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Souvenir metal totem pole from the Golden Potlatch celebration, 1912
The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival first held in July of 1911. It was organized by civic boosters who were hoping to capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. The event continued for each of the next three summers before being suspended during wartime, and then was started up again as the Potlatch Festival from 1934…
ID Number:1962.2846.7
Date:1912
Norway Day medal from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909
The AYPE was held in Seattle in 1909 on what are now the grounds of the University of Washington. Each day of the fair was dedicated to a special individual or group. This pin commemorated Norway Day on August 30, 1909.
ID Number:1963.2888.3a
Date:1909
Ribbon commemorating the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), featuring Snohomish County
Snohomish County Day was celebrated August 3rd and 4th at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909. Special trains and boats were utilized to transport an estimated 7,500 people south from Everett and other parts of the county to Seattle. The visitors participated in special parades and events as well as viewing the displays at the Exposition.
ID Number:1963.2921.1
Date:1909
Button commemorating the city of Shelton at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909
The AYPE was held in Seattle in 1909 on what are now the grounds of the University of Washington. Each day of the fair was dedicated to a special individual, city, or group. This pin commemorated Shelton Day on August 4, 1909.
ID Number:1963.2921.11
Date:1909
Champagne bottle from the SS Islander, ca. 1901
This champagne bottle is one of several items in the collection that were salvaged from the SS Islander which struck an iceberg and sank in Stevens Passage off the coast of Juneau, Alaska, in 1901. The SS Islander was a Canadian Pacific Navigation Company steamship built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1888.
ID Number:1963.2927.15
Date:Circa 1901
Souvenir pennant of the Golden Potlatch, 1911
The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival first held in July of 1911. It was organized by civic boosters who were hoping to capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. The event continued for each of the next three summers before being suspended during wartime, and then was started up again as the Potlatch Festival from 1934…
ID Number:1963.3029
Date:1911
Commemorative pennant from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909
The 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.
ID Number:1963.3106.19
Date:1909
Ribbon commemorating the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), featuring San Diego, California
The state of California hosted a building at Seattle’s 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE). The building featured exhibits that promoted the state and its industries, and this ribbon is likely a souvenir from one of those displays.
ID Number:1963.3133.10
Date:1909
Ribbon commemorating President Taft's visit to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909
This ribbon celebrates the visit President William Howard Taft made to the AYPE in Seattle on September 30th, 1909. Taft Day was attended by nearly 61,000 people, making it one of the most popular days at the fair overall. President Taft came to the fair heavily guarded as President William McKinley had been assassinated in 1901 at the Pan-American Exposition…
ID Number:1963.3133.32.1
Date:1909
Pin from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) held in Seattle in 1909
The wearer of this pin also wore a Taft Day ribbon which commemorated President Howard Taft's visit to the AYPE on September 30, 1909. The two shields, one in stars and stripes, and the other a version of the British red ensign with the union jack above, represent the United States and Canada. Taft Day was attended by nearly 61,000…
ID Number:1963.3133.32.2
Date:1909