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Blue and white printed cotton wrapper, 1850s-1860s
The realities of frontier life necessitated practical choices and garments that could serve multiple purposes. This 19th-century garment is known as a wrapper. It features a loose-fitting front that could be worn without a corset, at a time when women wore corsets for nearly every occasion. Wrappers were worn as casual home-wear. They were popular as dressing gowns, as maternity…
ID Number:1961.2392.6C765
Date:Circa 1850-1860
Girl Scout shoes, ca. 1915
This pair of high top brown kid leather girl scout shoes were owned by Anna Sayles around 1915.
ID Number:1961.2414.1
Date:Circa 1915
Hiking outfit, ca. 1920s
This two-piece ensemble includes a pair of short pants or knickers—a new option for women’s hiking clothing in the late 1910s and early 1920s. The pockets are functional, and a roomy cut in the seat makes for easy movement. The knickers have a label for a local maker “Queen City, Seattle.” In the 1920s, women’s fashion made revolutionary steps. The…
ID Number:1961.2417.7C782
Date:Circa 1920
Pair of silver open-toed shoes, ca. 1940s-1950s
These women's shoes were made by Laird, Schober & Co for Turrell's in Seattle.
ID Number:1962.2517.5
Date:Circa 1940-1950
Pair of brown leather logging boots, 1950
These logging "cork" boots were handmade by Currin-Greene Shoe Co. in Seattle.
ID Number:1962.2545
Date:Circa 1950
Purple straw hat with velvet flowers, 1923
This hat was sold at Seattle department store Frederick & Nelson.
ID Number:1962.2614.M276
Date:1923
Orion Denny's black wool overcoat, ca. 1900
This elegant caped Chesterfield coat with its velvet collar belonged to Orion O. Denny (1853-1916). He was the son of Seattle pioneers Arthur Denny and Mary Boren Denny, and the first non-Indigenous boy to be born in Seattle. The tight weave of the wool and the attached cape were ideal for Seattle's rainy winter weather. The body of the coat…
ID Number:1962.2629.1C838
Date:Circa 1900
Pair of patent leather pumps with stacked heel, 1962
These women's shoes were part of an ensemble that was presented in a show in the Fashion Pavilion at the Seattle World's Fair.
ID Number:1962.2821.1
Date:1962
Beige metallic dress, modeled in the Seattle World's Fair Fashion Pavilion, 1962
Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair had a Fashion Pavilion with a live fashion show. Four times a day, models paraded across “lily pad” platforms suspended over a perfumed fountain. The show was titled “The Miracle of American Fashion” and produced by Vogue magazine. The outfits were from manufacturers all over the country who were making stylish clothing at price points that…
ID Number:1962.2821.2C910
Date:1962
Pair of gray heels, 1962
These women's shoes were part of an ensemble that was presented in a show in the Fashion Pavilion at the Seattle World's Fair.
ID Number:1962.2821.3
Date:1962