7 results for: Spanish American War, 1898
US Army Cavalry saber, 1860
This saber and scabbard was used by British immigrant Frank Taylor who served as a sergeant in the Regular Army during the Civil War and later attained the rank of Brigadier General of the US Army. In 1886, Taylor made his first visit to Seattle when he brought soldiers from the barracks at Fort Vancouver, Washington, at the time of…
ID Number:1949.35.1
Date:Circa 1860
Ashtray made from the engine room bell of the USS OREGON, ca. 1893
The USS OREGON battleship launched in 1893 for the United States Navy and served during the Spanish-American War (1898), the Philippine-American War (1899-1902), and WWI before she was decommissioned in 1919. In 1925, she was lent to the state of Oregon to serve as a floating monument and museum in Portland. Her stripped hulk was later used as an ammunition…
ID Number:1959.1816.3
Date:Circa 1893
Locker room door from old Seattle Armory, ca. 1888
The old Seattle Armory was built in 1888 on Union Street. After the Seattle fire of 1889, the building was used a relief station. The territorial militia companies were quartered here, along with the Regimental Band. It was here that the National Guard companies volunteered to serve in the Spanish-American War of 1898. Each of the quarters had locker rooms…
ID Number:1964.3381.1
Date:Circa 1888
Souvenir handkerchief commemorating the Spanish-American War, 1898
The Spanish-American War was fought between April 21 and August 13, 1898, between the US and Spain and that, essentially, ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and Philippines. This handkerchief features the proclamation, "Remember Well the Maine," which refers to the February 1898 explosion of the USS Maine battleship while it was in Havana Harbor. Even though the battleship's…
ID Number:1966.3915.2
Date:1898
Police blackjack, ca. 1900
This blackjack belonged to John H. Reitz who arrived in Seattle in 1904 after fighting in the Spanish American War in the Philippines. He worked for the Seattle Parks Department and was the superintendent at Woodland Park from 1919 to 1944.
ID Number:1969.4650.2
Date:Circa 1900
Seattle Police Department handcuffs belonging to John Reitz, ca. 1900
These handcuffs belonged to John Reitz, who settled in Seattle in 1904 after completing his military service in the Philippines during the Spanish American War. He worked for the Seattle Parks Department and was superintendent of Woodland Park from 1919-1944.
ID Number:1969.4650.6a
Date:Circa 1900
Canteen from the Spanish American War, 1898
This canteen was owned by Roland Hill Hartley who was a colonel in the Minnesota militia during the Spanish-American War. He later served one term as Mayor of Everett, Washington, in 1910, then served two terms as Governor of the state of Washington from 1925-1933.
ID Number:1969.4671.2
Date:1898