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Button pin, "Bigotry on the Ballot: No on 13," 1978
On November 7, 1978, Seattle voters reject Initiative 13 decisively, by nearly two to one. Initiative 13 would have repealed city ordinances protecting employment and housing rights for gays and lesbians. Also, it would have dissolved the City of Seattle's Office of Women's Rights.
ID Number:2014.56.5
Date:1978
Button pin, "Bigotry: No 35," ca. 1990-2006
Initiative 35, initially on the ballot in 1990, would overturn a city policy of treating married, unmarried and gay couples equally, namely the Family Leave Ordinance that includes a category of domestic partners.
ID Number:2014.56.6
Date:Circa 1990-2006
Button pin, "Stop S.1," ca. 1950
It is believed this button refers to the Smith Act, also known as the Alien Registration Act, that was enacted in 1940 and repealed in 1952. Officially, it was "an act to prohibit certain subversive activities; to amend certain provisions of law with respect to the admission and deportation of aliens; to require the fingerprinting and registration of aliens; and…
ID Number:2014.56.7
Date:Circa 1950
Button pin, "March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights, Oct. 11, 1987, Pacific N.W. Region"
This button is from the Second National March for Lesbian and Gay Rights on Washington in 1987. It was made in Seattle and belonged to a marcher from Seattle, representing the Pacific Northwest region.
ID Number:2014.56.10
Date:1987
Cartoon reprint by David Horsey lampooning Ron Dunlap in the King County Executive election, 1981
Ron Dunlap served three terms as a Washington State Representative from 1974-1979 and 10 months as King County Executive in 1981. When running for King County Executive re-election, his campaign was well-funded by real estate and development interests as depicted here in this illustration by longtime Seattle Post-Intelligencer cartoonist David Horsey. Dunlap was defeated by Seattle City Councilman Randy Revelle…
ID Number:2014.68.3
Date:1981
Original cartoon, "Mounting Tensions," by Brian Basset depicting the problems facing the King County Executive's office on the incompletion of the new county jail, 1985
Randy Revelle (1941-2018) served as King County Executive from 1981-1986. While in office, his administration struggled to complete the new county jail due to an incompetent contractor and problems with the locks. The over-budget and unfinished project generated several lawsuits and counter suits as depicted here by David Horsey, a longtime Seattle Post-Intelligencer cartoonist.
ID Number:2014.68.6
Date:1985
Poster, "Washington Voters! Sign Here to Legalize, Tax & Regulate Marijuana", 2012
This campaign poster is for the I-502 Washington State initiative in 2012 to legalize recreational marijuana.
ID Number:2015.46.1
Date:2012
Campaign button, "Yes on I-502," the initiative to legalize recreational marijuana, 2012
This campaign button was in favor of the I-502 Washington State initiative in 2012 to legalize recreational marijuana.
ID Number:2015.46.3
Date:2012
Shoelaces, political advertisement for Patty Murray, "The Mom in Tennis Shoes", 1998
Patty Murray ran for re-election to the US Senate for Washington state in 1998. She ran under the image of a "Mom in Tennis Shoes". Throughout her tenure in the Senate, Murray has been a strong proponent for education and children's issues, and has become a national leader on budget, transportation, ecomonic development, health care, women's health, and veterans' issues.
ID Number:2015.73.16
Date:1998
Emmy awarded to Charles Royer and Don McGaffin, Co-Producers of "The Bucks Stop Here," 1976
Charles Royer and Donald McGaffin won this Emmy for their investigative reporting into Washington Senate majority leader August Mardesich and his misdealings. The program was titled, "The Buck Stops Here" and was broadcast on KING TV in 1975.
ID Number:2016.83.2
Date:1976