Collection Connections: Objects in Question videos take a quick peek into Seattle history by looking really closely at one MOHAI artifact at a time.
In this video, we’ll be exploring historic preservation with Wawona, a sculpture by artist John Grade on display in the museum’s atrium.
The historic images in order of appearance are Color print drawing of the sailing schooner Wawona by local artist Herbert Carlson, 1983 MOHAI Collection, 2015.9.1 followed by Wawona and tug Gail S on Lake Union, June 23, 1993 MOHAI Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 2000.107.19930623.7.08
The phytoplankton image is “Diversity of coccolithophores”, credit: Montiero, F.M., Bach, L.T., Brownlee, C., Bown, P., Tyrrell, T., Beaufort, L., Dutkiewicz, S., Gibbs, S. and Gutowska, M.A., Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0.”