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Seattle World's Fair pattern top and skirt, 1962
This shirt and skirt are printed with a delightful pattern that celebrates the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. The print features images of the Space Needle, Monorail, arches of the US Science Pavillion, and plumes of water spraying from the International Fountain. Gerry Abbott, who also created fashion illustrations for the Seattle Times, drew sketches for the pattern. These garments…
ID Number:2009.62.2
Date:1962
Gold scales originally owned by Albert and Markus Mayer of the Mayer Bros., Klondike prospectors and jewelry store proprietors, 1897
The firm of Mayer Bros. was established in Seattle in 1897 under the name Joseph Mayer and Brothers. The company was founded by Joseph, Albert, and Markus Mayer, who emigrated from Germany. They were manufacturing jewelers, silversmiths, and jewelry wholesalers. In 1897, Albert and Markus left the company to join the Klondike gold rush where they established a retail jewelry…
ID Number:2011.7.1
Date:Circa 1897
Sunny Jim Pure Olde Fashioned Peanut Butter can, ca. 1950s
Sunny Jim Peanut Butter was founded by Germanus Wilhelm Firnstahl in 1921 after he moved with his family to Seattle from Wisconsin. Germanus and his wife Cecilia lined up their five children and selected son Lowell to be the face of their new peanut butter manufacturing company, "Sunny Jim." Despite his untimely death in 1933 in a football accident, Lowell's…
ID Number:2011.112.1
Date:Circa 1950
Bottle of Mapleine from Crescent Co., ca. 1950
The Crescent Manufacturing Company was founded in Seattle, Washington, in 1883 as Larsen Extract Company. In 1905, a Crescent company chemist and salesman concocted an imitation maple flavoring dubbed Mapleine. By the early twentieth century, Crescent was manufacturing 75 different extracts including Mapleine, as well as importing spices, coffee, and nuts. Crescent was sold to McCormick and Company in 1989,…
ID Number:2011.112.5
Date:Circa 1950
Outdoor Research Seattle Sombrero, ca. 1990s
The “Seattle Sombrero” was introduced by local company Outdoor Research in the mid-1980s, and it quickly became one of their top sellers and cornerstone products. Inspired by Seattle’s famously rainy weather, the Seattle Sombrero is a waterproof rain hat made of Gore-Tex fabric with foam stiffening in the brim to keep it “floating” instead of collapsing in a downpour. Velcro…
ID Number:2012.15.1
Date:Circa 1990
Black and red Filson Mackinaw Cruiser jacket, ca. 2013
Filson patented the “Mackinaw Cruiser” in 1914. It was originally designed for timber cruisers—workers who measure trees and collect forest data. The back has a double layer of wool for warmth and to accommodate a roomy back pocket for storing maps. The same coat is still in production today with only a few modifications.C. C. Filson was founded in 1897…
ID Number:2013.42.1
Date:Circa 2013
Rethink Fabrics T-shirt, ca. 2013
Established in 2008 in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Rethink Fabrics mission is to "create innovative, quality t-shirts made from recycled plastic waste." They use 100% recycled polyester engineered for garment recycling. This T-shirt bears the title "Emerald City" which is a longstanding nickname for Seattle and alludes to "being green" or environmentally conscious.
ID Number:2013.51.1
Date:Circa 2013
Pair of hand painted "You're Turning Violet, Violet" heels, 2013
Rachel J. E. Sprauge, an artist at the all-women team of local business Hourglass, hand-painted these creatively titled pumps. In 2013, these pumps entitled "You're Turning Violet, Violet," won a MOHAI-sponsored contest in which several pairs of Hourglass painted shoes were exhibited and the public was asked to vote on the pair that would become part of MOHAI's permanent collection.
ID Number:2013.94.1
Date:2013
"Dog Puff" T-shirt from Prairie Underground, 2005
Prairie Underground was founded in Seattle in 2004 by designers Camilla Eckersley and Davora Lindner. This logo t-shirt is the first garment the company produced and was part of their first collection in Summer of 2005. Graphic T-shirts were on trend at the time but their twist was the use of organic cotton and water-soluble inks. The puff sleeve is…
ID Number:2013.117.1
Date:2005
Jacket, "Nomi" from Prairie Underground, 2005
Prairie Underground was founded in Seattle in 2004 by designers Camilla Eckersley and Davora Lindner. This “Nomi” jacket is from their second collection in Fall of 2005. At the time, Eckersley was still sewing all the sales prototypes and sewed this garment. The design is detailed and complex so initially they had a challenge finding a local contractor who would…
ID Number:2013.117.2
Date:2005