the Foss Tug Co. of Seattle purchased the tug and restored her to star in the 1934…
ID Number:2017.65.1
Date:Circa 1981
Tommy Bahama three-piece Island Active ensemble with floral print, 2018
Tommy Bahama was founded in Seattle in 1992 by employees from several other Seattle companies including Britania, Generra and UNIONBAY. Tommy Bahama released its “IslandActive” line, including this women's ensemble, starting in 2017 to capitalize on the athleisure trend—clothing made for exercise but designed to be seen and worn outside the gym. Tropical prints are a Tommy Bahama hallmark. In-house…
ID Number:2018.59.2
Date:2018