133 results for: Tolman Cary W.
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Steve Sneed viewing restoration at Langston Hughes Cultural Arts Center, Seattle, April 11, 1993
In 1969 the City of Seattle used federal Model Cities funds to purchase a building for use as a community center, the Chevra Bikur Cholim Synagogue, which was designed in 1915 by B. Marcus Priteca (1889-1971) and located at 104 17th Avenue South in the Central District neighborhood. In 1971 the building became the home of what is now known…
ID Number:2000.107.176.29.01
Date:1993
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Jeff Dowd and others at Mayor's office, July 8, 1970
The short-lived Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) was organized by University of Washington professor Michael Lerner in January 1970, after the disintegration of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in 1969 left a leadership void among student-based antiwar and radical organizations. In February 1970, the group sponsored a protest that became violent at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle. Conspiracy charges…
ID Number:2000.107.176.30.04
Date:1970
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Jeff Dowd and others at Mayor's office, July 8, 1970
The short-lived Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) was organized by University of professor Michael Lerner in January 1970, after the disintegration of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in 1969 left a leadership void among student-based antiwar and radical organizations. In February 1970, the group sponsored a protest that became violent at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle. Conspiracy charges were…
ID Number:2000.107.176.30.05
Date:1970
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Jeff Dowd and others at Mayor's office, July 8, 1970
The short-lived Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) was organized by University of professor Michael Lerner in January 1970, after the disintegration of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in 1969 left a leadership void among student-based antiwar and radical organizations. In February 1970, the group sponsored a protest that became violent at the Federal Courthouse in Seattle. Conspiracy charges were…
ID Number:2000.107.176.30.06
Date:1970
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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
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Reduced parking fees after World's Fair, Seattle, December 28, 1962
After the Seattle World's Fair, or Century 21 Exposition, closed on October 21, 1962, nearby parking prices plummeted. The sign at this lot, located at Bell Street and 6th Avenue, advertises all-day parking for 35 cents. During the fair, it cost around $2.00 per day to park here.Grosvenor House, the large apartment building at 500 Wall Street, shown here between…
ID Number:2000.107.178.04.02
Date:1962
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Gypsy Gyppo String Band playing at Pike Place Market, Seattle, May 27, 1973
Between 1971 and 2008 the Pike Place Merchants Association hosted an annual Memorial Day street festival at the Pike Place Market. Proceeds from the festival went to the Pike Place Market Foundation to help improve the market.In this image the Gypsy Gyppo String Band plays "old-time stuff" for a crowd at the 1973 Pike Place Market Street Fair. The band…
ID Number:2000.107.179.21.03
Date:1973
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Apartment building set for demolition, Seattle, February 10, 1982
In the early 1980s, the state of Washington planned to widen the western end of Interstate 90 (I-90) and extend it to meet Interstate 5 (I-5) in Seattle’s Central Area. This expansion required the demolition of the Atlantic Street neighborhood near the I-90 overpass at Rainier Avenue. State agents began buying property in Atlantic Street and coercing residents into moving…
ID Number:2000.107.185.01.04
Date:1982
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Exterior of The Blob, Seattle, October 22, 1986
"The Blob" was the nickname Seattelites gave to the white stucco building created by architect-owner Anthony A. Dadvar to house a restaurant, the Isla del Sol. Initially a square building built in 1946 to house Clyde’s Cleaners, Mr. Dadvar began reworking the exterior in 1984, calling it "a free-form architecture and functional sculpture.'' He planned to create an interior atmosphere…
ID Number:2000.107.185.17.01
Date:1986
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Diners eating at Ivar's Fish Bar, Seattle, July 14, 1982
Beloved showman Ivar Haglund (1905-1985) established Seattle's first aquarium at Pier 54 and started a fish-and-chips stand in 1938 that grew into a restaurant empire. In 1946 Ivar opened the renowned "Acres of Clams" restaurant, one of 31 fish bars still operating in the region.In this image customers eat at the fish bar outside the Acres of Clams restaurant on…
ID Number:2000.107.185.21.01
Date:1982