103 results for: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE)
AYPE souvenir mug with image of Georgia C. Brier, 1909
This is a personalized souvenir mug from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909. The fair publicized the development of the Pacific Northwest and positioned Seattle as a gateway to Alaska and the Pacific Rim. The event also showcased new technologies. These mugs were customized with a customer’s image and name. This one was done…
ID Number:1967.4193.2
Date:1909
Souvenir pin from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909
This pin is a souvenir of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909. It publicized the development of the Pacific Northwest and positioned Seattle as a gateway to Alaska and the Pacific Rim. The pickaxe, shovel, and gold nuggets were reminders of Seattle’s prosperity from the Alaska Gold Rush of 1897.
ID Number:1967.4328.1
Date:1909
Washington state I.O.O.F. pin featuring the AYPE, 1907-1909
This pin has three components. The upper part has an emblem for the fraternal organization the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.), Washington State chapter. Below is a badge for a 1907 convention in St. Louis. At the bottom is a medallion for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909. It reads “Meet me on…
ID Number:1968.4364.4f
Date:1907-1909
Dubilier Wireless Telephone, 1910
On June 21, 1909, at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), inventor William Dubilier amazed fairgoers with his wireless telephone. The device used a capacitor, and was surprisingly small—two advances that had a big impact on radio technology in years to come.
ID Number:1968.4479.1
Date:1910
Souvenir paper parasol from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909
Mary Francis Barbee of Kent, WA, purchased this souvenir umbrella. She travelled to the exposition with her mother on the Interurban Railway when she was nine years old.
ID Number:1969.4799
Date:1909
Automated salmon cleaner, "Iron Chink," made by Smith Cannery Machine Company in Seattle, 1909
The "Iron Chink" was named after the Chinese laborers it was invented to replace. Racist terms like this were painfully common in the 1900s, a time marked by anti-Chinese violence throughout the Northwest. Although much of the salmon canning process was mechanised in the early years of the 20th century, the butchering process was done by hand by laborors who…
ID Number:1970.4992
Date:1909
Pennant from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909
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. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. This pennant is red, white, and blue, and features a small version of the official…
ID Number:1971.5137.2
Date:1909
Coaster advertising Rainier Beer and the AYPE, 1909
This coaster, a souvenir from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), advertises the Rainier Brewing Company. The AYPE was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909 which publicized the development of the Pacific Northwest and positioned Seattle as a gateway to Alaska and the Pacific Rim. Rainier Beer was founded in Seattle in 1884.
ID Number:1971.5258.3a
Date:1909
Coaster advertising Crescent Mapleine and the AYPE, 1909
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. In 1905, a Crescent company chemist and salesman concocted an imitation maple flavoring dubbed Mapleine. This advertising coaster was created for the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, a major national event held in Seattle. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine,…
ID Number:1971.5258.7
Date:1909
Tin of olive oil from Merlino Olive Oil Company, ca. 1910
Italian immigrants working in the coal mines of the Black Diamond/Ravensdale area wrote home asking friends and relatives to send foods they missed from Italy. Angelo Merlino, one of those miners, opened his first store in 1900. Angelo Merlino & Sons has been shipping cheese, olive oil and Mediterranean delicacies throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska ever since. Their olive…
ID Number:1972.5373.5.1
Date:Circa 1910