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Image of Pennant from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909

Pennant from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1909

The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909. It was a major national event for the young but fast growing city, and celebrated the emerging development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. This pennant is red, white, and blue, and features a small version of the official…
ID Number:1971.5137.2
Date:1909
Image of Pieced crazy quilt top, 1890-1900

Pieced crazy quilt top, 1890-1900

This quilt, made by Joseph Spark, features a repeated spider web pattern.
ID Number:1971.5156.2
Date:1890-1900
Image of Red and white sampler with Spanish text by Petra Montes Cholu, 1880

Red and white sampler with Spanish text by Petra Montes Cholu, 1880

This sampler, maker unknown, is from the Blanche Payne collection of textiles. MOHAI has over 400 textile and costume pieces donated by Payne. She was born in 1897 in Thayer, Kansas, and taught costume and design at the University of Washington starting in 1927. Payne travelled through Central Europe and the Balkans surveying folk costume in the former Czechoslovakia, Hungary,…
ID Number:1971.5263.342
Date:1880
Image of Green skirt suit with gold stripes, ca. 1950

Green skirt suit with gold stripes, ca. 1950

This suit belonged to University of Washington Professor Blanche Payne (1897-1972). Payne was born in 1897 in Thayer, Kansas, and taught costume and design at the UW starting in 1927. She travelled through Central Europe and the Balkans surveying folk costume in the former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Albania, and the former Yugoslavia. She collected original costumes, textiles,…
ID Number:1971.5263.442C1709
Date:Circa 1950
Image of Odd Fellows pieced appliqué album quilt, 1849

Odd Fellows pieced appliqué album quilt, 1849

This quilt was made by Lizetta Hicksecker and her husband. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is an international fraternal order founded in 1819 by Thomas Wildey in Baltimore, Maryland. It evolved from the Order of Odd Fellows founded in England during the 1700s. The IOOF's motto is "Friendship, Love and Truth," and promotes reciprocity and charity inspired by…
ID Number:1972.5491.4
Date:1849
Image of Flag with three stars representing three sons serving in World War I, 1918

Flag with three stars representing three sons serving in World War I, 1918

This flag hung outside the home of Norval Hastings Latimer and Margaret (Moore) Latimer in Seattle. The three stars represent their three sons who served in WWI including Arthur Griffith Latimer, radio operator on Atlantic Transport of troops, US Navy ensign; Chester Moore Latimer, US Navy ensign in command of sub-chaser #308; and Earl Hastings Latimer, lieutenant in US Army,…
ID Number:1973.5652.2
Date:1918
Image of Queen Anne High School pennant, ca. 1909-1970

Queen Anne High School pennant, ca. 1909-1970

Queen Anne High School was a Seattle Public School located on Queen Anne Hill from 1909 to 1981.
ID Number:1974.5919.122
Date:Circa 1909-1970
Image of Seattle Mariners Baseball Club pennant, signed on back by Jim Maler, a rookie player, ca. 1981

Seattle Mariners Baseball Club pennant, signed on back by Jim Maler, a rookie player, ca. 1981

Jim Maler played for the Seattle Mariners from 1981-1983. He was the first baseman.
ID Number:1979.6796.9
Date:Circa 1981
Image of Souvenir pennant from the Seattle Tilikum Potlatch, 1914

Souvenir pennant from the Seattle Tilikum Potlatch, 1914

The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival first held in July of 1911. It was organized by civic boosters who were hoping to capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. The organizers called themselves the Tilikums of Elttaes (Tilikum is "Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward). They were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily…
ID Number:1980.7094.317
Date:1914
Image of Pennant from the Civilian Conservation Corps, Company 2911, 1930s

Pennant from the Civilian Conservation Corps, Company 2911, 1930s

Part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal legislation, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a government work relief program that employed about 3 million unmarried men age 18 to 25 from 1933 until 1942. Men volunteered for the program and served for a minimum of six months. They worked on jobs related to the conservation and development of natural…
ID Number:1981.7254.1
Date:Circa 1930
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