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Image of Frank Allen and Esther Ross looking at map to plan tribal fish-in, 1968
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Frank Allen and Esther Ross looking at map to plan tribal fish-in, 1968

Stillaguamish Chief Frank Allen and Esther Ruth Ross point to an area on map they say belongs to the Stillaguamish tribe. They are planning a fish-in to protest the tribe's loss of fishing rights on its ancestral lands. Handwritten on sleeve: INDIANS, Stillaguamish, Attempt to regain ancestral lands.Date photograph was published in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: July 7, 1968.
ID Number:1986.5.4436.1
Date:1968
Image of Janet McCloud, Lillian Gregory, and Jack Tanner at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968
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Janet McCloud, Lillian Gregory, and Jack Tanner at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968

Janet Joy "Yet-Si-Blue" (Renecker) McCloud (1934-2003) was a Tulalip tribe member and an Indigenous activist who was prominent in the "fish wars" that led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Janet McCloud, left, and Jack Tanner, right, listen to Lillian Gregory, center, speak at a press…
ID Number:1986.5.26914.23
Date:1964
Image of Disc jockeys riding exercise bikes, Seattle, October 8, 1971
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Disc jockeys riding exercise bikes, Seattle, October 8, 1971

In this image six Seattle disc jockeys sit atop exercise bikes at the Palm Springs-European Health Spa at 1514 Sixth Avenue. The DJs are promoting the First International Bike-a-Thon, held October 16, sponsored by the Variety Club and The Post-Intelligencer, and benefiting various area medical services, including Children's Orthopedic Hospital (now Seattle Children's). The individuals are identified from left as:…
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.03
Date:1971
Image of Glenn Erickson working at R&E Cycles, Seattle, May 10, 1974
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Glenn Erickson working at R&E Cycles, Seattle, May 10, 1974

In this image, Glenn Erickson attaches spokes to a bicycle wheel at the shop he founded with Angel Rodriguez in 1973, R&E Cycles. Still located in its original University District neighborhood, and owned since 1993 by former employee Dan Towle, the shop continues to manufacture, sell, and service R&E Cycles, a line of custom race, touring, tandem, travel, and Rohloff…
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.06
Date:1976
Image of Black Panther lieutenant Cranston Owens at Rainier Beach school, September 6, 1968
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Black Panther lieutenant Cranston Owens at Rainier Beach school, September 6, 1968

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Gary Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17 year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:2000.107.022.21.01
Date:1968
Image of Fashion model posing at Gas Works Park, Seattle, February 16, 1978
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Fashion model posing at Gas Works Park, Seattle, February 16, 1978

This fashion model shows off the newest look in sundresses, a 1970s interpretation of 1940s fashion, featuring slim lines, cutouts, and added pockets for interest.
ID Number:2000.107.060.21.03
Date:1978
Image of Students discussing Filipino American experience, Seattle, December 8, 1976
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Students discussing Filipino American experience, Seattle, December 8, 1976

In this image Franklin High School students Lucita Villar, right, and Laarni Fernado, left, discuss with Eligio "Joey" Fernando IV, Laarni's brother and a Mercer Junior High School student, their experiences as the children of parents born in the Philippines. All three report their parents are alarmed watching their children becoming "too American." Caption information derived from captions written by…
ID Number:2000.107.062.03.03
Date:1976
Image of Seattle Seahawks at team practice, Kirkland, September 1976
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Seattle Seahawks at team practice, Kirkland, September 1976

The Seattle Seahawks joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1976. The team's first headquarters and practice facility were located at what is now Carillon Point, at the site of the old Lake Washington Shipyards in Kirkland. The Seahawks spent ten years headquartered there before moving to the campus of Northwest College in 1986, then their current facilities at Virginia…
ID Number:2000.107.067.17.01
Date:1976
Image of Larry Gossett commemorating Attica prison riot, Seattle, September 9, 1974
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Larry Gossett commemorating Attica prison riot, Seattle, September 9, 1974

Larry Gossett (1945-) was born and raised in Seattle, and by the late 1960s was one of Seattle’s best known young Black radicals. In 1967 he was active in Seattle’s Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and in 1968 he co-founded the University of Washington Black Student Union (UW BSU). Gossett developed a close relationship with other activists for racial justice,…
ID Number:2000.107.077.01.03
Date:1974
Image of Wheelchair user Mike Kovell using swinging doors, Seattle, July 1978
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Wheelchair user Mike Kovell using swinging doors, Seattle, July 1978

In 1978, the Washington State Human Rights Commission hosted a meeting of similar agencies from around the world. The conference, held in Seattle, included exhibits of barrier-free design and a tour of challenges to people with disabilities in the downtown area. State Commission inspector Mike Kovell, a Vietnam veteran who used a wheelchair, compiled the list and led attendees on…
ID Number:2000.107.082.14.02
Date:1978
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