140 results for: Performing Arts and Music
Chinese Woman's Jacket from the Goon Dip family, ca. 1890-1910
This is one of several Chinese garments donated to MOHAI by Lillian Goon Dip (1900-1975). Lillian was born in Portland Oregon and spent most of her early life at the Milwaukee Hotel in Seattle’s Chinatown. Lillian was an accomplished dancer, studying ballet with several teachers including Seattle’s well-known Mary Ann Wells. She often performed in traditional Chinese costumes. Her father…
ID Number:1974.5914.33
Date:1890-1910
Chinese headdress worn by Lillian Goon Dip, ca. 1900-1920
This Chinese headdress belonged to Lillian Goon Dip (1900-1975) and she is shown wearing it in a circa 1925 photo in the MOHAI Collection (shs14125). Lillian was born Lillian Goon in Portland Oregon and spent most of her early life at the Milwaukee Hotel in Seattle’s Chinatown. Her father was Seattle’s Chinese consul and hotel owner, Goon Dip (circa 1862-1933).…
ID Number:1974.5914.36
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Pair of two-tone wing tip shoes, 1970s
This pair of dressy two-toned loafers were purchased at a Florsheim Shoes store in Seattle in the 1970s. The owner, Mark Dempsey, was a theater actor who grew up in Seattle in the mid- to late-20th century.
ID Number:1980.7083.3
Date:1970-1979
Straw toque, 1919
This hat, part of a large collection owned by Gertrude Paul, was made by milliner Mrs. W.F. Flagg who had a business in the Arcade Building in Seattle. Mrs. Paul was a Seattle dance teacher and patron of the arts.
ID Number:1983.71.6M1067
Date:1919
Red and white hat, ca. 1945
This hat was part of a large collection of hats owned by Gertrude Paul, a Seattle dance teacher and patron of the arts. It has a homemade label which reads “Hats by Gertrude, Seattle.” This suggests that the hat was either made by Gertrude Paul herself, or the name is a coincidence and there was a milliner named Gertrude who…
ID Number:1983.71.19M1084
Date:Circa 1945
Velvet toque with ostrich feathers, ca. 1910-1920s
This hat was sold at Hetrick Hat Shop which was located on Madison Avenue in Seattle in the early 20th century. It was part of a large collection owned by Gertrude Paul, a Seattle dance teacher and patron of the arts.
ID Number:1983.71.26M1091
Date:Circa 1910-1920
Cream hat from Hetrick Hat Shop, 1919
This hat was sold at Hetrick Hat Shop which was located on Madison Avenue in Seattle in the early twentieth century. It was part of a large collection of hats owned by Gertrude Paul, a Seattle dance teacher and patron of the arts.
ID Number:1983.71.100M1188
Date:1919
Music Hall Theater "Exit" sign, ca. 1920s-1930s
The Music Hall originally opened as the Fox Theatre on April 19, 1929, and was located at Seventh Avenue and Olive Street. When the Clise family purchased the venue in 1936, it was renamed the Music Hall. By the 1980s, the venue was losing money for the Clises and they decided to tear it down in 1988 to make way…
ID Number:1991.47.9
Date:Circa 1920-1930
Tambourine used by Mark Dempsey, ca. 1975
Actor and performer Mark Dempsey (1936-1994) was born in Los Angeles and came to Seattle in 1951 with his mother, performer Bessie Hall Dempsey. He attended Queen Anne High School and the University of Washington's School of Drama. He lived in New York City from the early 1960s until his return to Seattle in 1982. This tambourine is marked with…
ID Number:1993.41.46
Date:Circa 1975
Tin "Marlboro Man" sign featuring Mark Dempsey, ca. 1980s
Seattle actor and performer Mark Dempsey was the model for this Marlboro cigarette advertising campaign in the 1980s. The “Marlboro Man” campaigns associated the cigarettes with “tough guy” figures like cowboys. Dempsey (1936-1994) was born in Los Angeles and came to Seattle in 1951 with his mother, performer Bessie Hall Dempsey. He attended Queen Anne High School and the University…
ID Number:1993.41.49
Date:Circa 1985