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Image of Men embracing at AIDS vigil at Seattle Central Community College, May 29, 1988
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Men embracing at AIDS vigil at Seattle Central Community College, May 29, 1988

In this image four friends comfort each other at the Vigil for AIDS held at Seattle Central Community College. Behind them is a candle-lit shrine commemorating people who have died of AIDS. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.06
Date:1988
Image of Two men embracing at AIDS vigil at Seattle Central Community College, May 29, 1988
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Two men embracing at AIDS vigil at Seattle Central Community College, May 29, 1988

In this image, two friends comfort each other at the Vigil for AIDS held on the campus of Seattle Central Community College. Next to them is a candle-lit shrine commemorating people who have died of AIDS. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.07
Date:1988
Image of Man working on quilt square during AIDS vigil at Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, May 29, 1988
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Man working on quilt square during AIDS vigil at Seattle Central Community College, Seattle, May 29, 1988

In this image, Dale Inman of Seattle works on a quilt square in honor a friend who died of AIDS, at the AIDS Vigil at Seattle Central Community College. The square will become part of the NAMES project AIDS Memorial quilt. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.08
Date:1988
Image of Waitress at Wharf Restaurant, Seattle, May 31, 1987
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Waitress at Wharf Restaurant, Seattle, May 31, 1987

The Wharf was a popular restaurant at Fisherman's Terminal in Seattle's Interbay neighborhood from the late 1950s until its closure in 1987 due to an expansion and modernization of the terminal by the Port of Seattle. The restaurant had been a favorite spot for seafood, as the terminal was home to the Pacific Northwest fishing fleet.In this image, Nella Hyatt,…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.06
Date:1987
Image of Andy Sohappy protesting at the Federal Building, Seattle, November 24, 1987
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Andy Sohappy protesting at the Federal Building, Seattle, November 24, 1987

Andy Sohappy is the son of David Sohappy (1925-1991), a Wanapum fisher and activist for Indigenous fishing rights. In the mid-1960s, David Sohappy and his family moved to Cook’s Landing in Skamania County at the mouth of the Little White Salmon River. There, Sohappy became a fisher full-time and took only as many fish as needed for his community, in…
ID Number:2000.107.202.10.02
Date:1987
Image of Ras Bongo protesting in front of the South African Consulate's home, Seattle, July 17, 1988
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Ras Bongo protesting in front of the South African Consulate's home, Seattle, July 17, 1988

When South Africa’s National Party came to power in 1948, the white leadership put extreme laws in place forcing the country’s racial groups to live and develop separately. These “apartheid” laws caused much hardship and resentment. The growth of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950s brought attention to apartheid, and in the 1970s and 80s,…
ID Number:2000.107.19880717.1.37
Date:1988

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