382 results for: Clothing and Dress
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Black Manufacturing Company trade catalog, 1924
George Black founded the Black Manufacturing Company in Seattle in the early 1900s. In this 1924 catalog, the Black Bear label is seen on a wide variety of work and dress clothing for men and boys for activities ranging from logging to hiking to office work. The company also sold bedding, household linens, gloves, socks, and underwear. Black Manufacturing remained…
ID Number:2018.3.3.107
Date:1924
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Anderson & Thompson Ski Company catalog, 1956
In the 1930s, Norwegian Jorgen Aaland experimented with making a laminated wooden ski. He lived in Seattle at the time and took his idea to Ray Anderson, a ski instructor and president of the city's General Furniture Company. Anderson developed the idea further and received a patent from the US Patent Office in May 1933. Anderson and mountaineer Ben Thompson…
ID Number:2018.3.3.110
Date:1956
Photograph
Three women on horseback, Seattle, circa 1920
Hazel Gladys Klinefelter was an active member of the Seattle Riding Academy and enjoyed riding with her friends. Here, Hazel (right) and two unidentified friends ride their horses somewhere near Volunteer Park. Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times: October 29, 1922, p. 91.
ID Number:2019.7.4
Date:1920
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GM Nameplate face shield specifications and geometry drawing, March 24, 2020
This drawing shows the specifications for a protective face shield designed in March 2020 by GM Nameplate in Seattle, in response to the shortage of PPE (personal protective equipment) for front-line responders at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The face shield features a polyester sheet to protect the face, a foam support across the forehead, and elastic bands. Early…
ID Number:2021.58.6
Date:2020
Photograph
Portrait of Yaht-le-min, circa 1900
This is a portrait of Yaht-le-min, a sub-chief of the S'Klallam. He was called "General Taylor" by the settlers and was identified as such by the photographer. Caption information source: "Land and People and Lifestyle," by Jerry Gorsline for the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, retrieved from https://www.pgst.nsn.us/tribal-enterprises/noo-kayet-development/35-top-level/land-and-people-and-lifestyle
ID Number:Lib1988.33.288
Date:Circa 1900
Photograph
Portrait of Yaht-le-min's wife, circa 1900
This is a portrait of the wife of Yaht-le-min (called General Taylor by the settlers), a sub-chief of the S'Klallam. Her name is not known. She had her portrait taken with a traditional clam basket in front of a handmade cattail mat. She wears a crucifix pendant, a symbol of the Christian faith introduced by missionaries in the mid-1800s. Caption…
ID Number:Lib1988.33.289
Date:Circa 1900
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C. M. Pessemier in doorway of his shoe store, Seattle, circa 1891
Belgium-born Camille M. Pessemier (1863-1947) first appears in a Seattle City Directory in 1891, living with his family above his shoe store at 912 Second Avenue. In 1905, "C. M.," as he was known, opened another shoe store in Tacoma with his brother, Henry J. Pessemier (1869-1940), a grocer. The Pessemier Bros. shoe stores grew to six locations in Seattle,…
ID Number:Lib1990.9.1
Date:Circa 1891
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Toklas, Singerman & Co. employees posing, Seattle, circa 1890
In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store. Originally located in Pioneer Square and named the San Francisco Store, it was later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co. In 1892 the founders sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.46
Date:Circa 1890
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Toklas, Singerman & Co. baseball team, Seattle, 1892
In 1875 Polish immigrants Ferdinand Toklas (1845-1924) and Paul Singerman (1847-1915) moved to Seattle and opened what became the city's first department store in Pioneer Square. Originally called the San Francisco Store and later renamed Toklas, Singerman, & Co., the founders retired in 1892 and sold the store to another partner, John B. MacDougall (1849-1931), who incorporated it as MacDougall…
ID Number:Lib1991.5.48
Date:1892
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Plateau group in a photography studio, circa 1900
The Indigenous peoples of the Columbia Plateau include many different tribal groups. The Plateau peoples' historic lands are in what is now British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon. In Washington, the Yakama, Nez Perce, Spokane, Colville, and other Plateau tribes live east of the Cascade Range in the Columbia River watershed. In this image, four Indigenous women and one…
ID Number:Lib1992.9.6
Date:Circa 1900