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Black, glossy plastic poncho with stretch pants, worn as part of the Seattle World's Fair Century 21 Fashion Show, 1962
The Fashion Group, Inc. was established in 1928 by Edna Wollman Chase, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue magazine. Founding members included Elizabeth Arden, Eleanor Roosevelt and Helena Rubinstein. In 1962, the local Fashion Group of Seattle coordinated the Interiors and Fashion Exhibit located in the World of Commerce and Industry complex at the Seattle's World Fair. Clothing and textiles were exhibited in…
ID Number:1962.2821.11C920
Date:1962
Striped knit dress, worn as part of Seattle World's Fair Century 21 Fashion Show, 1962
The Fashion Group, Inc. was established in 1928 by Edna Wollman Chase, Editor-in-Chief of Vogue magazine. Founding members included Elizabeth Arden, Eleanor Roosevelt and Helena Rubinstein. In 1962, the local Fashion Group of Seattle coordinated the Interiors and Fashion Exhibit located in the World of Commerce and Industry complex at the Seattle's World Fair. Clothing and textiles were exhibited in…
ID Number:1962.2821.13C922
Date:1962
WAVES shoulder rank patches, ca. 1943
WAVES stood for Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service, a branch of the US Naval Reserve. It was established in July 1942 to release officers and men for sea duty, and allow women to fill positions of shore duty as commissioned officers or enlisted rank.
ID Number:1962.2865.6
Date:Circa 1943
Necklace of black jet beads, ca. 1910
Jet jewelry was commonly worn during mourning.
ID Number:1963.2941.18
Date:Circa 1910
Souvenir pennant of the Golden Potlatch, 1911
The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival first held in July of 1911. It was organized by civic boosters who were hoping to capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. The event continued for each of the next three summers before being suspended during wartime, and then was started up again as the Potlatch Festival from 1934…
ID Number:1963.3029
Date:1911
Commemorative pennant from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909
The AYPE was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909. It was a major national event for the young but fast growing city, and celebrated the emerging development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington.
ID Number:1963.3106.19
Date:1909
Pair of Century 21 flags from the Seattle World's Fair, ca. 1962
The logo of the Century 21 Seattle World's Fair features the Mars symbol with a circle and an arrow pointing upward as if to represent the journey into space or the future. These concepts and the advancements of science were the main themes of the 1962 fair.
ID Number:1963.3119.91
Date:1962
Ribbon commemorating the Fifth Annual Picnic of the Master Horseshoer and Blacksmith, August 19, 1905
This ribbon commemorates what was an annual event for the Seattle Blacksmith Protective Association Local No. 90. In 1905, the picnic was held at Stones' Landing in Federal Way. The town's name soon changed to Redondo after a devastating dock collapse in 1906.
ID Number:1963.3133.25
Date:1905
Souvenir handkerchief commemorating the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE)
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909. It was a major national event for the young but fast growing city, and celebrated the emerging development of the Pacific Northwest. This souvenir silk handkerchief shows a “birds eye view” of the fairgrounds, which would later become the campus of the University of Washington. Surrounding this…
ID Number:1963.3204.1
Date:1909
Chilkat blanket, ca. 1890-1910
The term "Chilkat Blanket" was created by European traders in the late 19th century. The Tlingit, Haida, and Tsmishian tribes had been making these blankets since the early 1800s and the Tlingit traditionally referred to the blanket as Naaxiin (or “fringe about the body”) and the Tsimshian as Gwis-halait (or “dancing blanket”).
ID Number:1964.3230.2
Date:Circa 1890-1910