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Portrait of Dr. Kathryn Harrison at age 85 by Herbert P. Muehlenbeck, ca. 1944
Dr. Kathryn Harrison was one of the first physicians specializing in obstetrics in Seattle. She was arrested twice in 1912 at the age of 50. The first arrest was for the murder of a young woman from Vancouver, British Columbia, who probably died from complications from an abortion. The second arrest was part of a national sting operation against doctors…
ID Number:1990.25
Date:Circa 1944
Cross that was placed in the front yard of a Bothell home, 1991
This eight foot cross, made from cherry wood fence timber, was built by a young adult Bothell resident in protest of a Black family living in the neighborhood in 1991. Several young men helped place the cross in the front yard of the family and the base was set on fire. When a member of the family flashed the porch…
ID Number:1996.44.1
Date:1991
Portrait of girl with dog from Seattle's Ruth School for Girls by Kathleen Houlahan, 1920-1930
This portrait features an unidentified Black girl with a dog in her lap. Students at the Ruth School For Girls were wards of the Seattle Juvenile Court and described as “misfits in the public schools.” The School opened in 1922 and provided school services until 1955. The artist Kathleen Houlahan (1887-1964) was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and grew up in…
ID Number:2006.23.1
Date:Circa 1920-1930
Approve Referendum 74 political sign, ca. 2012
In February 2012, the Washington State legislature passed a law granting same-sex couples the right to marry. Opponents of the law collected enough signatures to send the law to statewide vote in November. Voters were asked to approve Referendum 74 if they supported marriage equality or reject it if they wanted marriage to remain between a man and a woman…
ID Number:2012.64.1
Date:Circa 2012
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