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Beer tray from Independent Brewing Company, Seattle, ca. 1903-1915
The Independent Brewing Company was in operation from 1903 through 1915 at 8th Avenue S. in Seattle.
ID Number:1964.3260.7
Date:Circa 1903-1915
Iron level, ca. 1910
This decoratively designed iron level was used by a Swedish immigrant blacksmith who came to Seattle in 1907.
ID Number:1964.3350.14
Date:Circa 1910
Rainier beer tray, ca. 1900-1920
Rainier Brewing Company was an iconic Seattle brand founded in 1884. Brewery production at the original site began in 1878 and continued until 1999.
ID Number:1964.3441.1
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Stuffed and mounted cougar donated to MOHAI by Eddie Bauer, ca. 1950-1960
Concerned about the region's declining cougar population, Eddie Bauer (1899-1986) donated this stuffed and mounted cougar to the museum in 1965 in what some might consider an ironic gesture today. In the 1960s, the cougar was hunted to near extinction in many areas, and Bauer worried that many might never see one in the wild. Bauer had a lifelong love…
ID Number:1965.3513
Date:Circa 1950-1960
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. steam tractor model, early 1900s
Eugene F. Dawson constructed this model tractor sometime in the early 1900s. He worked for John Deere and Company in Waterloo, Iowa, before WWI and continued his job as a troubleshooter for the tractor company after the war. He moved to Seattle in 1921. By the 1940s, he had established Dawson Machinery Company and Dawson Tool and Abrasive Company. As…
ID Number:1965.3533.1
Date:Circa 1900-1920
J. I. Case Threshing Machine model, ca. 1920
This scale model is an exact type made by J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company in Racine, Wisconsin. It was constructed by Eugene F. Dawson, whose father ran a creamery and also manned a threshing machine. Eugene worked for John Deere and Company in Waterloo, Iowa, before WWI, and continued his job as a troubleshooter for the tractor company after…
ID Number:1965.3533.3
Date:Circa 1920
Barber pole from Franz Fischer's shop in Seattle, 1928
This eight-foot barber pole graced the front of a barber shop opened in 1928 by Franz Fischer at 131 1st Avenue North in Seattle. Franz retired in 1933, but the barber pole remained in front of the shop for several more barbers including: Robert Thomas in 1934; Thomas Hatherill in 1935; John D. Blight from 1936-1939; Louis M. Wageman from…
ID Number:1965.3550
Date:1928
Glass seltzer bottle for "Fox Sparkling Water," Seattle, WA, ca. 1900-1920
J.G. Fox & Company was a soda and beer company in Seattle from the early 1900s, prior to the Prohibition era.
ID Number:1965.3652.190
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Oil portrait of Moritz Thomsen by Roman Fekonja, 1895
Moritz Thomsen (1850-1932), a former Dutch sea captain, arrived in Seattle in 1896 and co-founded the Centennial Mill Company (now Krusteaz brand). A tireless industrialist, Thomsen at one time was president of fourteen corporations, including the Centennial Mill Company, and the Denny-Renton Clay & Coal Company. Little is known about the artist, Roman Fekonja (1868-1910), except he was born in…
ID Number:1965.3758.4
Date:1895
Oil portrait of Marie Thomsen by Roman Fekonja, 1895
This portrait of Marie Thomsen, born Marie Nissen, was painted when she was 44 years old. She arrived in Seattle with her husband, Moritz Thomsen (1850-1932), in 1896. Moritz co-founded the Centennial Mill Company (now Krusteaz brand), and he was, at one time, president of fourteen corporations, including the Centennial Mill Company, and the Denny-Renton Clay & Coal Company. Little…
ID Number:1965.3758.5
Date:1895