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Kitchenware jar used for fruit canning, ca. 1860s-1880s
This ceramic jar was the type that early Euro-American settlers used in Washington Territory for fruit canning. It was donated by Margaret Moore Latimer (Mrs. Norval H. Latimer) who was born in 1869 and came to Seattle with her family sometime before 1880. She was an active member of many local clubs and organizations, including the Seattle Historical Society (later…
ID Number:1950.426.5
Date:Circa 1860-1890
Winning cup from 1908 Coach Pioneer Race
Harry Whitney Treat won this silver trophy cup when he competed in a horse-driven carriage race. The Treat family moved to Seattle in 1904 and were active in the founding of many local organizations and clubs.
ID Number:1952.70.1
Date:1908
Bronze leather shoes with bead buckle design, 1924
These women's shoes were owned by Guendolen Plestcheeff, daughter of the early settler Carkeek family, Seattle fashion icon, and history and arts advocate.
ID Number:1952.522.1
Date:1924
Black satin pumps with satin laces, ca. 1930-1940
These women's shoes were owned by Guendolen Plestcheeff, daughter of the early Seattle settlers, the Carkeek family, Seattle fashion icon, and history and arts advocate.
ID Number:1953.310.2
Date:Circa 1930-1940
Rose satin gown with butterfly print, 1937-1938
Elsa Schiaparelli, who was known for avant-garde and surrealist touches, designed this gown at her couture house in Paris. The gown belonged to Guendolen Carkeek Plestcheeff, who was born in Seattle but spent time in Europe as a young woman. She continued to make buying trips overseas to restock her wardrobe long after she moved back to Seattle in 1931.…
ID Number:1953.642.6C588
Date:1937-1938
WONPR pin (Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform), ca. 1930
The Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform was founded in 1929 by New Yorker Pauline Sabin. The movement for alcohol prohibition has been led largely by women, particularly the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. But when the 18th Amendment was enacted, many harms and problems became evident. Sabin started the organization to counteract the narrative that all women supported prohibition and…
ID Number:1955.982.b
Date:Circa 1930
Pale pink net and lace dress, 1940
This dusty pink dress belonged to Catherine Foley Johnson (1894-1961). Catherine was born in Iowa, graduated from the University of Wisconsin, and spent time teaching English in Chicago. In the early 1920s she worked in advertising, first in Seattle and then in New York City. In 1925 she married Philip G. Johnson (1894-1944). Philip was working for the Boeing company…
ID Number:1956.1062.18C618
Date:1940
Oil portrait of John Webster by unknown artist, ca. 1880
Oil portrait of John Webster (1817-1891). He came west around the Horn to the Pacific Coast in 1857, eventually moved to Seattle in 1880 after being a territorial representative, molder, blacksmith, and rancher. He retired and resided at 3rd Avenue and Madison Street. Webster also served as University of Washington Regent, organized and was the first president of the Seattle…
ID Number:1956.1164.1
Date:Circa 1880
Desk once belonging to Eliza Ferry Leary, 1870-1890
Eliza Ferry Leary was the daughter of the first Governor of Washington, Elisha P. Ferry. She married John Leary, a prominent and successful early builder of Seattle, as well as the city's first Mayor. Eliza was President of the Rainier Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and she was acquainted with many famous leaders of the West…
ID Number:1957.1313.1
Date:1870-1890
Leather card case for Arctic Club member Dr. Alfred Raymond, 1910
Complimentary gifts bearing business names were once a common form of advertisement. Albert Hansen, a local silversmith and jeweler, most likely made these card holders for the members of the Arctic Club, an exclusive men's social club mostly comprised of those who "struck it rich" during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897.
ID Number:1958.1516.37
Date:1910