132 results for: Recreation
Gore-Tex hooded rain jacket from Mountain Safety Research (MSR), ca. 1976
Seattle-based company MSR was one of the first to use Gore-Tex for recreational wear. The revolutionary material is water-repellent, moisture wicking, and breathable, but it was pricey. Originally worn strictly for outdoor adventures, expensive high-tech gear like this jacket has found its way into daily city wear, becoming a Seattle status symbol. An MSR employee test-wore this before Gore-Tex jackets…
ID Number:2003.32.1
Date:Circa 1976
Wool gloves, ca. 1940
The donors of these gloves wore them on their various mountaineering trips in Washington state including the Cascades, Olympics, and Mt. Rainier. They were purchased at a surplus store to save money.
ID Number:2004.47.2
Date:Circa 1940
WWII cold weather overmitt gloves, ca. 1940
This pair of well-worn mitts were worn by the donors on their various mountaineering trips in Washington state in the 1940s.
ID Number:2004.47.3
Date:Circa 1940
Exercycle stationary bicycle, ca. 1958
One of the first electric exercise machines available for purchase, Dr. and Mrs. John F. Tolan bought the bike from Exercycle in Seattle. The Tolans had lived in Seattle since 1938 and Dr. Tolan was the Head of the Ear, Nose and Throat Department at the Virginia Mason Clinic until he retired in 1965. They used this as their home…
ID Number:2005.53.1
Date:Circa 1958
Oil painting of a hiker resting in a natural setting by Richard Bennett, 1940-1948
Richard Bennett (1899-1971) was a nationally known printmaker, illustrator, and painter. He was born in Ireland but grew up just outside Seattle in Washington State, and he also spent time in New York City and Ireland. A leading children's book author and illustrator, he received national recognition for his woodblock prints and engravings. He was close friends with several leading…
ID Number:2006.38.1
Date:1940-1948
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
Woman's wool bathing suit, ca. 1925
In the 1920s, bathing suits were at the forefront of modern women’s fashions. At the turn of the century, women were still wearing multi-layered bathing “costumes,” often with separate skirts covering bloomers. The knit one-piece suit, which clung to the body, was a freeing innovation for some and considered indecent by others. Except for the small skirt covering the hips,…
ID Number:2010.34.1
Date:Circa 1925
Seattle bicycle license plate, ca. 1940
A vertically-oriented tin Seattle bicycle license plate from 1940.
ID Number:2010.81.1
Date:1940
Racing suit worn by Don Due for limited hydroplane racing, ca. 1970s
Don Due was a Seattle native, born in 1932. He raced Super Stock and K-Class race boats, or limited hydroplane racing, in the 1970s. In 1971, he won the national championship in super stock at Green Lake driving his boat the Krazy Kanaka.
ID Number:2011.109.2
Date:Circa 1970
Seattle Supersonics 1979 World Champs T-shirt with sleeves cut off, 1979
The Seattle SuperSonics basketball team won the NBA Championship in 1979. The owner of this shirt cut the sleeves off and used it for workouts at the gym.
ID Number:2011.111.1
Date:1979