65 results for: European Immigrants
Ceramic "piggy" bank representing a steer, from the Milwaukee Sausage Co., ca. 1950s
Despite the confusing name, the Milwaukee Sausage Company was started in Seattle by three immigrants (Max Rind from Bohemia, Joseph and Robert Seifert from Hungary) in 1912. They were first located at 20th Avenue and E. Columbia Street before they moved to a newly built building at 2900 4th Avenue in 1937. This toy bank was a promotional item that…
ID Number:2015.79.2
Date:Circa 1950
Woven straw Panama hat, worn by Thierry Rautureau, 2010s
Seattle celebrity chef Thierry Rautureau (1958-2023) was known as “The Chef in The Hat” for wearing distinctive straw fedoras. Rautureau was born in France and did his early chef apprenticeship there before moving to the United States when he was twenty. In Seattle he became the chef and owner of Rover’s Restaurant in 1987, and later the owner and chef…
ID Number:2016.62.1
Date:Circa 2010
Copper tankard from the Vienna Saloon owned and operated by Lorenz Pavish, ca. 1905
Lorenz Pavish was born in 1865 in Austria and immigrated to the United States in 1891. He arrived in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle in 1904 after stints in Pennsylvania, Kansas City, San Francisco, British Columbia, and Portland, Oregon. He bought the Georgetown property soon to be named the Vienna Building in 1904 and opened a saloon and hotel. Lorenz…
ID Number:2023.21.1
Date:Circa 1905
Voting box from a Lithuanian community in Seattle, ca. 1900-1940s
This marble voting box was used by a Lithuanian-American community in Seattle. It allowed people to vote anonymously, even if they were illiterate, and, according to the donor, demonstrates how immigrant communities valued democratic principles and the ability to vote. The donor's father immigrated from Lithuania to the US during WWII and eventually moved to Seattle in 1961 to work…
ID Number:2023.34.1
Date:Circa 1900-1940
Large wooden paddle from Borracchini's Bakery, ca. 1940
Mario Borracchini, an Italian immigrant from Tuscany, started his Italian bakery in 1923 in the basement of his home at the south end of Seattle. He soon opened a brick and mortar store and his son Remo took over the business. It was the go-to place to order cakes for birthdays, weddings, or any other celebratory event. In an August…
ID Number:2023.43.3
Date:Circa 1940
Wooden ravioli dough cutter from Borracchini's Bakery, ca. 1940
Mario Borracchini, an Italian immigrant from Tuscany, started his Italian bakery in 1923 in the basement of his home at the south end of Seattle. He soon opened a brick and mortar store and his son Remo took over the business. It was the go-to place to order cakes for birthdays, weddings, or any other celebratory event. In an August…
ID Number:2023.43.4
Date:Circa 1940
Pastry rolling pin from Borracchini's Bakery, ca. 1940
Mario Borracchini, an Italian immigrant from Tuscany, started his Italian bakery in 1923 in the basement of his home at the south end of Seattle. He soon opened a brick and mortar store and his son Remo took over the business. It was the go-to place to order cakes for birthdays, weddings, or any other celebratory event. In an August…
ID Number:2023.43.5
Date:Circa 1940
Homemade cookie press from Borracchini's Bakery, ca. 1970s
Mario Borracchini, an Italian immigrant from Tuscany, started his Italian bakery in 1923 in the basement of his home at the south end of Seattle. He soon opened a brick and mortar store and his son Remo took over the business. It was the go-to place to order cakes for birthdays, weddings, or any other celebratory event. In an August…
ID Number:2023.43.6
Date:Circa 1970
Flour and sugar scoop from Borracchini's Bakery, ca. 1940s
Mario Borracchini, an Italian immigrant from Tuscany, started his Italian bakery in 1923 in the basement of his home at the south end of Seattle. He soon opened a brick and mortar store and his son Remo took over the business. It was the go-to place to order cakes for birthdays, weddings, or any other celebratory event. In an August…
ID Number:2023.43.7
Date:Circa 1940
Flour sifter from Borracchini's Bakery, 1950s-1960s
Mario Borracchini, an Italian immigrant from Tuscany, started his Italian bakery in 1923 in the basement of his home at the south end of Seattle. He soon opened a brick and mortar store and his son Remo took over the business. It was the go-to place to order cakes for birthdays, weddings, or any other celebratory event. In an August…
ID Number:2023.43.8
Date:Circa 1950-1960