111 results for: Tourism
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Brochure for Business Friendship Tour of Alaska, June 1933
In June 1933, the Seattle Chamber of Commerce sponsored a business cruise to Alaska for Pacific Northwest executives, their families, and friends. During the 14-day cruise on the steamship Aleutian, participants could enjoy the scenery and network with one another. The brochure includes a map and itinerary as well as information on meals, entertainment, costs, and how to make reservations.
ID Number:2018.3.3.114
Date:1933
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Admiral Oriental Line Ma-Chiong instruction booklet, March 1, 1923
The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line) was a steamship company based in Seattle which operated five ocean liners sailing from Seattle to Japan and China. Pictured here is an instruction manual for Ma-Chiong, a game played on the Admiral Line ships which appears to be similar to Mahjong. The booklet was issued to passengers…
ID Number:2018.3.3.118
Date:1923
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Alaska Steamship Company brochure, circa 1925
The Alaska Steamship Company was formed in 1894, initially to ship passengers and fishing products between Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. The company was able to quickly expand service to the Yukon during the 1896-1899 gold rush, and the company prospered until World War II, when the government took over the company's ships.The brochure pictured here is in the shape…
ID Number:2018.3.3.119
Date:Circa 1925
Cartographic material
Sea Gull's View of Seattle map, 1927
Clara P. Reynolds (1875-1961) created this colorful pictorial map to be distributed by the National Education Association, with quotations on each border of the map stressing the importance of art education in schools. Clara P. Reynolds was an art educator in the Seattle Public Schools after arriving in Seattle in 1905, via New York and Europe. She taught at Franklin…
ID Number:2018.3.8.6
Date:1927
Music, notated
My Washington
The music and lyrics for "My Washington" were written by Harry Lauriston Stone (b. 1881) a well-known songwriter and music publisher from Spokane who was briefly married to Evelyn Comiskey, daughter of Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey. The song was published by Benson and Stone, and a history of Seattle is printed on the verso of the title page.…
ID Number:2018.3.2.4
Date:1923
Music, notated
On the Shores of Puget Sound
The lyrics for "On the Shores of Puget Sound" were written by Edward Livingston Greenwood (1876-1957) and the music was written by Patrick William Guyheen (1881-1958). Both men were Washingtonians (also Washingtonian movement, Washingtonian Temperance Society, or Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society) and the song was written for their local chapter. The piece was published by G. & G. Publishing Company…
ID Number:2018.3.2.5
Date:1934
Poster
Seattle Seaport of Success poster, 1919
In 1913, the Seattle Ad Club held a contest for a city slogan. “Seattle, The Seaport of Success” was chosen from some 10,000 entries and, until about 1935, appeared in local and national ads promoting the city and its trade. In August 1919, following World War I, a large pageant was produced to celebrate the city. Using the city’s slogan…
ID Number:2018.103.1
Date:1919
Photograph
Jack Barron standing in front of barn, 1978
Photographer Josef Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the Pacific Northwest. He donated a collection of his photographs and photography equipment to MOHAI in 1993.This portrait of Jack Barron, rancher and founder of Sun Mountain Lodge in the Methow Valley,…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.233
Date:1978
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Banquet program for King Harald V's visit, 1995
Norway's King Harald V (b. 1937) and Queen Sonja (b. 1937) came to Seattle in 1995 for a four-day visit that included events around Puget Sound. Harald had visited Seattle twice previously as crown prince, first in January 1964 for an official visit, then in briefly in October 1967 after an official visit to Canada. The Pacific Northwest is home…
ID Number:Lib1996.8.17
Date:1995
Music, notated
Seattle, My Own Home Town
The music and lyrics for "Seattle, My Own Home Town," were written by two women who were born elsewhere but spent their adult lives in the greater Seattle area. A songwriter born in Illinois who enjoyed considerable success in Seattle, Rosetta Adelle (Perry) Gibbon (1904-1988), also wrote "Hail, the Navy," which won a 1933 Chamber of Commerce Fleet Week contest,…
ID Number:Lib1996.28.13
Date:1952