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Gold colored brooch with topaz rhinestones, ca. 1960s
This brooch was from Layko Ross & Company, Inc., a Seattle-based wholesale importing and exporting firm founded around 1918 by William O. Ross (president) and Joseph Layko (vice-president). Ross immigrated to the US from Russia in 1906 and was in Seattle by 1920. Under the LaRoco trademark, the company distributed various articles of men's and women's adornment including jewelry, tie…
ID Number:2021.61.3
Date:Circa 1960
Three-strand necklace with faux pearls and clear beads, late 1950s-early 1960s
This necklace was from Layko Ross & Company, Inc., a Seattle-based wholesale importing and exporting firm founded around 1918 by William O. Ross (president) and Joseph Layko (vice-president). Ross immigrated to the US from Russia in 1906 and was in Seattle by 1920. Under the LaRoco trademark, the company distributed various articles of men's and women's adornment including jewelry, tie…
ID Number:2021.61.4
Date:Circa 1955-1965
Cartridge Kodak No. 4 folding camera used by C. C. Maring in Seattle, ca. 1895
C.C. Maring came to Seattle around 1890 and established the first photo engraving and printing business west of the Mississippi. His first shop was Maring & Ladd, then a man named Blake who worked at the shop, bought into it, and it became Maring & Blake. The business was located on the floor above the Crescent Manufacturing Company at the…
ID Number:2021.82.1
Date:Circa 1895
Green aventurine and sterling silver bi-disc earrings from Boma Jewelry, ca. 1993
Boma is a jewelry company founded in Seattle in 1981 by Boon and Chieko Chaya. These earrings, from a collection in the early 1990s, reference the bi-disc shape which has been present in Chinese art for millennia. It is a symbol of longevity and the continuous circle of life. In earlier years of the company’s history, Boma’s marketing and designs…
ID Number:2022.5.1
Date:Circa 1993
Green agate, gold, and topaz bi-disc necklace from Boma Jewelry, 2021
Boma is a jewelry company founded in Seattle in 1981 by Boon and Chieko Chaya. In earlier years of the company’s history, Boma’s marketing and designs rarely highlighted the founders’ Asian heritage, as was common in the jewelry industry at the time. Since becoming CEO in 2016, second-generation owner Suzanne Vetillart has led the company in a new direction. Boma…
ID Number:2022.5.2
Date:2021
Bocco jewelry box, 1990s
This Bocco jewelry box is from Boma, a jewelry company founded in Seattle in 1981 by Boon and Chieko Chaya. Bocco was the name of their retail location in Westlake in the 1990s. In earlier years of the company’s history, Boma’s marketing and designs rarely highlighted the founders’ Asian heritage and connections, as was common in the jewelry industry at…
ID Number:2022.5.RefBox1
Date:Circa 1990
Boma jewelry box, 2021
Boma is a jewelry company founded in Seattle in 1981 by Boon and Chieko Chaya. Their daughter Suzanne Vetillart became CEO in 2016.
ID Number:2022.5.RefBox2
Date:2021
Sick's Select bowling shirt, made by Bencoe Co., ca. 1941-1944
Sick’s Select Beer was produced by the Seattle Brewing & Malting Company which was owned and run by Emil Sick. It was introduced in 1941 and in 1944 the name was changed to Sicks’ Select. It is possible that these shirts were made for an employee bowling team at the brewery. The shirt was made in Seattle by the Bencoe…
ID Number:2022.7.1
Date:Circa 1941-1944
Pair of "Spider II USA" K2 skis, ca. 1970s
Brothers Bill and Don Kirschner founded K2 in 1962 on Vashon Island, and were known for pioneering lighter fiberglass skis that quickly became popular with winter sports enthusiasts. The name K2 comes from the world's second-largest mountain, but it also refers to the two Kirschner brothers, Bill and Don. These skis were made by K2 and named after professional champion…
ID Number:2022.10.1
Date:Circa 1970
Sewing machine used at Boeing during WWII
This sewing machine was used in Boeing Plant 2 during the Second World War. The donor’s grandmother Alice Baum Hudson used it during the war and then for decades afterwards until Boeing closed down their sewing shops. This was Hudson’s favorite machine, so when Boeing sold the machines at auction she purchased this one to use at home. Sewers at…
ID Number:2022.16.1
Date:Circa 1940