593 results for: Maritime
Photograph
Steamship moored at Oregon Improvement Company Dock B, Seattle waterfront, circa 1890
Though unattributed, the photograph was probably taken by Seattle photographer John P. Soule.
ID Number:2011.26.7.46
Date:Circa 1890
Photograph
Reel of submarine cable on a Pacific Telephone and Telegraph barge, Seattle, 1936
The original submarine cable laying took place in 1928 for the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Emergency repairs became necessary on July 14, 1936.
ID Number:2011.73.7
Date:1936
Poster
Elliott Bay Water Taxi poster, Seattle, 1997
West Seattle is Seattle's oldest and biggest neighborhood, situated on a peninsula in Elliott Bay. Early public transportation between West Seattle and Seattle was mostly limited to the irregular and infrequent service provided by “Mosquito Fleet” steamships that traveled from port to port around Puget Sound. In 1888 the West Seattle Land and Improvement Company built a dock and launched…
ID Number:2012.26.65
Date:1997
Photograph
Frank James sitting on ship deck, circa 1895
Frank Vivian James (1867-1921), a California native, worked in the San Francisco Bay area as a marine engineer. He met his future wife, Rebecca Gaines (1869-1953), in Seattle, where she had attended the Territorial University of Washington (now University of Washington), graduating in 1888. After their 1891 marriage Frank and Rebecca settled in Alameda, California, where together they had three…
ID Number:2013.95.6
Date:Circa 1895
Menu
The Wharf menu, circa 1958
This seafood restaurant was located in Fishermen's Terminal at Salmon Bay. A history of Fisherman's Terminal at Salmon Bay is on the back of the menu.
ID Number:2014.3.1.36
Date:Circa 1958
Menu
Northern Pacific Steamship Company S.S. Victoria Christmas menu, 1902
The transatlantic ocean liner S.S. Victoria was built in Scotland in 1870 and was originally known as the S.S. Parthia. It was sold to Tacoma-based Northern Pacific Steamship Company in the early 1900s, and then ended up with the Alaska Steamship Company in 1908. This menu is for a special Christmas dinner aboard the Victoria.
ID Number:2014.3.1.73.1
Date:1902
Menu
S.S. North Sea menu, June 19, 1936
This postcard dinner menu is from a Northland Transportation Company passenger liner on the Alaska-Seattle run. An image of S.S. North Sea at Taku Glacier is on the back of the menu.
ID Number:2014.3.1.74
Date:1936
Photograph
Woman modeling outfit at fashion show, circa 1955
An unidentified woman poses on the runway at a fashion show, location unknown. This is possibly an event sponsored by the Vogue, a Seattle women's group. She wears a hat and a suit printed with maritime motifs.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder03.003
Date:Circa 1955
Photograph
Men standing at the rail of a ship, Seattle, circa 1953
Three unidentified crew members stand at the rail on the deck of an Alaska Steamship Company vessel. The men appear to be galley workers or stewards. One holds copy of a newspaper called The Dispatcher, with the headline "Stewards Signup Passes 75%," indicating the event is probably related to a union dispute.
ID Number:2014.49.014.026.0059
Date:Circa 1953
Photograph
Men shaking hands on a dock in front of a ship, Seattle, circa 1953
A group of unidentified stand on the dock near the gangplank of an Alaska Steamship Company vessel. One man is holding a copy of the newspaper The Dispatcher. Another man is flashing a "V" sign, and two others are shaking hands. The event is probably related to a union dispute.
ID Number:2014.49.014.026.0060
Date:Circa 1953