133 results for: Maritime
Cabinetmaker's dowel plate, ca. 1899
This dowel plate belonged to John William Sutton, who was born in 1861 in New York state and came to Seattle around 1899. He was a ship's carpenter, machinist, millwright, sawyer, and worked the lathe for the Moran Brothers Company.
ID Number:1974.5974.13
Date:Circa 1899
Screwdriver, ca. 1899
This screwdriver belonged to John William Sutton, who was born in 1861 in New York state and came to Seattle around 1899. He was a ship's carpenter, machinist, millwright, sawyer, and worked the lathe for the Moran Brothers Company.
ID Number:1974.5974.14
Date:Circa 1870-1890
Pair of hammers, ca. 1899
This pair of hammers belonged to John William Sutton, who was born in 1861 in New York state and came to Seattle around 1899. He was a ship's carpenter, machinist, millwright, sawyer, and worked the lathe for the Moran Brothers Company.
ID Number:1974.5974.24
Date:Circa 1889
Pair of wooden molding planes, ca. 1899
This pair of planes belonged to John William Sutton, who was born in 1861 in New York state and came to Seattle around 1899. He was a ship's carpenter, machinist, millwright, sawyer, and worked the lathe for the Moran Brothers Company.
ID Number:1974.5974.26
Date:Circa 1899
Model made circa 1950-1970 of cannery tender, M.S. Captain Bing
The donor of this ship model, John Tenneson, owned and operated the Superior Packing Company plant in Tenakee, Alaska, with the home port based in Seattle, Washington. Superior Packing Company was in operation from 1916 into the 1960s, canning and distributing salmon, crab, and shrimp under the Captain Bing brand. The M.S. Bing was one of the company's vessels and…
ID Number:1975.6066.1
Date:Circa 1950-1970
Ship's bell from the ferry CHIPPEWA, ca. 1905
The CHIPPEWA was the oldest ferry in Washington State's fleet. Built in 1900 in Ohio and sold to the Puget Sound Navigation Company in 1907, the CHIPPEWA travelled around the tip of South America to reach Seattle. The ferry was in operation from 1907 to 1964, carrying passengers and later cars all around Puget Sound including Seattle, Victoria, and Bellingham.
ID Number:1976.6295.1
Date:Circa 1905
Life preserver ring from ferry San Mateo, ca. 1947-1969
The S.S. San Mateo, part of the Evergreen fleet of ferries, operated on several different runs throughout the Puget Sound during its service.
ID Number:1976.6295.2
Date:Circa 1947-1969
Color photograph of the ferry Hyak in Puget Sound, reprinted by Forest and Whitmire Photography, ca. 1970
The MV Hyak Super-class ferry was built in 1966 at a San Diego shipyard and began service in July 1967. It would ferry passengers from Seattle to Bremerton and from Anacortes to the San Juan Islands. Hyak is chinook jargon for "speedy."
ID Number:1976.6295.18
Date:Circa 1970
Cannon from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s
Built by the Russians in Sitka, the POLITKOFSKY came under United States ownership in 1867 when Russian Alaska was sold to the US. The gunboat was then sold into civilian service as a tugboat, POLLY, working the northwest coast of North America until 1896. It was then converted to a schooner barge and carried eager gold seekers to Alaska during…
ID Number:1980.7094.423
Date:Circa 1850
Collection of Teredo or worm wood mounted as sculpture pieces, ca. 1850-1890
These 565 miniature wooden sculptures were made by shipworm clams otherwise known as the Teredo clam. The clam attaches itself to logs and drills into the interior, not unlike a tunnel-boring machine, creating artistic designs and sculptures in its wake. Often referred to as the "termites of the sea," these creative creatures are a menace to ship's hulls and wooden…
ID Number:1981.7367.94
Date:Circa 1850-1890