29 results for: Harris, Ken
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Mount Rainier from downtown Seattle, July 1960
This photo was taken with infrared film.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): July 18, 1960
ID Number:1986.5.5747.1
Date:1960
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Men playing cards at Inglewood Golf Club, Kenmore, October 8, 1942
Lake Washington's exclusive Inglewood Country Club was largely converted to housing during World War II, serving as a rooming house for shipyard workers and enlisted men of the U.S. Navy. Use of the club had declined due to war rationing and because many of Inglewood's members were in active service, so the club was able to create sleeping quarters for…
ID Number:1986.5.8538.2
Date:1942
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Goodwill Auxiliary member sorting dolls, Seattle, November 2, 1958
Seattle Goodwill was founded in 1923 by a group of local businessmen, and provides employment training and basic education to individuals experiencing significant barriers to economic opportunity. Today a significant portion of its operating funds are derived from its nine thrift stores in the area.In this image Mrs. Vivian Trevorrow arranges a display of dolls available at Goodwill in preparation…
ID Number:1986.5.9068.2
Date:1958
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Chinese New Year guests at Ruby Chow's, Seattle, January 1966
The 1966 Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, began on January 21. To celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Horse, the Chinese Community Service Organization sponsored a ten-course banquet at Ruby Chow's restaurant in Chinatown, attended by more than 200 guests, including Governor Dan Evans and his wife, Nancy. Here, some of the banquet guests gather around…
ID Number:2000.107.036.09.05
Date:1966
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Fred and Dorothy Cordova at home, Seattle, November 11, 1963
Dorothy (Laigo) Cordova (b. 1932) and Frederic Pilar “Fred” Cordova (1931-2013), both second-generation Filipino Americans, met and married in Seattle, where they devoted their lives to their family, to championing social justice issues, preserving Filipino American history, and empowering youth. In 1957, the couple founded the Filipino Youth Activities of Seattle (FYA) to engage young people in activities that instilled…
ID Number:2000.107.041.21.04
Date:1963
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Jesse Epstein signing off on Yesler Terrace project, February 27, 1941
Jesse Epstein (1910-1989) was the first director of the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) in 1939, having been a primary force in its creation. When the U.S Housing Act of 1937 was passed, subsidizing the construction of low-income housing, Epstein worked for legislation to enable the creation of a local housing authority in Seattle. Two housing bills, the Housing Authorities Law…
ID Number:2000.107.057.02.02
Date:1941
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Wanapum visitors in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer composing room, Seattle, October 1956
In this image, printer Roy Jones demonstrates part of the newspaper printing process in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer composing room, for his visitors from the Wanapum Tribe. Washat (then called Washini or Washani) religious leaders from Wapato, Washington, Alba Shawaway, left, and Frank So Happy (also Che-che-mah), center, look on with their wives, Julia So Happy, second from right, and Nettie…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.06
Date:1956
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Julia So-Happy and Nettie Shawaway visiting Seattle Post-Intelligencer building, Seattle, October 14, 1956
In this image, Julia So Happy, left, and Nettie Shawaway, the wives of Washini religious leaders from Wapato, Washington, inspect a teletype machine at the International News Service Bureau in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer building in downtown Seattle. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.095.29.02
Date:1956
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Frank So-Happy in Seattle, October 14, 1956
This image of Washat (then called Washini or Washani) religious leader Frank Sohappy (Che-che-mah) of the Wanapum tribe, who was born in 1878, was taken during a visit to Seattle from his home in Wapato, Washington. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.095.29.03
Date:1956
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Jehovah's Witnesses in bleachers at Sick's stadium, Seattle, July 10, 1957
In this image, attendees at a district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses watch the opening service from the grandstand at Sicks' Stadium in Rainier Valley. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.098.36.01
Date:1957