18 results for: Herndon, John H.
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Visitors viewing the NAMES Project Quilt, Seattle, July 25, 1988
The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt came to the Seattle Center Arena as part of a 20-city tour in 1988. In this image, Craig Koball and Celia Cavalli embrace during their visit to the quilt. Washington residents added 50 more 3 x 6 foot panels during the exhibit's closing ceremonies. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.10
Date:1988
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Hammond Ashley and Dave Wilson working on a bass in their workshop, Seattle, July 18, 1989
Hammond (“Ham”) Ashley studied to be a mechanical engineer, but music was always an important part of his life. He was also a skilled woodworker, doing fine interior woodwork and making reproductions of antique furniture. Ashley played banjo in a dance band while in college. In Europe with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, he bought a double bass and…
ID Number:2000.107.009.31.03
Date:1989
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Lion dancers lifting costume on S. King Street, Seattle, January 15, 1989
Chinese American communities often hold a Lion Dance at the time of the lunar new year, or when a new business opens. The noise of the accompanying drums, gongs, cymbals, and fireworks is believed to drive away evil spirits and bring good luck. This photo shows Sonny Kwan, left, and Kay Chinn lifting their lion costume during a lion dance…
ID Number:2000.107.036.11.01
Date:1989
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Students wearing varying skirt lengths, Seattle, July 10, 1987
In this image recent Seattle Preparatory School graduates Patty Castro, left, Jenny Callies, and Sarah Callies walk along Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle wearing three different kinds of short skirts. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.060.32.01
Date:1987
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Petr Nedvěd with Russ Farwell after signing with Seattle Thunderbirds, August 2, 1989
The Seattle Thunderbirds are a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League. In Seattle since 1977, the team was called the Seattle Breakers through the 1984-85 season, when it 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 Western Hockey League in…
ID Number:2000.107.089.35.01
Date:1989
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Bryan Johnson posing at Zebra Club, Seattle, May 30, 1988
Zebra Club opened in 1986 as young men's clothing store and hair salon that was also part theater and stage, with loud music, a video production center, and flashing neon fixtures. The unusual business model received national attention; the store doesn't own its inventory, instead manufacturers receive checks when clothes sell and they replace clothes that don't. In the 1980s…
ID Number:2000.107.099.29.01
Date: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
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Cherry Kinoshita holding symbol of Japanese American incarceration, Seattle, July 22, 1988
Born in Seattle, Cherry Tanaka Kinoshita (1923-2008) was incarcerated at Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. She married, returned to Seattle in 1950, and raised a family. Kinoshita was particularly active in efforts to obtain an apology and reparations from the United States government for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1980, Kinoshita became a founder of the…
ID Number:2000.107.105.35.01
Date:1988
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Cherry Kinoshita, Seattle, July 22, 1988
Born in Seattle, Cherry Tanaka Kinoshita (1923-2008) was interned at Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. She married, returned to Seattle in 1950, and raised a family. Kinoshita was particularly active in efforts obtain an apology and reparations from the United States government for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1980, Kinoshita became a founder of the Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.105.35.02
Date:1988
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Roberto Maestas with children at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, October 22, 1987
Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. Maestas became involved in UW civil-rights and antiwar demonstrations in the late 1960s-early 1970s and was a fierce advocate for Chicano and other minority concerns. He led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School in 1972, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.05
Date:1987