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Painted map made by Adolph P. Wagner circa 1900-1920 and featuring an aerial view of Seattle in 1855-1856
On the morning of January 26, 1856, the "Battle of Seattle" began when Native Americans raided the white settlement in what is now known as Seattle. Previously warned of the attack, most settlers had barricaded themselves in a blockhouse. The attackers were driven off by artillery fire. The battle was the penultimate event in a series of armed conflicts, known…
ID Number:1981.7184.1
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Green glass soda bottle from Pacific & Puget Sound Bottling Company, Seattle, early 1900s
Pacific & Puget Sound Bottling Company was located on the corner of Minor Avenue and Stewart Street in Seattle as early as 1908. The bottle has a rounded bottom because it was meant to be stored on its side to prevent the cork from drying.
ID Number:1981.7296.1
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Clear glass soda seltzer bottle, "Pacific & Puget Sound Bottling Co.," 1910-1919
Pacific & Puget Sound Bottling Company was located on the corner of Minor Avenue and Stewart Street in Seattle as early as 1908.
ID Number:1981.7300.3
Date:Circa 1910-1919
New York Stock Exchange booth, 1929
This three-part booth was Stock Exchange Tradiing Post #4 on the floor of the New York Stock Echange from 1929 to 1932 during the stock market crash and subsequent Depression. Pneumatic tube stations connected all 13 posts which served to process the increasing volume of trades. Washington state companies listed on Post #4 included Boeing, Weyerhauser, Puget Sound Power &…
ID Number:1981.7352.1
Date:1929
Brooch owned by Louisa Boren Denny, 1880s
Louisa Boren Denny was a member of the Boren and Denny families, early white settlers that came to the Puget Sound in the 1850s.
ID Number:1983.69.9
Date:Circa 1880
Folding stool from a Lake Washington ferry, ca. 1930
Captain John Anderson started the Anderson Steamboat Company and Lake Washington Ferries, providing ferry service across Lake Washington before roads and bridges connected Eastside communities to Seattle. Anderson bought his first passenger steamer, the Winnifred, in 1895, and by 1909, held a monopoly on Lake steamers. The company was in direct competition with King County ferry services. He made most…
ID Number:1986.8.1
Date:Circa 1930
Oil portrait of Horace W. McCurdy by Charles A. Veteto, ca. 1970
Horace W. McCurdy (1899-1989), born in Port Townsend, was a shipbuilder, bridge builder, civic leader, native Washingtonian, and prolific maritime collector. Both the Lake Washington Floating Bridge and the Hood Canal Bridge were built by his firm, Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging. He was instrumental in the establishment and early development of MOHAI and he donated over 500 maritime-related artifacts…
ID Number:1990.19
Date:Circa 1970
Toy bank in the shape of a Victorian house, 1880s
This vintage bank belonged to Captain Everett B. Coffin. Originally from Massachusetts, Coffin arrived in the Pacific Northwest in 1886 and he became one of the most experienced steamboats captains of Puget Sound, mastering both the S.S. Flyer and the S.S. Tacoma.
ID Number:1991.38.1
Date:Circa 1880
Maple desk top made by Henry Van Asselt, ca. 1860
European American settlers in the Puget Sound region made whatever household goods they couldn’t bring with them. Henry Van Asselt, one of the earliest homesteaders, was a talented carpenter. He made this desktop for early settler Thomas Mercer.
ID Number:1993.76.1
Date:Circa 1860
Watercolor painting, "Olympics from Seattle," by Edmond James Fitzgerald, 1938
Edmond James Fitzgerald (1912-1989) was born in Seattle and was a marine, landscape and portrait painter as well as combat artist during World War II. He was greatly influenced by fellow local artist Eustace Ziegler and they had neighboring studios on Pier 9 in Seattle. Fitzgerald loved the Pacific Northwest, and although he did fine portraits, he considered marine subjects…
ID Number:1995.80.2
Date:1938