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Image of Portrait of Territorial University Alumni, Seattle, November 4, 1911
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Portrait of Territorial University Alumni, Seattle, November 4, 1911

The University of Washington opened on November 4, 1861, as the Territorial University of Washington on a 10 acre site in Seattle donated by Arthur and Mary Denny, Edward Lander, and Charlie and Mary Terry, about where the Fairmont Olympic Hotel stands today. In 1895 the growing university relocated to the current campus north of downtown. This studio portrait of…
ID Number:1952.245.c
Date:1911
Image of Seattle High School Class of 1901
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Seattle High School Class of 1901

As the population of Seattle grew, so did the city's schools. The first school was called "Central School," a name that was applied to several different buildings as the original building was outgrown and a subsequent building burned down. In 1900, the older students of Seattle would have attended Seattle High School, located on the third floor of a building…
ID Number:1961.2387.1
Date:1901
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Oral history interview with Frances Penrose Owen, April 1985

Frances Penrose Owen (1900-2002) was a civic leader in Seattle, Washington, and one of the most important women in Washington state in the field of education. Born in Walla Walla, Washington, Owen attended Whitman College, graduating with a degree in Greek. Afterwards, she studied politics at Bryn Mawr, taught economics at Whitman, and earned a master’s degree in education from…
ID Number:1985.135.20
Date:1985
Image of James Kelly speaking at press conference at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, December 5, 1988
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James Kelly speaking at press conference at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, December 5, 1988

James Kelly came to Seattle from his native Illinois in 1976, and received a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Washington in 1980. Kelly worked as an investigator for Washington State Child Protective Services, and in the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, before being appointed by Governor Booth Gardner to head the newly created Commission on African-American Affairs…
ID Number:2000.107.103.19.01
Date:1988
Image of James Kelly standing outside building, Seattle, November 8, 1991
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James Kelly standing outside building, Seattle, November 8, 1991

James Kelly came to Seattle from his native Illinois in 1976, and received a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Washington in 1980. Kelly worked as an investigator for Washington State Child Protective Services, and in the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, before being appointed by Governor Booth Gardner to head the newly created Commission on African-American Affairs…
ID Number:2000.107.103.19.02
Date:1991
Image of T. J. Vassar discussing teacher's strike, Seattle, September 5, 1985
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T. J. Vassar discussing teacher's strike, Seattle, September 5, 1985

One of the first three black students to enroll at Seattle's elite Lakeside School, Thomas "T.J." Vassar, Jr. (1950-2013) went on to Harvard, then returned to Seattle, became director of LEEP (Lakeside Educational Enrichment Program) and a member of Lakeside’s faculty, and later served on the Seattle School Board. Mr. Vassar was a highly-regarded local advocate for diversity and social…
ID Number:2000.107.219.27.01
Date:1985
Image of T.J. Vassar discussing school board retirement, Seattle, March 8, 1989
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T.J. Vassar discussing school board retirement, Seattle, March 8, 1989

One of the first three black students to enroll at Seattle's elite Lakeside School, Thomas "T.J." Vassar, Jr. (1950-2013), went on to Harvard, then returned to Seattle, became director of LEEP (Lakeside Educational Enrichment Program) and a member of Lakeside’s faculty, and later served on the Seattle School Board. Mr. Vassar was a highly-regarded local advocate for diversity and social…
ID Number:2000.107.219.27.02
Date:1989
Image of No Plutonium poster, July 15, 1986
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No Plutonium poster, July 15, 1986

The 1986 anti-nuclear rally advertised on this poster was organized in response to the Department of Energy’s (DOE) proposal to use the Hanford facility in Washington state as the nation’s nuclear waste repository. In the wake of the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster and recent news that Hanford was a finalist for housing America’s nuclear waste, public distrust of the DOE…
ID Number:2002.23.8.3.3
Date:1986
Image of Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, August 31 - September 3, 1984
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Bumbershoot poster, Seattle, August 31 - September 3, 1984

Begun as "Festival '71" in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot has become one of North America's largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.This poster features an illustration by T. Michael Gardner, entitled "a room in the conservatoire," that was commissioned for Bumbershoot through the City of Seattle's 1% for Art Program. The poster was designed…
ID Number:2011.49.14
Date:1984
Image of Application for home canning sugar allowance, 1944
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Application for home canning sugar allowance, 1944

The U.S. Office of Price Administration was created to control prices and rationing during World War II. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the OPA by executive order in August 1941. Sugar was one of many rationed products, and each consumer was allowed five pounds of sugar for home use. Additional sugar was available by application, but its use was restricted…
ID Number:2018.3.3.123
Date:1944
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