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British flag presented to pilot Major Frederick L. Martin on the first Round the World flight, 1924
On April 6, 1924, four Douglas World Cruisers, each manned by an Army Air Corps pilot and mechanic, took off from Seattle's Sand Point Field in an attempt to be the first to fly around the world. The four aircraft were named Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans. Major Frederick L. Martin (1882-1956) was in the lead aircraft, the Seattle.…
ID Number:1958.1427
Date:1924
Handmade cane from the first flight around the world, 1924
On April 6, 1924, four aircraft, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans, took off from Sand Point in Seattle and headed for Alaska as the first stop in the first round the world flight. The lead aircraft, Seattle, was flown by Major Frederick L. Martin (1882-1956). Unfortunately, on April 30, the Seattle crashed in dense fog into a mountainside near…
ID Number:1966.3882.5
Date:1924
Helene Madison's Swimming Hall of Fame Sweater, 1966
Helene Madison (1914-1970) started swimming at Green Lake when she was 12 years old. At 19, she swept the women's freestyle swimming events in the 1932 Olympics, winning three gold medals. She tied with male gymnast Romeo Neri of Italy as the most successful athlete at the 1932 games. That same year she held all 16 women's world freestyle records…
ID Number:1970.5051.2C1653
Date:1966
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) T-shirt, ca. 1970s
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the US Congress for the first time in 1921 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state legislatures…
ID Number:2007.62.2
Date:Circa 1970
Blue souvenir tie from the Goodwill Games, 1990
On July 20, 1990, the Goodwill Games, sponsored in large part by Ted Turner, opened in Seattle. Conceived as an apolitical alternative to the Olympics, the games promised international goodwill through world-class competition. Over 2,000 athletes from 54 countries competed in 21 sports events at the University of Washington and other cities in Washington State. This souvenir necktie was donated…
ID Number:2015.91.4
Date:1990
Two plastic bottles of homemade eyewash used during the racial justice protests in Seattle in June, 2020
These recycled plastic water bottles held homemade eyewash solutions for treating effects of chemical agents like teargas and pepper spray used by police on protesters during the June protests for racial justice, 2020. They were collected by MOHAI staff from Cal Anderson Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle.
ID Number:2020.Protest.1
Date:2020
White Goodwill Games tennis sweater, 1990
This tennis sweater was issued to Goodwill Games volunteer Michael D. Evans. The Goodwill Games ran from July 20 to August 5, 1990 in Seattle and were a huge undertaking for the city. Conceived by Ted Turner as an apolitical alternative to the Olympics, the games promised international goodwill through world-class competition. Over 2,000 athletes from 54 countries competed in…
ID Number:2021.53.1
Date:1990
Three remnant pieces of a flash-bang grenade from the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests, 1999
These flashbang grenade remnants are from the night of December 1st, 1999, during the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests in Seattle. The 1999 protests against the WTO Summit made international news. Deemed the “Battle of Seattle,” police and the National Guard used tear gas, rubber and wooden bullets, and other deterrents to disperse crowds. The donor of this artifact was…
ID Number:2022.12.1
Date:1999
White Shah Safari shirt from the Goodwill Games, 1990
On July 20, 1990, the Goodwill Games opened in Seattle. Conceived as an apolitical alternative to the Olympics, the games promised international goodwill through world-class competition. Over 2,000 athletes from 54 countries competed in 21 sports events at the University of Washington and other cities in Washington State. Seattle company Shah Safari supplied these shirts to volunteers for the games.…
ID Number:2022.26.6
Date:1990
TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer and peripherals, ca. 1983
The TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer was introduced in 1983 by Tandy and Microsoft, and sold in Radio Shack stores. The 32 KB read-only memory of the Model 100 contains the Microsoft BASIC 80 programming language and was the last computer that Bill Gates had a direct hand in progamming the operating system. He is quoted in an interview with…
ID Number:2022.100computer.1
Date:Circa 1983