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Three remnant pieces of a flash-bang grenade from the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests, 1999
These flashbang grenade remnants are from the night of December 1st, 1999, during the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests in Seattle. The 1999 protests against the WTO Summit made international news. Deemed the “Battle of Seattle,” police and the National Guard used tear gas, rubber and wooden bullets, and other deterrents to disperse crowds. The donor of this artifact was…
ID Number:2022.12.1
Date:1999
Wooden bullet from the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests, 1999
This wooden bullet is from the night of December 1st, 1999, during the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests in Seattle. The 1999 protests against the WTO Summit made international news. Deemed the “Battle of Seattle,” police used tear gas, rubber and wooden bullets, and other deterrents to disperse crowds. The donor of this artifact was in the midst of the…
ID Number:2022.12.2
Date:1999
Flashlight used by King County Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht when she was a deputy, ca. 1989
This flashlight was used by King County Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht when she was a deputy at Kenmore Precinct 2 around 1989. Johanknecht, born in Seattle and raised in Burien, joined the King County Sheriff's Department in 1985. She rose through the ranks, eventually running for sheriff in 2017, beating incumbent John Urquhart. She was only the second woman and one…
ID Number:2022.22.1
Date:Circa 1989
King County Deputy Sheriff Badge #400, 1940s-1950s
This badge belonged to Andrew Steiner Ekern who was a King County Sheriff and became chief of county detectives in 1956. According to the donor (his granddaughter), he was an alcoholic and got removed from his job and demoted. At the time of his death in 1959 he was an administrator in the State License Department.
ID Number:2023.19.3
Date:Circa 1940-1950
Door from John "Doc" Hamilton's speakeasy in Seattle, ca. 1920s
John Henry "Doc" Hamilton (1891-1942) moved from Mississippi to Seattle around 1914 at the age of 23. He served in WWI in the 92nd infantry division in France and returned to Seattle after the war ended. When the Prohibition Act took effect in 1920, Hamilton opened his first speakeasy in his home on E. Union Street. Seattle police shut it…
ID Number:2024.27.1
Date:Circa 1920-1930
Red whistle and instruction booklet for alerting neighbors to ICE activity, 2026
In response to increased activity from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2025 and 2026, the organization WA Whistles formed to “spread whistles throughout WA to help communities protect themselves against ICE.” If ICE is spotted in the area, users are instructed to blow the whistles in certain ways: intermittent for ICE spotted, continuously if someone is being abducted. The…
ID Number:2026.12.1
Date:2026