185 results for: Webber, Phil H.
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Mayumi Tsutakawa, Seattle, November 5, 1990
Internationally recognized artist George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) and his wife, Ayame Iwasa Tsutakawa (1924-), raised their four children with great appreciation for the arts. Gerard Tsutakawa (1947-) apprenticed under his father and is himself an accomplished sculptor; Mayumi Tsutakawa (1949-) is an author and editor who has worked for the Washington State Arts Commission and the Wing Luke Museum; Deems Tsutakawa…
ID Number:2000.107.214.29.01
Date:1990
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Nguyen Thi Noi in barracks at Camp Murray, Washington, June 6, 1975
The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces. In the immediate aftermath, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. Vietnamese refugees arriving to the West Coast in May 1975 were…
ID Number:2000.107.220.21.03
Date:1975
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Hoi and Nguyen Tran family at sponsor home, Kirkland, June 26, 1975
The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces. In the immediate aftermath, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. Vietnamese refugees arriving to the West Coast in May 1975 were…
ID Number:2000.107.220.21.05
Date:1975
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Elma Villanueva at the Fremont Public Association Food Bank, August 2, 1989
In the summer of 1989, neighborhood food banks in Seattle experienced a severe shortage of supplies. Food donations usually lessen in the summer, and that year was especially bad because of an 81-day strike by grocery workers that ended on July 30. Grocery stores were less willing to donate, and striking workers began going to food banks themselves, which placed…
ID Number:2000.107.220.23.01
Date:1989
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League of Women Voters voter registration booth at Westlake Mall, Seattle, August 21, 1971
In 1971, after the 26th Amendment gave the vote to US citizens as young as 18, many younger Washingtonians registered to vote in the September 21 primary elections. The League of Women Voters (LWV) set up registration tables throughout the community, including this one at the Westlake Mall in downtown Seattle. Here, on the last day of registration before the…
ID Number:2000.107.220.41.03
Date:1971
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James Washington Jr. with Delta Teen-Lift group at his studio, Seattle, December 1970
James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.227.20.01
Date:1970
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James Washington Jr. explaining his work to Lee Carnett, Seattle, April 1972
James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.227.20.02
Date:1972
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James Washington Jr. presenting sculpture "Flame of Enlightenment", Seattle, December 3, 1973
James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.227.20.03
Date:1973
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Thea Williamson, Seattle, December 1976
In January 1977, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran a feature over two days about transgender people. An article titled "Women Trapped in Men's Bodies" told the stories of two transgender women, Thea Williamson and Christina Kempf. The women discussed their pasts and experiences before, during, and after their transitions. An article the following day titled "Mind and Body should Match" discussed…
ID Number:2000.107.231.13.02
Date:1976
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Wine maker sampling from barrel, Woodinville, December 4, 1989
Wine grapes and apples were among the first cultivated fruits in the Pacific Northwest. Initially planted here in 1827, both were cherished by early pioneering settlers, but whereas apples became a lucrative farm commodity early on, Washington-grown grapes and the local wine industry did not achieve widespread recognition until the 1970s. In this image Alan Moen, barrel master at Columbia…
ID Number:2000.107.232.03.06
Date:1989