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What Makes an Icon? An Exploration from the Profound to the Subjective
Creation Date: Jan. 6, 2010Catalog ID: 2010.6.1.1David Nicandri, Director of the Washington State Historical Society and curator for the Icons of Washington History exhibition, describes Depression-era paintings, covered wagons, maps of Washington exploration, and many other artifacts offered for view at the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma. Audio file length: 7:24 -
Through the U.S.A. via Seattle gateway: the very best way
Creation Date: ca. 1927Catalog ID: 1999.8.5Call Number: EPH-A/385.063/G798t/19271 v.; ill.; 22.5 cm.; Col. ill. wraps -
"Washington and Oregon."
Creation Date: 1853Catalog ID: 2008.0.2553.4Call Number: MAPB/WT/1853.2Polychromatic map of Washington and Oregon, showing territorial and county boundaries in 1853. Originally published as part of Colton Map Atlas, plate no. 53. -
"Mount Rainier from the south part of Admiralty Inlet"
Creation Date: 1792Catalog ID: 1911.5.4.31Illustration published as a plate in the Atlas to Vancouver's Voyages, depicting "Mount Rainier from the south part of Admiralty Inlet," redrawn by William Alexander from a sketch taken on the spot by John Sykes, 1792, published by J. Edwards, London, May 1, 1798. In the foreground is a tall, tepee-like structure with poles commonly used for netting ducks by the Clallam Tribe. A canoe outfitted with a sail, containing four men, is being rowed to the shore, and another canoe is visible in the distance. -
watercolor
Creation Date: 1936-1950Catalog ID: 1967.137.30This is a watercolor and ink painting of a Seattle street scene depicting a silent parade of longshoremen and seamen all wearing brimmed white caps walking for the first anniversay of `Bloody Thursday', the waterfront strike of 1934. By Ronald D. Ginther, 1936-1950. -
[wine bottle]
Creation Date: 1987Catalog ID: 2004.44.2Unopened bottle of muscat canelli wine, produced and bottled by Columbia Winery, Bellevue, WA, BW 56. Grapes from north Yakima Valley; alcohol 10.3% by volume; contains sulfites. Brown (amber color) glass bottle, with flat round base, straight sides, tapering neck, wide band on neck. Gold color covering of plastic type material covers top and part of neck. Affixed to one side is large white label with name of winery and type of wine in gold lettering; remainder of print in black. Small silhouette in gray of a domestic cat (named Muscat) affiliated with the winery. On back is smaller label with information about the wine, the cat, and the winery. -
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[wine bottle]
Creation Date: 1967Catalog ID: 1999.99.30Bottle of unopened white oak cabernet sauvignon by Ste. Michelle Vineyards, 1967. Dark green glass bottle with flat round base, curved shoulder, fairly straight neck. Red covering over cork and top of bottle. Manufacturer's marks on base of bottle. -
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[projectile point]
Creation Date: 9000 BC - 10000 BCCatalog ID: 1992.24.19This projectile point has an asymmetrical tip which was produced when a large tranchet flake inadverdently removed a portion of the left margin of the tip. Large flake scars are visible on both faces of the point. -
Johnson's Washington and Oregon
Creation Date: 1861Catalog ID: 1999.0.5Call Number: MAPB/WT/OT/1861The map depicts the areas of Washington and Oregon Territories in 1861. The basic topography is indicated and territorial boundaries are clearly marked in red. The existing counties are named and shown in varying colors of green, pink, and yellow. The map is most likely one of a series of maps (#53 is imprinted at lower right edge), originally published in an atlas. -
1897-Skagway Trail-Curtis at road house
Creation Date: 1897Catalog ID: 1943.42.46019Call Number: 1943.42.46019Asahel Curtis holding camera, Skagway Trail, Alaska, during the Klondike gold rush, 1897
