138 results for: Maritime
Framed photograph of the launching of US Army Transport "Seward" at Moran Shipyard, Seattle, April 6, 1900, (c) Peiser
Robert Moran (1857-1943) came to Seattle in 1875 with just change in his pockets but, by 1900, he was one of the wealthiest individuals in the city. He and his brother established the Moran Bros. Shipyard which became a major shipbuilding company. Starting in 1892,the Moran Bros. won several government contracts to build ships for the military including the army…
ID Number:1966.4014
Date:1900
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
Photograph of schooner Maud, Captain Roald Amundsen's vessel, 1918-1921
The "Maud" was Roald Amundsen's (1872-1928) vessel for his groundbreaking Northeast Passage, or Northern Route, in which he navigated the ship through ice-blocked waters from the coast of Siberia to Seattle, Washington. This colorized photograph shows the ship anchored in Portage Bay. The Norwegian explorer was most famous for his Antarctic expedition of 1910-1912 when they were the first to…
ID Number:1967.4270.6
Date:Circa 1918-1921
Scrimshaw carving on ivory walrus tusk, undated
This scrimshaw piece was donated anonymously and the date is unknown. The etchings depict hunters in a baidarka and one in a kayak chasing seals, fish, a whale, and other marine life.
ID Number:1969.4596.6
Date:Before 1950
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
Watercolor portrait of Mary Folger Brown by unknown artist, ca. 1833
The subject of this portrait, Mary F. Brown, was the niece of Captain Isaiah Folger of the schooner EXACT which brought the Denny party to Seattle. Mary's great uncle was Mayhew Folger, captain of the brigantine TOPAZ, and who rediscovered the Pitcairn Islands in 1808 where one of the HMS BOUNTY mutineers was still living. This portrait was painted on…
ID Number:1971.5127.1
Date:1833
Coal sack counter for longshoreman, ca. 1907
This counter is held in the palm of the hand with the user advancing the number wheels by depressing the button. It was used by Jospeh Alfred Manshiem who worked as a longshoreman coal sacker with the Pacific Coast Company. He came to the Pacific Northwest in 1919 as a fireman on the S.S. Swiftsure. He worked for the Pacific…
ID Number:1973.5644.7
Date:Circa 1920
Dietz brand police lantern flashlight, ca. 1900
This police flashlight belonged to Thor Ulstrop (1861-1941) who was born in Norway and came to Seattle in 1889. He worked as a deckhand on a steamer on Puget Sound, and also as a bricklayer, helping to build the White Henry Stuart building in 1913.
ID Number:1973.5679.2
Date:Circa 1900
Pencil drawing of "SS Virginia V" at sea by David Cabitto, 1966-1973
The steamship Virginia V was once part of the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet of small passenger and freight carrying ships that traveled the islands and ports of this region from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. The steamship is still operational today and is docked just outside MOHAI on Lake Union. Artist David Cabitto (1938-2011) was a senior illustrator…
ID Number:1973.5733.1
Date:1966-1973