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Frying pan, hand-forged by blacksmith in Seattle, 1884
This frying pan was hand-forged by a blacksmith in the Beacon Hill neighborhood in Seattle. Workers at the Beacon Hill Reservoir used the pan to cook lunch back in the 1880s. The reservoir was lidded with a park in 2009.
ID Number:1960.2102.4
Date:1884
Sound transmitting condenser designed by William Dubilier, ca. 1920
William Dubilier of Seattle, who founded the Dubilier Condenser Company in 1920, made this early form of electronic sound transmitters. This is one of the original "bathtub" designs which established the standard for radio transmitting condensers for many years.
ID Number:1961.2198.5
Date:Circa 1920
Ice cream scoop from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca. 1920-1950
Located on 15th Avenue, Capitol Hill Drug was open sometime in the 1910s and closed in the early 1980s. This item was donated to MOHAI by Alan K. Lomax, who owned the store in the 1960s. It is likely he was cleaning out historic and outdated items from the long-running business. The store also sold ice cream and had a…
ID Number:1961.2236.1
Date:Circa 1920-1950
Glass bottle from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca. 1900
Located on 15th Avenue, Capitol Hill Drug was open sometime in the 1910s and closed in the early 1980s. This item was donated to MOHAI by Alan K. Lomax, who owned the store in the 1960s. It is likely he was cleaning out historic and outdated items from the long-running business.
ID Number:1961.2236.5
Date:Circa 1910
Pharmaceutical bottle, "Pulv Rhei," from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca. 1910
Located on 15th Avenue, Capitol Hill Drug was open sometime in the 1910s and closed in the early 1980s. This item was donated to MOHAI by Alan K. Lomax, who owned the store in the 1960s. It is likely he was cleaning out historic and outdated items from the long-running business.
ID Number:1961.2236.6
Date:Circa 1910
Pharmaceutical bottle, "Pulv. Cinchon C," from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca.1910
Located on 15th Avenue, Capitol Hill Drug was open sometime in the 1910s and closed in the early 1980s. This item was donated to MOHAI by Alan K. Lomax, who owned the store in the 1960s. It is likely he was cleaning out historic and outdated items from the long-running business.
ID Number:1961.2236.7
Date:Circa 1910
Pharmaceutical bottle, "Potassium Carbonate," from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca. 1910
Located on 15th Avenue, Capitol Hill Drug was open sometime in the 1910s and closed in the early 1980s. This item was donated to MOHAI by Alan K. Lomax, who owned the store in the 1960s. It is likely he was cleaning out historic and outdated items from the long-running business.
ID Number:1961.2236.9
Date:Circa 1910
Pharmaceutical bottle, "Iron Sulfate," from Capitol Hill Drug store, ca. 1910
Located on 15th Avenue, Capitol Hill Drug was open sometime in the 1910s and closed in the early 1980s. This item was donated to MOHAI by Alan K. Lomax, who owned the store in the 1960s. It is likely he was cleaning out historic and outdated items from the long-running business.
ID Number:1961.2236.10
Date:Circa 1910
Pitcher made for the Pacific Steamship Co., with Admiral Line emblem, 1924
The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line) was a steamship company based in Seattle which operated five ocean liners sailing from Seattle to Japan and China. In 1916 it purchased the vessels of The Pacific Coast Steamship Company, another local company which had begun in 1867 under the name of Goodall, Nelson and Perkins. The…
ID Number:1961.2313.1
Date:1924
Cup made for the Pacific Steamship Co., with Admiral Line emblem, ca. 1920
The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line) was a steamship company based in Seattle which operated five ocean liners sailing from Seattle to Japan and China. In 1916 it purchased the vessels of The Pacific Coast Steamship Company, another local company which had begun in 1867 under the name of Goodall, Nelson and Perkins. The…
ID Number:1961.2313.3
Date:Circa 1920