122 results for: Washington Territory
Sword in case with extra scabbard, 1863
The inscription on the extra scabbard reads: "Presented to Maj. Granville O. Haller, 7th Inft. USA, Commandant of Gnl Headquarters by the Officers of the 93d N.Y. Vols. Headquarters Guard, 'Army of the Potomac', as a token of regard for his social qualities as a gentleman and his military ability as an officer, Camp near Falmouth, Va., Jan. 1, 1863."…
ID Number:1961.2476.29
Date:1863
Dress sword owned by Granville Owen Haller, 1860
Granville Owen Haller (1819-1897) was a US Army military officer who became a wealthy and prominent Seattle businessman. In1852, G.O. Haller was promoted to Major and was transferred from service in the Mexican-American War to the Washington Territory. During his service in the Civil War he was dismissed in 1863. In 1883, he returned to the Seattle area and began…
ID Number:1961.2476.30
Date:1860
Butter mold, 1860-1880
This butter mold was owned by the McCallister/Mercer family who were early European settlers in Seattle.
ID Number:1962.2723.5
Date:1860-1880
Butter paddle, 1860-1900
This butter paddle or spade was owned by the McCallister/Mercer family who were early European settlers in Seattle. Paddles like these were used to remove excess liquid from freshly churned butter prior to placement in molds.
ID Number:1962.2723.7
Date:1860-1900
Wooden kitchen bowl or tray, 1860-1900
This wooden kitchen bowl could be used for chopping items (with a rounded food chopping tool rather than a straight knife) or for working and shaping butter. This one was used by Frances Mercer McCallister, who came to the Seattle area in 1863 when she was two years old. She married John W. H. McCallister who ran a brickyard near…
ID Number:1962.2723.10
Date:1860-1900
Wooden door from Denny cabin at Alki Point, 1851
On September 12, 1851, John Low and David Denny arrived on Alki Point ahead of the rest of the early settler Denny party, and began to build a cabin to house the incoming group. The rest of the party arrived form Portland on November 13, 1851, on the schooner EXACT. This door is believed to be from that first cabin…
ID Number:1962.2728.15
Date:1851
Small writing box or desk, 1840-1860
This portable desk which flips open to provide a flat writing surface and includes drawer compartments, belonged to John Bell, an early Seattle settler.
ID Number:1963.3059.1
Date:1840-1860
Inkwell used by Governor Isaac Stevens, ca. 1870
Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) was the first governor of Washington Territory, appointed by President Franklin Pierce. Able, ambitious and determined, Stevens graduated first in his class at West Point, and rose quickly in the Engineers Corps, in combat during the Mexican War, and later in the Coast and Geodetic Survey. A lifelong Democrat, Stevens ran for the Territorial legislature, but…
ID Number:1963.3079.2
Date:Circa 1870
Slat back side chair, 1860-1880
This chair, one of twenty-five, was used in the First Washington Territorial Legislature. Established in 1853, the Washington Territory consisted of what is today Washington State, and part of Idaho and Montana. President Franklin Pierce appointed Isaac I. Stevens as the first Washington Territorial governor, and Stevens called for elections to the legislative assembly. The Legislature consisted of a nine-member…
ID Number:1963.3191.1
Date:1860-1880
Cider press, 1866
John Denny, father of Arthur Denny, brought this cider press to Seattle in 1869 for use on the family's farm located between Pike and Union Streets on Seventh Avenue. The press works by grinding up the apples into pulp and pressing the juices out into a bucket.
ID Number:1963.3196.1
Date:1866