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Photograph
Tobacco counter at the Merchant's Cafe, Seattle, circa 1916
Claiming to be Seattle’s oldest continuously operating restaurant, Merchant's Café stands at the corner of Yesler and James Streets in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square neighborhood. Seattle entrepreneur Franz Xavier "F.X." Schreiner opened his establishment around 1898 as Merchant's Exchange Saloon, changing the name to Merchant's Café during Prohibition. Over the years Merchant's has served as a restaurant, brothel, tavern, hotel,…
ID Number:2006.47.2
Date:Circa 1916
Poster
"I Want You For U.S. Army" poster, circa 1917
This iconic recruiting poster shows Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer and calling on them to join the US Army during World War I. It was created by artist James Montgomery Flagg, with the pose inspired by an earlier British war recruitment poster. The poster was commissioned by the Committee for Public Information, which was a US government agency intended…
ID Number:2007.3.28.1
Date:Circa 1917
Poster
The Faggot Museum poster, Seattle, September 10-October 2, 1999
In 1999, Michael Whistler performed his one-man show The Faggot Museum. Written by Whistler and directed by James Haskins at the Theatre Off Jackson, the play presented a series of monologues exploring men who "embody the faggot stereotype." Michael Whistler is a theater artist, playwright, and teacher who lived and worked in Seattle in the 1990s, but now lives in…
ID Number:2007.25.57
Date:1999
Poster
Seattle Men's Chorus Pride and Joy '85 concert poster, June 29, 1985
Seattle Men's Chorus (SMC) is an LGBTQ community chorus based in Seattle, Washington. The group was founded in 1979, and is one of the world's largest men choruses. Along with Seattle Women's Chorus, it is the largest community choral organization in North America.This poster advertises the June 29 performance of the Seattle Men's Chorus at the Seattle Opera House with…
ID Number:2007.25.64
Date:1985
Photograph
Interior of Bagdad Theatre, Seattle, circa 1927
Seattle's Bagdad Theatre operated from 1927-1947 at one of the Ballard neighborhood's most significant buildings, located on the northwest corner of Market Street and 22nd Avenue NW. The building was designed by local architect Frederick J. Peters as the home of the Ballard chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.), an international non-profit organization founded in 1898 in Seattle.…
ID Number:2008.47.2
Date:Circa 1927
Photograph
Students’ Army Training Corps group on steps of Washington State Museum, University of Washington campus, 1918
The establishment of Students' Army Training Corps (SATC) units during World War I was authorized by the Selective Service Act of 1917, and implemented by the newly created Committee on Education and Special Training of the US War Department. The short-lived SATC program utilized the facilities, equipment, and faculty of colleges and universities to select and train officer candidates and…
ID Number:2009.32.1
Date:1918
Drawing
Carpet design for renovation of Century 21 Opera House, circa 1961
This hand-painted design for a carpet, with color specifications noted, is titled "Seattle World's Fair" and designed by B. Marcus Priteca and James Chiarelli. As part of the planning for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition), architects Priteca and Chiarelli worked together on the conversion of the existing Civic Auditorium at 225 Mercer Street into the Seattle Opera…
ID Number:2010.3.36
Date:Circa 1961
Ephemera
Webster & Stevens business card, circa 1925
Prolific photographers Ira James Webster (1873-1942) and Nelson Nathan Stevens (1875-1938) arrived in Seattle from Michigan in 1899. After working for other Seattle photographers, they opened their own firm in 1902 and eventually had a staff of seventeen photographers. Between 1906 and 1923, Webster & Stevens took many of the photos for The Seattle Times. The company also did work…
ID Number:2011.3.10.9
Date:Circa 1925
Photograph
View of Pioneer Square showing construction of Pioneer Building, circa 1890
In the aftermath of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, a huge rebuilding effort resulted in the construction of many new brick and stone buildings. The Pioneer Building, at right in this photo, was one of several new buildings in the historic district designed by architect Elmer Fisher. This photo shows construction on the nearly completed building, located at the…
ID Number:2011.26.7.14
Date:Circa 1890
Program
The Wayfarer program, 1925
"The Wayfarer" is a religious work combining drama, opera, pageant, and oratorio written by Reverend James Edwin Crowther (1874-1970), a minister from Seattle. The "Passion-Pageant," as it was known, combined previously existing songs and arias by various composers with tableaus of historic and religious subjects using a massive supporting cast. Local music teacher Montgomery Lynch (1879-1948) adapted and directed the…
ID Number:2011.86.1
Date:1925