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Painting of Victory Square in Seattle, ca. 1949
Victory Square was located on University Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues in front of the Olympic Hotel, and was the center of World War II rallies, bond drives, and a monument that lists the names of Washington state citizens who lost their lives during the war. Nothing of the Square remains as the monument was torn down in 1949,…
ID Number:1960.2087
Date:Circa 1949
Souvenir mug with picture of Mt. Rainier and 2nd Avenue, 1895
This Seattle souvenir mug includes images of Mt. Rainier on one side and 2nd Avenue on the other.
ID Number:1971.5226.2
Date:1895
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
Painting by Lockwood Dennis, "Lenora and Western," 1977
Lockwood "Woody" Dennis (1937-2012) was born in Portland, Oregon, but lived in Port Townsend, Washington, for 37 years. He was inclined to paint both natural and industrial scenes from the Northwest, California, Colorado, Africa, and Japan. In this work, showing the corner of Lenora Street and Western Avenue in Seattle, one can see Lockwood's influences which were primarily Matisse and…
ID Number:2013.56.5
Date:1977
Painting by Lockwood Dennis, "Dome (Day, Tree)," 1990
Lockwood "Woody" Dennis (1937-2012) was born in Portland, Oregon, but lived in Port Townsend, Washington, for 37 years. He was inclined to paint both natural and industrial scenes from the Northwest, California, Colorado, Africa, and Japan, and often included images of vehicles from the 1930s and 1940s as their shapely design had inspired him as a child. In this work,…
ID Number:2013.56.9
Date:1990