Founder's Day is November 13th!

Stop by the museum this Saturday to celebrate! We will be having an Arcadia book signing event.

November 13th, 1851 was the day the Alki Landing Party arrived on the rainy shores of West Seattle aboard the Exact. Visit the museum to hear their story.



Also on November the 13th, SWSHS will be having our annual membership meeting. We are YOUR historical society, so attend and hear what we have accomplished this year, and what is coming up for 2011. Even if you are not a member, we encourage you to attend (and to join!)

The annual meeting of the Southwest Seattle Historical Society will be Saturday, November 13 from 10:30
a.m. to noon at the Southwest Branch of the Seattle Public Library, 9010 35th Ave. S.W.
Seattle, WA 98126, 206-684-7455.

Chris Moore of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation will show images and talk about "Southwest
Seattle Landmarks: Present and Possible," detailing the structures in southwest Seattle that have already
become city or national landmarks and identifying buildings that might quality for future designation.

The membership meeting will begin at 10:30 with the program at 11:00, pastries and coffee provided. The
meeting is open to the public; members may vote in the business meeting. Membership information is
available at www.loghousemuseum.info, or call the Log House Museum at 206-938-5293.

Need a Halloween costume idea?

How about this creepy guy?! Perfect timing by Brandie, one of our beloved collections volunteers, uncovered these two photos of a ghoulish fiend stalking Miss Vashon Island and scaring little kids as part of the Hi-Yu Festival! Date unknown.


2004.21.1562


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How Would You Catalog This Photograph?

(Photo #2005.23.1077 Donated by Gerald Robinson)
A day in the life of a museum collection manager processing museum artifacts can yield many things. Education is an excellent tool to teach us how to process museum materials correctly, from preservation, public access, technological advances to long-term storage needs. What we need beyond that is to be able to fully describe what is happening in an image. This photo is from 1969 and shows 31st district Democrats (left to right) Curly Witherbee, Gordon Herr, Norm Ackley ??(spelling) Andy Hesa. If your job was to catalog this, what would you say? How would researchers access the information in this picture, (what would they want to know, how is this a helpful document for future generations...) and what keyword search terms could you use to describe it? And, is there anything missing here that is glaringly obvious for a 2010 individual that would not be noticed in 1969? Would you choose to note that in the description?