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Image of Coronation gown for Jasmine Goodwin, Miss Seafair 2014

Coronation gown for Jasmine Goodwin, Miss Seafair 2014

This red dress was the coronation gown worn by Jasmine Goodwin, Miss Seafair 2014. Goodwin was the 65th Miss Seafair and the second Black woman to secure the title. Her win came exactly 40 years after Galen Motin’s win in 1974, the first Black Miss Seafair. The program director for the Miss Seafair organization selected dresses for each participant for…
ID Number:2019.5.1
Date:2014
Image of Brown high heel shoes, worn by Miss Seafair 2014

Brown high heel shoes, worn by Miss Seafair 2014

These brown high heel shoes were worn by Jasmine Goodwin, Miss Seafair 2014. Goodwin was the 65th Miss Seafair and the second Black woman to secure the title. Her win came exactly 40 years after Galen Motin’s win in 1974, the first Black Miss Seafair. The Miss Seafair organization selected dresses for each participant for the coronation night, but contestants…
ID Number:2019.5.2
Date:2014
Image of Propeller, shaft, and shaft log from Slo-Mo-Shun IV hydroplane, 1950

Propeller, shaft, and shaft log from Slo-Mo-Shun IV hydroplane, 1950

The Slo-Mo-Shun IV was designed by Ted Jones in conjunction with Stanley Sayres and Anchor Jensen of Jensen Motor Boat Company. Slo-Mo-Shun IV and her sister ship, Slo-Mo-Shun V, won the Gold Cup every year from 1950 to 1954. The badly twisted and broken metal pieces are what remains of the shaft and shaft log from the Slo-Mo-Shun IV when,…
ID Number:2019.33.12.ONLINE
Date:1950
Image of Spacie the Needle costume headpiece, 1979

Spacie the Needle costume headpiece, 1979

Spacie the Needle was created by Brian Keil when he entered an "International Mascot Contest" promoted by the Seattle Mariners baseball team and held in the Kingdome in 1979. This 12-foot tall costume consists of a Space Needle headpiece, white Mariners jersey and long white pants, and 4-foot stilts, making it one of the tallest in the mascot world. There…
ID Number:2023.32.1
Date:1979
Image of Seafair Grand Marshal hat and plastic cover, 1997

Seafair Grand Marshal hat and plastic cover, 1997

Since 1990, the Seafair Torchlight Parade has named a Grand Marshal. In 1997 it was Bill Nye (b. 1955), who was several seasons into his groundbreaking “Bill Nye the Science Guy” TV show which was filmed and produced in Seattle. This was his Grand Marshal hat, which came with an optional rain cover. Even a summer festival in Seattle runs…
ID Number:2024.39.39
Date:1997
Image of Toy hydroplane for dragging behind a car in the Seafair torchlight parade, 1997

Toy hydroplane for dragging behind a car in the Seafair torchlight parade, 1997

Since 1990, the Seafair Torchlight Parade has named a Grand Marshal. In 1997 it was Bill Nye (b. 1955), who was several seasons into his groundbreaking “Bill Nye the Science Guy” TV show which was filmed and produced in Seattle. Nye made this wood hydroplane to drag behind the car in the Torchlight Parade. This was a nod to the…
ID Number:2024.39.40
Date:1997
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