138 results for: Maritime
Oil painting, "Hiring Hall," 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:1963.3128.4
Date:1936
Oil painting, "Dock Scene," 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:1963.3128.9
Date:1936
Oil painting, "Unloading," 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:1963.3128.10
Date:1936
Oil painting, "Unloading 2," 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:1963.3128.11
Date:1936
Rear Admiral's hat, ca. 1940
This hat was owned by Rear Admiral Ralph Wood, who was at one time Captain of the Sand Point Naval Air Base on Lake Washington and served in the US Navy during World War II.
ID Number:1963.3182.11M355
Date:Circa 1940
Gavel made from wood from the steamer ship Beaver, ca. 1890
Built in 1835 London, the Beaver was the first steamship to reach the Northwest. She went up and down the coast, carrying goods from one Hudson Bay Company trading post to the next. This gavel is one of several items in the MOHAI collection that was fashioned from the salvaged wood of the Beaver.
ID Number:1964.3230.17
Date:Circa 1890
Foghorn from fireboat, "Snoqualmie," 1890
The "Snoqualmie" was Seattle's first fireboat, launched in 1891. The steam-powered vessel was docked on the waterfront at the foot of Madison Street where Seattle Fire Department Station No. 5 was located. "Snoqualmie" worked the frontlines of waterfront firefighting until she was replaced by the gas-powered "Alki" in 1927, and ultimately retired from service in 1932. This "Hansen" foghorn was…
ID Number:1964.3281.3
Date:1890
Full model of ferry boat Kalakala made by Mr. Lou Proctor, ca. 1930s
The builder's model was made by Lou Proctor in 1933 while temporarily laid off from the Boeing Company's model shop. This model was used in lieu of drawings; lines were lifted directly from the model for construction of the stylish streamlined superstructure. The Kalakala, in operation on Puget Sound from 1935-1967, was designed and built to be fast, to look…
ID Number:1965.3540.8
Date:Circa 1930-1940
Souvenir handkerchief commemorating the Spanish-American War, 1898
The Spanish-American War was fought between April 21 and August 13, 1898, between the US and Spain and that, essentially, ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and Philippines. This handkerchief features the proclamation, "Remember Well the Maine," which refers to the February 1898 explosion of the USS Maine battleship while it was in Havana Harbor. Even though the battleship's…
ID Number:1966.3915.2
Date:1898
Souvenir flag of schooner WAWONA, ca. 1940-1960
The Wawona, built in 1897, was an iconic logging schooner for the Pacific Northwest until 1947. Northwest Seaport, a local maritime organization, became the caretaker of the Wawona in 1965. In 2009, the Wawona was dismantled and the parts distributed to other non-profit organizations. MOHAI received several parts for use in the construction and display of exhibits, including a massive…
ID Number:1966.3951.4
Date:Circa 1940-1960