125 results for: Puget Sound
Painting of Maple School, the first schoolhouse in King County, 1862-1895, by Beulah Maple Norman, ca. 1960
The first schoolhouse in King County stood on the site of present Boeing Field, land that was once owned by the Maple family. The artist's grandfather, Jacob Maple, was already clearing land for settlement along the Duwamish River a few months before the Denny party landed at Alki Point. Beulah Maple Norman (1893-1992) took up amateur painting in order to…
ID Number:1965.3696
Date:Circa 1960
Brown straw hat with brown velvet bow, 1892
This hat belonged to Mrs. Howard Goodell Thompson, born Mabel Denny, daughter of Orion Denny and granddaughter of Arthur A. Denny, early white settlers in Puget Sound.
ID Number:1966.3823.13M432
Date:1892
Side chair made by Henry Van Asselt, ca. 1860
Settlers to the Puget Sound region made whatever household goods they couldn’t bring with them. Henry Van Asselt, one of the earliest homesteaders, was a talented carpenter, and he made this slat-back side chair.
ID Number:1967.4096.1
Date:Circa 1860
Hayfork made by Henry Van Asselt, ca. 1851
Settlers to the Puget Sound region made whatever household goods they couldn’t bring with them. Henry Van Asselt, one of the earliest homesteaders, was a talented carpenter. He made this hayfork, polished with use.
ID Number:1967.4096.2
Date:Circa 1851
Drawing of the Seattle towboat "Stimson" in 1966 by Hewitt Jackson, 1967
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 Stimson tug and towboat which was built in 1914 to haul lumber for the Stimson Mill Company in the…
ID Number:1967.4194.1
Date:1967
Air blower for a forge, ca. 1890
Norwegian immigrant Lars O. Brekke used this forge air blower in his Seattle home in the 1890s and in his blacksmith shop which he opened in Ballard in 1900. He worked as a shipsmith for machine work shops on the Seattle waterfront and as a railroad smith for the Columbia and Puget Sound Railway. Lars' son and grandson took over…
ID Number:1968.4350
Date:Circa 1890
Side chair that belonged to David Denny, 1840-1880
David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) was the younger brother of Arthur Denny and spouse to Louisa Boren. David, John Low, and Lee Terry arrived in the Puget Sound, specifically Alki Point, prior to the rest of the Denny Party in order to find a place to settle and build a cabin. David, along with his brother, were significant contributors to the…
ID Number:1968.4387.8
Date:1840-1880
Plate with Sweet Briar Bride pattern, ca. 1903
This plate features a handpainted scene of David T. Denny and Louisa Boren Denny paddling a canoe on Puget Sound with Mt. Rainier in background. It is part of a commemorative set that was made to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Louisa Boren Denny's wedding. She was nicknamed the "Sweet Briar Bride" for the sweet briar plants she brought with…
ID Number:1969.4645.4
Date:Circa 1903
Bench from the MV Crosline ferry, ca. 1925-1950
The MV Crosline was a 65-car motor ferry, built in 1925 by Marine Construction Company in Seattle, for the Crosby Direct Line Ferry Company. It ran the Alki-Manchester Ferry route on Puget Sound until 1942, when it was purchased and transferred to Vancouver, British Columbia. After World War II, the ferry was purchased by the Washington State Highway Department fo…
ID Number:1969.4652
Date:Circa 1925-1950
Painting of shipyards at Dockton on Maury Island by Alice Samson, ca. 1907
The artist, Alice Samson, whose husband owned the Samson Hotel in Tacoma, painted this picture for J.F. Rheim, keeper of the Drydock Hotel on Maury Island featured prominently on the right side of this painting. The Dockton drydock was established in 1892 with its first job being to attach sponsons to the hull of the steamer FLYER.
ID Number:1970.4972.1
Date:Circa 1905-1910