120 results for: Clubs and Organizations
Seattle Raging Grannies hat with activist buttons, ca. 1995
The Raging Grannies are an activist group made up of women old enough to be grandmothers. They advocate for environmental issues, peace, and social and economic justice. At protests, they dress up in clothes that play into and mock stereotypes of older women; such as colorful dresses, large hats, sweaters, and aprons. They also sing songs, using their own lyrics…
ID Number:2003.47.1
Date:Circa 1980-1990
Seattle Raging Grannies pennant, ca. 1996
The Raging Grannies are an activist group made up of women old enough to be grandmothers. They advocate for environmental issues, peace, and social and economic justice. At protests, they dress up in clothes that play into and mock stereotypes of older women, such as colorful dresses, large hats, sweaters, and aprons. They also sing songs, using their own lyrics…
ID Number:2003.47.2
Date:Circa 1996
Oil portrait of Victor Denny, Jr., by Charles A. Veteto, 1979
Victor Denny (1903-1979) was the grandson of early Seattle settlers David and Louisa Denny. He headed the Seattle office of Blyth & Co., an investment firm, for many years. He was also United States Tennis Association president from 1958-1959, and president of the Pacific Northwest Tennis Association for thirteen years. Not much is known about the artist Charles Veteto except…
ID Number:2005.1.39
Date:1979
T-shirt from Seattle's first AIDS walk, 1987
Seattle has hosted the annual AIDS Walk for over thrity years. Historically, these walks were held to honor lives lost by the disease and the participants walked in hope for a cure. Thankfully, HIV is no longer a death sentence, and funds raised by the annual walks continue to support HIV prevention and care services for people living with or…
ID Number:2005.7.1
Date:1987
National Recovery Administration (NRA) stud, 1934
The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was a key part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal plan to alleviate the impact of the Great Depression. It was initiated in 1933 as a voluntary membership organization. The goal was to bring together industry, labor, and government to develop standards for prices, wages, and hours. Businesses that supported the NRA policies put the blue…
ID Number:2008.3.18.75
Date:1934
Fiberglass kayak designed and used by Wolf Bauer, 1962
Wolf Bauer logged 3,000 miles on this kayak during the time he lived on Vashon Island from 1985-2000, and this was the original kayak that started the Washington Kayak Club in 1962. The kayak's fabrication was innovative and unprecedented in its time and it was designed to be used in both river and sea kayaking. Born in 1912, Bauer came…
ID Number:2009.13.1
Date:1962
One of two Motorola handheld radios, used by Direct Action Network during the WTO protests, 1999
The Direction Action Network (DAN) purchased these Motorola radios which were originally use by the Seattle Police. The members of DAN re-channeled the radios to GMRS frequencies for use during the anti-WTO demonstrations in 1999.
ID Number:2009.78.Ref
Date:Circa 1999
Gavel from the Hoo-Hoo House, a building at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), ca. 1909-1959
The Hoo-Hoos were a fraternal organization of lumbermen. They had a house built on the grounds of the AYPE in 1909 and their mascot was a black cat. After the Exposition, the house was given over to the University of Washington where it was used as the Faculty Club until its replacement in 1959.
ID Number:2010.26.1
Date:Circa 1909-1959
US Army Air Forces and Red Cross identification cards for Margaret Latimer Callahan, 1942
Margaret Latimer Callahan was a member of a prominent Seattle family whose grandfather was associated with the city's founding families and King County's first Treasurer, and whose father was the President of Dexter Horton Bank. Margaret served in the US Army Air Forces IV Fighter Command as an Air Spotter during World War II and was a certified American National…
ID Number:2010.31.14
Date:1942
Totem pole made by the Suquamish Tribe, ca. 1914
The pole was made by the Suquamish tribe and presented as a gift at the grand opening of the Seattle YWCA building in 1914. It was one of two poles that stood outside the main doorway of the facility for many years. The Seattle YWCA was founded in 1894 by Mrs. Rees Daniels and 28 local women with the purpose…
ID Number:2010.83.1
Date:1914