3 results for: Washington Statehood, 1889
Washington State souvenir card deck, 1899
This deck of cards features various scenes of Washington State. It was distributed by the Souvenir Card Co., Seattle-Spokane, WA.
ID Number:1962.2740.1
Date:1899
Inkwell used by Governor Isaac Stevens, ca. 1870
Isaac Ingalls Stevens (1818-1862) was the first governor of Washington Territory, appointed by President Franklin Pierce. Able, ambitious and determined, Stevens graduated first in his class at West Point, and rose quickly in the Engineers Corps, in combat during the Mexican War, and later in the Coast and Geodetic Survey. A lifelong Democrat, Stevens ran for the Territorial legislature, but…
ID Number:1963.3079.2
Date:Circa 1870
Silk ball gown worn by Alsora Hayner Fry, with rhododendron design handpainted by Jessie Elliot, 1893
This dress was worn by Mrs. Alsora Hayner (Minerva) Fry at the 1893 state ball in Olympia, where Mrs. Fry was the guest of honor. Fry was the chief promoter of the rhododendron as the Washington state flower. She came to Seattle in 1888 and was the charter member of the Woman's Century Club and its first president. The dress…
ID Number:1964.3359.C1083
Date:1893