138 results for: Maritime
Spike from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s
Built by the Russians in Sitka, the POLITKOFSKY came under United States ownership in 1867 when Russian Alaska was sold to the US. The gunboat was then sold into civilian service as a tugboat, Polly, working the northwest coast of North America until 1896. It was then converted to a schooner barge and carried eager gold seekers to Alaska during…
ID Number:1961.2403.4
Date:Circa 1850-1860
Drawing of USS Decatur, "Seattle-1855," by Hewitt Jackson, ca. 1961
Hewitt Jackson (1914-2007) was a seaman, marine draftsman, and artist. He is best known for his maritime drawings of ships that sailed the Puget Sound and Pacific Northwest. The MOHAI collection contains seven of Hewitt's works. This particular drawing features the USS Decatur which was an armed vessel anchored in Elliott Bay during the "Battle of Seattle" that took place…
ID Number:1961.2441.1
Date:1961
Life preserver ring from sailing vessel Fantome, ca. 1930s-1950s
The schooner Fantome was built in 1927 and was moored in Portage Bay from the late 1930s until the 1950s. She changed ownership many times, belonging to the Guiness family during most of her time in Seattle.
ID Number:1961.2489.6
Date:Circa 1930-1950
Ship's bell from the SS Victoria, formerly the passenger liner Parthia, 1870
The Parthia was built at Dunbarton-on-the-Clyde, Scotland, in 1870, and was a London-New York passenger liner for her first ten years. She continued as a passenger service in various parts of the world until 1892, when she was renamed the "Victoria." At that time, she served passage to and from Asia and Tacoma, Washington. In 1904, the ship was sold…
ID Number:1962.2514
Date:1870
Ship's Bell, "Hikawa Maru," 1929
The "Hikawa Maru," owned by Nippon Ysen Kaisha, was the first modern Japanese passenger vessel in the North Paciific and the last. It launched on September 30, 1929, in Yokohama, Japan, and it's final voyage was on September 17, 1960, from Seattle.
ID Number:1962.2602.1
Date:1929
Champagne bottle from the SS Islander, ca. 1901
This champagne bottle is one of several items in the collection that were salvaged from the SS Islander which struck an iceberg and sank in Stevens Passage off the coast of Juneau, Alaska, in 1901. The SS Islander was a Canadian Pacific Navigation Company steamship built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1888.
ID Number:1963.2927.15
Date:Circa 1901
U.S. Navy periscope used in World War II submarine and obtained from the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, ca. 1940
This 43 foot high periscope on loan from the Navy was used in a WWII submarine and obtained from the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. A daytime attack periscope, it may be trained in any direction and photos can be taken through it using any single lens reflex camera. About 30 feet of the periscope is highly ground to precision so…
ID Number:1963.3121.1
Date:Circa 1940
Oil painting, "Scraping and Painting" or "Chipping Rust," part of "Men Who Work the Ships" mural by Kenneth Callahan, 1936
Kenneth Callahan (1905-1986) was born in Spokane and lived in Seattle, becoming a nationally known artist, most celebrated for his murals. Self-taught as a painter and sculptor, he is best known as a leading figure in the Northwest School along with Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, and Guy Anderson. Commissioned in 1936 under the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP), Callahan painted…
ID Number:1963.3128.1
Date:1936
Oil painting, "Life Boat Drill," part of "Men Who Work the Ships" mural by Kenneth Callahan, 1936
Kenneth Callahan (1905-1986) was born in Spokane and lived in Seattle, becoming a nationally known artist, most celebrated for his murals. Self-taught as a painter and sculptor, he is best known as a leading figure in the Northwest School along with Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, and Guy Anderson. Commissioned in 1936 under the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP), Callahan painted…
ID Number:1963.3128.2
Date:1936
Oil painting, "Engine Room," part of "Men Who Work the Ships" mural by Kenneth Callahan, 1936
Kenneth Callahan (1905-1986) was born in Spokane and lived in Seattle, becoming a nationally known artist, most celebrated for his murals. Self-taught as a painter and sculptor, he is best known as a leading figure in the Northwest School along with Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, and Guy Anderson. Commissioned in 1936 under the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP), Callahan painted…
ID Number:1963.3128.3
Date:1936