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Revolver burned in the Great Seattle Fire, 1889
The Great Fire of June 6, 1889 was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the city. The fire started in a paint and woodwork shop at Front and Madison and swept southward across 100 acres of Seattle's business district and waterfront. The inferno completely consumed the business district's wooden buildings,…
ID Number:1942.2431
Date:Circa 1860-1889
Cast iron spool rack and thread, 1889
The Great Fire of June 6, 1889 was a significant turning point in Seattle's history and changed both the physical and political landscapes of the city. The fire started in a paint and woodwork shop at Front and Madison and swept southward across 100 acres of Seattle's business district and waterfront. The inferno completely consumed the business district's wooden buildings,…
ID Number:1952.237.O
Date:Circa 1880
Boeing B-1 flying boat airplane, ca. 1919
The B-1 was the first aircraft designed and assembled entirely by the Boeing Airplane Company for commercial rather than military purposes. The hull was made using laminated wood veneer, and the wings were framed with Washington-grown spruce. Beginning in 1920, the plane was used on the first regularly scheduled international airmail route between Seattle and Victoria. The B-1 could carry…
ID Number:1952.552.1
Date:1919
Colorized photograph of Boeing B-1 mail plane on Lake Union, 1919
The B-1 was the first aircraft designed and assembled entirely by the Boeing Airplane Company for commercial rather than military purposes. The hull was made using laminated wood veneer, and the wings were framed with Washington-grown spruce. Eddie Hubbard is best known as the pilot who inaugurated international airmail service between Seattle, Washington to Victoria, British Columbia. Beginning in 1920,…
ID Number:1953.345.b.2
Date:1919
Hand-forged cleaver made by blacksmith August Joseph Wenzel, ca. 1890
August Joseph Wenzel (1856-1945) was born in Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, and moved to Seattle in 1888 with his wife Maria and their 8 children. He opened a blacksmith and cooper shop on Pike Street between Fourth Avenue and Fifth Avenue. Next door to the blacksmith shop he owned a wagon works shop and next to that a meat market.…
ID Number:1953.624
Date:Circa 1890
Radio Announcing Carbon Microphone used by KOMO, 1927-1930
KOMO radio was founded in 1926 by Birt F. Fisher and O.D. Fisher of Fisher Flouring Mills (no relation between these Fishers). It replaced Seattle radio station KTCL whose lease was expiring. The first broadcast was on December 31, 1926, and the next year the studio moved to downtown Seattle. Today, KOMO 1000 AM and 97.7 FM is primarily an…
ID Number:1954.745.1
Date:Circa 1927
Condenser microphone from KOMO radio, 1927-1935
Seattle’s KOMO radio station first went on the air in 1926. It was initially owned by the Fisher family which owned Fisher Flour mills.
ID Number:1954.745.7
Date:1924-1935
Model airplane, Boeing Jet Stratoliner 707, N-70700, ca. 1954-1970
The Boeing 707 Stratoliner was the first American jetliner ever made. Chief test pilot, A.M. "Tex" Johnston made history when he introduced the 707 to the world by completing an unauthorized "barrel roll" in front of an unsuspecting Seattle hydroplane racing crowd in August 1955.
ID Number:1955.877.1
Date:Circa 1954-1970
Souvenir flag from the launch of the USS Golden Gate, 1897
This souvenir flag is from the launch of the Coast Guard boarding boat, the USS Golden Gate, on February 13, 1897. It was the first all-steel vessel built and launched in Washington State by the Moran Brothers Company in Seattle.
ID Number:1955.880.c
Date:1897
Douglas fir cross section cut near Eatonville, Washington, and dated to about 800 years old
The Douglas fir from which this cross section was cut grew for 778 years in the lower Cascades region of Washington State. The lighter coloring at the outer edge indicates the section that is younger and contains less resin. The fir was cut and a section saved for MOHAI by Weyerhaueuser Timber Company. The age was determined by the Institute…
ID Number:1955.1404
Date:Circa 12th century