45 results for: World War II, 1941-1945 (WWII)
Artificial Christmas tree, 1930s
This Christmas tree was displayed every year in a Seattle home from the 1930s until 2008. The first artificial Christmas trees were made in Germany out of of dyed feathers, but by the 1930s trees like this were made with heavy wires and plastic bristles. This design allowed for hanging heavier ornaments and decorations. This tree was originally attributed to…
ID Number:2009.14.1
Date:Circa 1930
US Army Air Forces and Red Cross identification cards for Margaret Latimer Callahan, 1942
Margaret Latimer Callahan was a member of a prominent Seattle family whose grandfather was associated with the city's founding families and King County's first Treasurer, and whose father was the President of Dexter Horton Bank. Margaret served in the US Army Air Forces IV Fighter Command as an Air Spotter during World War II and was a certified American National…
ID Number:2010.31.14
Date:1942
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
Red Cross volunteer pin, 1940s
Marian Pease wore this pin as a Seattle Red Cross volunteer during World War II.
ID Number:2011.119.1
Date:Circa 1940
Seattle Red Cross veil, 1940s
Marian Pease wore this veil as a volunteer for the Seattle Red Cross during World War II.
ID Number:2011.119.2
Date:Circa 1940
Colored drawing of a B-17 Flying Fortress by Abe Blashko, 1942
Boeing developed the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft in the 1930s for the US Army Air Corps (USAAC). The artist, Abe Blashko (1920-2011), was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, and was self-taught in the creation of drawings and prints. His works often featured the struggles of the Great Depression and the atrocities happening in Europe leading up to, and…
ID Number:2013.113.1
Date:1942
Pair of shoes with wooden soles, made during WWII, ca. 1943-1945
L. Jane Hastings became a prominent and well-respected architect in Seattle in the 1950s and was involved in many architectural, professional, and community organizations in the area. Jane owned several pairs of clogs made to order and she remembers wearing these clogs on a trip to Holland where people pointed at them and were amazed. The maker, Oscar Auestad, a…
ID Number:2016.46.1
Date:Circa 1943-1945