122 results for: Washington Territory
Side chair made by Henry Van Asselt, ca. 1860
Settlers to 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, and he made this slat-back side chair.
ID Number:1967.4096.1
Date:Circa 1860
Hayfork made by Henry Van Asselt, ca. 1851
Settlers to 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 hayfork, polished with use.
ID Number:1967.4096.2
Date:Circa 1851
Desk of Arthur Denny, ca. 1850-1860
Arthur Denny used this, his personal desk, as the mail distribution desk when he was appointed Seattle's first postmaster on August 27, 1853.
ID Number:1968.4366.2
Date:1850-1860
Glass bottle "A.B. Stewart Druggist, Seattle W.T." ca. 1882
Alexander B. Stewart (1854-1929) was originally from Ontario, Canada, where he graduated in pharmacy from Victoria College in the early 1870s. He came to the US in 1874 and, after stints in Nevada and California during the Gold Rush boom, he arrived in Seattle in 1882 in what was still Washington Territory. He soon opened a retail drug business and…
ID Number:1971.5088.1
Date:Circa 1882
Drawing by Emily Inez Denny entitled, "Chief Seattle shaking hands with D.T. Denny at site of West Seattle, Sept. 25, '51"
The daughter of one of Seattle’s founding families Emily Inez Denny (1853 – 1918) was both a painter and writer. Greatly influenced by seeing the drawings of Sarah Willoughby as a student at the Washington Territorial University, she took on painting as a life-long pursuit. Emily’s father was David Denny, who is depicted in this drawing, and one of the…
ID Number:1971.5139.44
Date:1870-1900
Trade bead necklaces, ca. 1850
Strings of beads and dentalium were often used for trade or sale between the Native community and the early European settlers.
ID Number:1971.5263.69
Date:Circa 1850
Wooten patent secretary desk, owned by Territorial Governor Watson C. Squire, ca. 1876
Watson C. Squire (1838 - 1926) was the twelfth governor of Washington Territory from 1884 - 1887 and United States Senator from the state of Washington from 1889 - 1897. He used this desk all during his political life. The Wooten desk is highly valued for its complicated and intricate work. There are over a hundred features including carved elements,…
ID Number:1973.5537.1
Date:1876-1880
Squire Investment Company safe, ca. 1897
This safe, donated by the wife of Watson C. Squire, Governor of Washington Territory from 1884 - 1887, and Washington State Senator from 1889 - 1897, was used by Squire while he was President of the Seattle-based Union Trust Company and Squire Investment Company.
ID Number:1973.5537.2
Date:Circa 1897
Drawing, "Shipbuilding," by Roi Partridge, 1916
Roi George Partridge (1888-1984) was born in Centralia, when Washington was still a territory. His family moved to Seattle in 1892, where his father eventually owned the local newspaper. In 1909, Partridge studied art at the National Academy of Design in New York, then traveled to Munich, Germany, to study etching. He also spent several years in Paris working as…
ID Number:1974.5846.7
Date:1916
Drawing, "A Bit of Old Seattle. Foot of Cherry Street," by Roi Partridge, 1916
Roi George Partridge (1888-1984) was born in Centralia, when Washington was still a territory. His family moved to Seattle in 1892, where his father eventually owned the local newspaper. In 1909, Partridge studied art at the National Academy of Design in New York, then traveled to Munich, Germany, to study etching. He also spent several years in Paris working as…
ID Number:1974.5846.9
Date:1916