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Ephemera
Jacobs, Trenholme & Co. business card, 1901
The business card pictured here is from Jacobs, Trenholme & Co., a local storage company that advertised in "The Seattle Times" at least from 1900-1902. The business was initially known as Morgan, Jacobs & Trenholme, but at some point it became solely associated with Charles H. Jacobs (1850-) and James Dickson Trenholme (1866-1919). An inscription on the back of the…
ID Number:2018.3.3.81
Date:1901
Ephemera
Washington Hotel stationery, 1905
The Denny Hotel project was begun in Seattle in 1889 by a group of developers that included Seattle founding father Arthur Denny (1822-1899). Unfortunately, the Panic of 1893 halted the proceedings with interiors incomplete, and the building was unfinished until 1903 when developer James A. Moore (1861-1929) bought the building at about Second Avenue and Pine Street. Mr. Moore convinced…
ID Number:2018.3.3.93
Date:1905
Ephemera
Millroy's Pathfinder to Alaska and the Klondyke Gold Fields, circa 1898
In 1897, in response to the Klondike Gold Rush, Canada passed a number of new laws addressing mining in the Klondike Region. These concerned the management of claims, mining by proxy, and other matters. A map publisher living in Seattle at the time, John James Millroy, Jr. (1862-1908), used government and private surveys to create "Millroy's Map of Alaska and…
ID Number:2018.3.3.112
Date:Circa 1898
Photograph
Fremont Baptist Church, Seattle, circa 1915
The Fremont Baptist Church was established in 1892 when a small group of local Baptists and the Rev. E.G. Wheeler began to meet in the chapel car "Evangel," provided by the American Baptist Publication Society and parked between the Fremont Fire Station and the small railroad depot at the corner of Fremont Avenue and Ewing Street (now N. 34th Street).…
ID Number:2018.48.12
Date:Circa 1915
Poster
The Moberlys and The Queen Annes concert poster, March 29, 1985
The poster pictured here advertises a night of performances at Le Club Hit in Seattle by at least two local bands: The Moberlys, made up of Jim Basnight, Jeff Cerar, Steve Grindle, and Steve Pearson; and The Queen Annes, featuring James Gascoigne, Tom O’Connell, Kip Phillips, John Carey, Toby Keil, and Joe Meyering.Le Club Hit was a venue at 935…
ID Number:2018.86.31
Date:1985
Poster
Festival Sundiata poster, Seattle, September 25-27, 1981
Started in 1981, Festival Sundiata is a festival of Northwest African American visual and performing arts held at the Seattle Center. Since 1997, Festival Sundiata has been part of the Seattle Center's Festal season, which celebrates various ethnic and international communities in the Seattle region.This poster advertises the first Festival Sundiata with a photo of a sculpture by James Washington,…
ID Number:2019.3.37
Date:1981
Poster
Mayor Dore Apologizes poster, Seattle, 1936
Seattle has a long history of labor radicalism dating back into the 19th century. The 1930s saw a new burst of radical labor activism, with large scale strikes and boycotting that strengthened local labor unions representing longshoremen, woodworkers, truck drivers, and machinists. As unions grew in power, so did criticism of many union leaders who utilized heavy-handed methods of recruitment…
ID Number:2019.3.39
Date:1936
Cartographic material
Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia Showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries, 1898
James D. Lowman (1856-1947) and Clarence Hanford (1857-1920) founded Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company in 1882. The firm advertised as booksellers, stationers, printers, and binders but also sold typewriters, sewing machines, pianos, and organs. Later they expanded into selling photographic equipment and other supplies to people leaving for the gold fields. The company existed in one form or…
ID Number:2019.3.58
Date:1898
Videorecording
Oral history interview with James (Jim) Francis, November 24, 2008
Interview with James (Jim) Francis, the VP of Finance for the Lake Union Drydock Company, conducted by Marcia King for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on November 24, 2008. The Lake Union Drydock is a full service shipyard specializing in ship repair and conversions on West Coast boats over 100 feet.
ID Number:2019.35.1.24
Date:2008
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Michael J. (Mike) Sauer, April 15, 2004
Interview with Michael J. (Mike) Sauer, the owner of Red Willow Vineyard in the Yakima Valley, conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project in April 2004. Sauer founded the vineyard in 1971 by planting Concord grapes on the family farm he married into. Following his early success, he began experimenting with Vitis vinifera including Sémillon and Chenin…
ID Number:2019.35.8.12
Date:2004