600 results for: Maritime
Ephemera
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
Ephemera
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
Photograph
Harbor Island and Beacon Hill, Seattle, 1917
Seattle’s main industrial area, which includes Harbor Island, was built on tidelands at the mouth of the Duwamish River using dirt from the 1907-1909 Jackson Street and other Beacon Hill regrades. In 1911, Fisher Flouring Mills built a large plant on Harbor Island. Shipbuilding and related industries followed. This panoramic photograph, taken from Admiral Way in West Seattle, looks east…
ID Number:2019.3.3
Date:1917
Cartographic material
City of Seattle Harbor Department Map of Central Waterfront District, August 1916
Maritime trade was crucial to the city's economic development, and Seattle continues to be defined and supported by the harbor that has become one of the busiest ports in the U. S. This 1916 map of Elliott Bay depicts wharves and businesses along the waterfront, as well as and water depths (soundings) along piers and in Elliott Bay. Each street,…
ID Number:2019.3.17
Date:1916
Cartographic material
Pacific Steamship Co. Explanation of Routes, 1917
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company was an important early shipping company that operated steamships on the west coast of North America. Organized in 1867 under the name of Goodall, Nelson and Perkins, the company effectively ceased business in 1916 when its vessels were purchased by the Admiral Line. The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line)…
ID Number:2019.3.60
Date:1917
Audio recording
Oral history interview with Jacob V. (Jake) Arnautoff, October 30, 2001
Interview with Jake Arnautoff of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) at Bay View Manor in Seattle for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project.The October 30, 2001 video interview was conducted by Constance Schnell and Gary Saaris and videorecorded by Gary Finholt at Bay View Manor. In this interview, Arnautoff discusses his family background, experience as a picket…
ID Number:2019.35.1.4.1
Date:2001
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Anthony (Tony) Faslow and David Green, January 15, 2009
Interview with Anthony (Tony) Faslow and David Green of the Lake Union Drydock Company conducted by Marsha King on January 15, 2009 for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project. Union lead painter Tony Faslow began at the Lake Union Drydock in October 1988 and electrical foreman David Green started at the company in February 1979. In the first part…
ID Number:2019.35.1.22
Date:2009
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 Carl R. Meurk, July 21, 2011
Interview with Carl R. Meurk, a retired senior executive with Todd Pacific Shiipyards, conducted by Marsha King at KCTS Studios in Seattle for the Experienced Leaders Oral History Project in July 2011. Topics discussed include his background, his military service, and his career.
ID Number:2019.35.16.12
Date:2011
Postcard
Aerial view of the Puget Sound Area postcard, circa 1938
This image shows a C.T. (Curt Teich) Art-Colortone postcard which uses a colorized version of a Charles R. Laidlaw aerial photograph of the Puget Sound area, and labels points of interest and ferry routes. The ferry routes help date the postcard between 1935 and 1942. The Fletcher Bay to Brownsville ferry route (center at left) only operated between 1924 and…
ID Number:2021.71.1
Date:Circa 1938