21 results for: Banner, Ellen
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Young girl at NOW rally at King Street Station, Seattle, April 5, 1992
A young demonstrator listens as speeches are made at a National Organization for Women (NOW) rally held at the King Street Station. After the rally, protesters marched down First Avenue, through Pike Place Market, and ended at Victor Steinbrueck Park. Marchers were asked to bring coat hangers, a symbol of illegal abortions used by pro-choice activists, which were thrown into…
ID Number:2000.107.001.16.01
Date:1992
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Pro-choice demonstrator at anti-abortion rally, Bellevue, October 4, 1992
In this image, a pregnant demonstrator lifts a "pro-choice" sign in the middle of an anti-abortion rally in Bellevue. About 15,000 people lined Bellevue Way and other downtown Bellevue streets to show strong resolve nearly a year after state voters narrowly approved Initiative 120 in favor of abortion rights. According to the photographer's notes, the Issaquah woman "said it was…
ID Number:2000.107.001.16.02
Date:1992
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Duane Glaesman being stopped by police officer during protest, November 18, 1993
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.009.35.04
Date:1993
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Priscilla Bullitt Collins and Harriet Stimson Bullitt, Seattle, August 22, 1990
The child of wealthy Seattle pioneers, Dorothy Stimson Bullitt (1892-1989), bought a small Seattle radio station in 1947 and expanded into broadcasting empire, King Broadcasting Company. She was a Seattle civic leader who entered the business world at a time when women were not welcome. All three of her children have donated substantial amounts of money and time to the…
ID Number:2000.107.029.03.05
Date:1990
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Dale Chihuly with his neon and ice installation at the Tacoma Dome, September 1, 1993
In this image, Tacoma-born glass artist Dale Chihuly (1941-) sits in the midst of his sculpture "100,000 Pounds of Ice and Neon." On view at the Tacoma Dome for two days, the piece consisted of thousands of feet of neon encased in 100,000 pounds of ice, which slowly melted away over the duration of the exhibit. Caption information derived from…
ID Number:2000.107.035.16.01
Date:1993
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Dale Chihuly sitting with neon "tumbleweeds," September 1, 1993
In this image Tacoma-born artist Dale Chihuly (1941-) sits among his neon "tumbleweeds," each 3 to 6 feet in diameter and made from 200 feet of neon. The "tumbleweeds" were part of a neon and ice installation, "100,000 Pounds of Ice and Neon," exhibited at the Tacoma Dome on September 2 and 3, 1993. Caption information derived from captions written…
ID Number:2000.107.035.16.03
Date:1993
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Barista Jeffrey Kirihara working at Nordstrom's espresso bar, July 12, 1990
In this photo, Jeffrey Kirihara, barista at an outdoor espresso bar in front of Nordstrom, cleans the front of his espresso station as patrons on the patio enjoy their beverages. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.039.02.05
Date:1990
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Earl Debnam in front of Colman School, February 16, 1993
In 1985, a group of Black activists led by Charlie James, Earl Debnam, Omari Tahir-Garrett, and Michael Greenwood began occupying the abandoned Colman School in the Central Area in order to pressure the city to renovate it into a museum of African-American history. Despite the building's lack of heat and running water, the occupiers stayed for eight years, making this…
ID Number:2000.107.046.22.02
Date:1993
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People on Mercer Street opposing Initiatives 547 and 35, Seattle, November 6, 1990
Increasing urban sprawl and environmental degradation led the Washington legislature to work on state-directed growth control measures. Unhappiness with their proposals led to the citizen-initiated Initiative 547 on the November 1990 ballot. The initiative would have would have required comprehensive land-use planning by all Washington state counties and the establishment of two regional growth control panels. Initiative 547 failed by…
ID Number:2000.107.055.28.02
Date:1990
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Seattle Thunderbirds line up of high fives across the bench, Seattle, March 6, 1994
The Seattle Thunderbirds are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League, playing in the Seattle region since 1977. The team was called the Seattle Breakers through the 1984-85 season, when the team was bought by new owners and renamed the Thunderbirds. The Thunderbirds’ home arena is the ShoWare Center in Kent, and they were champions of the…
ID Number:2000.107.089.35.02
Date:1994