103 results for: Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE)
Studio portrait camera, ca. 1900-1920
This studio portrait camera captures its images on glass plates rather than film. Cameras like this were in use during the time of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in Seattle. The AYPE 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…
ID Number:1993.1.44
Date:Circa 1900-1920
Crazy quilt featuring commemorative ribbons from the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), 1911
The AYPE was held in Seattle in 1909 and commemorative ribbons were distributed throughout the duration of the fair. The maker of this quilt must have collected an assortment of the ribbons and inserted them into the design, including Seattle Day, Japan Day, Women's Suffrage Day, Chinese Day, and many more.
ID Number:1993.70.1
Date:1911
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) Diploma awarded to Merlino Olive Oil, 1909
Italian immigrants working in the coal mines of the Black Diamond/Ravensdale area wrote home asking friends and relatives to send foods they missed from Italy. Angelo Merlino, one of those miners, opened his first store in 1900. Angelo Merlino & Sons has been shipping cheese, olive oil and Mediterranean delicacies throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska ever since. The Merlino's…
ID Number:1996.48.1
Date:1909
Senbei iron with AYPE seal, from the Sagamiya Confectionary Co., 1909
The Sagamiya Confectionery, founded in 1904 by Unosuke Shibata, was formerly located at 6th and Main in the area previously known as Nihonmachi, or Japantown, now in Seattle's Chinatown International District. Sagamiya used traditional Japanese methods in the making of mochi, pastries and other wagashi (confections). The bakery was a popular neighborhood establishment until it closed in the 1970s. This…
ID Number:2000.84.4
Date:1909
Senbei iron from the Sagamiya Bakery with the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) seal, ca. 1909
The Sagamiya Confectionery, founded in 1904 by Unosuke Shibata, was formerly located at 6th and Main in the area previously known as Nihonmachi, or Japantown, now in Seattle's Chinatown International District. Sagamiya used traditional Japanese methods in the making of mochi, pastries and other wagashi (confections). The bakery was a popular neighborhood establishment until it closed in the 1970s. This…
ID Number:2000.84.5
Date:1909
Painted portrait of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) by Alma Royer Lorraine, ca. 1904
Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). She was born around 1820 and lived until she was in her mid-seventies. The artist Alma Royer Lorraine (1858-1952) was born in Ohio and moved to Seattle in 1893. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the…
ID Number:2001.55.1
Date:Circa 1904
Bust of Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) by Alma Royer Lorraine, ca. 1909
Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline), also known in Lushootseed as Kikisoblu, Kick-is-om-lo, or Wewick, was the eldest daughter of Chief Si'ahl (Chief Seattle). She was born around 1820 and lived until she was in her mid-seventies. The artist Alma Royer Lorraine (1858-1952) was born in Ohio and moved to Seattle in 1893. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the…
ID Number:2001.55.2
Date:Circa 1909
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) pennant, 1909
This pennant was a promotional souvenir that features the iconic AYPE logo featuring three figures: the left represents Asia holding ship in hands signifying commerce by sea; right represents Pacific slope, with her right hand extended in welcome and her left hand holding a train signifying commerce by land; center represents Alaska, dressed in white for the northland, holding gold…
ID Number:2003.5.1
Date:1909
Ivory cross pendant with gold nugget from the AYPE, 1909
This cross is a souvenir of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE), a world’s fair held in Seattle in 1909. The exposition publicized the development of the Pacific Northwest and positioned Seattle as a gateway to Alaska and the Pacific Rim. It is made of Alaskan ivory and contains a small gold nugget. The materials were reminders of Seattle’s prosperity that was…
ID Number:2005.45.1
Date:1909
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) Diploma and Grand Prize ribbon awarded to Smith Cannery Machines Co. for the "Iron Chink" fish cleaning machine, 1909
The Smith Cannery Machine Company invented the world's first fish cleaning machine and was awarded the Grand Prize at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909. The nickname for the machine, "Iron Chink," illustrates the derogative attitude towards Chinese immigrant laborers the machine was intended to replace.
ID Number:2005.52.1
Date:1909