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Image of Joe Torlai selling produce at Inner City Market, Seattle, August 2, 1975
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Joe Torlai selling produce at Inner City Market, Seattle, August 2, 1975

In this image Joe Torlai, a second-generation Renton farmer, weighs some of his produce for sale at the new Inner City Farmer's Market at 18th Avenue and East Cherry Street in Seattle's Central District neighborhood. This same year Mr. Torlai was honored as the youngest farmer at the Pike Place Market in conjunction with the market's 68th birthday. Caption information…
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.05
Date:1975
Image of Produce stand at Inner City Market, Seattle, July 31, 1976
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Produce stand at Inner City Market, Seattle, July 31, 1976

In this image, young Ray Daniels weighs produce grown on his grandfather's farm as he serves a customer at the Inner City Farmer's Market at 18th Avenue and East Cherry Street in Seattle's Central District neighborhood. The Immaculate Conception Church, visible in the background, hosted the market from June through October. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff…
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.06
Date:1976
Image of Ray Daniels selling produce at Inner City Market, Seattle, July 31, 1976
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Ray Daniels selling produce at Inner City Market, Seattle, July 31, 1976

In this image, young Ray Daniels weighs produce grown on his grandfather's farm as he serves a customer at the Inner City Farmer's Market at 18th Avenue and East Cherry Street in Seattle's Central District neighborhood. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photo.
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.07
Date:1976
Image of Family selling produce at Inner City Farmers Market, Seattle, July 31, 1976
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Family selling produce at Inner City Farmers Market, Seattle, July 31, 1976

In this image, youngsters help their family sell produce at the Inner City Farmer's Market at 18th Avenue and East Cherry Street in Seattle's Central District neighborhood. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photo.
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.08
Date:1976
Image of J. B. McCrummen selling produce at U-District farmers market, Seattle, April 23, 1977
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J. B. McCrummen selling produce at U-District farmers market, Seattle, April 23, 1977

In this image J. B. McCrummen, director of the Hunger Action Center, sells produce at a farmer's market on University Way NE in Seattle's University District neighborhood. Beginning in 1993, the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance sought to bring various farmer's markets in Seattle together and as of 2018 operates eight markets around the city, including the U-District Neighborhood Farmers Market.…
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.09
Date:1977
Image of Tina Head staffing stall at Mount Baker farmers market, Seattle, August 3, 1980
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Tina Head staffing stall at Mount Baker farmers market, Seattle, August 3, 1980

In this image Tina Head watches over a produce stand at a farmer's market in Seattle's Mount Baker neighborhood. Beginning in 1993, the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance sought to bring various farmer's markets in Seattle together and as of 2018 operates eight markets around the city, including the U-District Neighborhood Farmers Market. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer…
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.10
Date:1980
Image of Children playing at Fremont Sunday market, Seattle, November 5, 1990
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Children playing at Fremont Sunday market, Seattle, November 5, 1990

In this image Corey Gallagher, 5, left, Sam Sparks, 3, and Jama Gerhart, 4, play in a canoe for sale while their parents shop at the Fremont Sunday Market in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood. Beginning in 1993 the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance sought to bring various farmer's markets in Seattle together and as of 2018 operates eight markets around the city,…
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.11
Date:1990
Image of Alice Signey receiving award from Wes Uhlman at Pike Place Market, Seattle, August 17, 1973
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Alice Signey receiving award from Wes Uhlman at Pike Place Market, Seattle, August 17, 1973

The Pike Place Market's 66th-anniversary celebration was held in Seattle August 17-18, 1973. Bluegrass, jazz, and jug bands provided live music, and featured activities included children's arts and crafts booths, Soap Box Derby Races, and 66-cent sales at many shops and stalls within the market.In this image Alice Mary (Cooper) Signey (1923-1999) is presented with the grand prize for best…
ID Number:2000.107.179.21.05
Date:1973
Image of Tomás Villanueva at United Farm Workers office, Granger, May 3, 1989
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Tomás Villanueva at United Farm Workers office, Granger, May 3, 1989

Tomás Villanueva (1941-2014) was a labor activist who spent decades advocating for the rights and welfare of farmworkers, especially Latino migrant workers. Villanueva was born in Monterrey in northern Mexico and immigrated to the United States with his family at age 13. The Villanueva family settled in Toppenish, Washington in 1958 after traveling across the US following farm work for…
ID Number:2000.107.220.23.02
Date:1989
Image of Tomás Villanueva speaking at press conference, Seattle, October 29, 1987
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Tomás Villanueva speaking at press conference, Seattle, October 29, 1987

Tomás Villanueva (1941-2014) was a labor activist who spent decades advocating for the rights and welfare of farmworkers, especially Latino migrant workers. Villanueva was born in Monterrey in northern Mexico and immigrated to the United States with his family at age 13. The Villanueva family settled in Toppenish, Washington in 1958 after traveling across the US following farm work for…
ID Number:2000.107.220.23.03
Date:1987
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