1950 results for: ACT-UP/Seattle
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Dorothy Hollingsworth sitting in her office, Seattle, March 1986
Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.04
Date:1986
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Bill Holm with mask by Willie Seaweed, Seattle, September 10, 1983
Bill Holm (1925-2020) was a art history professor at the University of Washington and curator of Northwest Coast Indian Art at the Burke Museum of Nature History and Cultur. Holm was known for his teaching and advocacy of Northwest Coast Indigenous art, and he spent several years working on a retrospective of the work of Willie Seaweed that opened at…
ID Number:2000.107.090.33.01
Date:1983
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Paul Horiuchi at the Century 21 mural site, Seattle, March 26, 1962
Painter and collagist Paul Horiuchi (1906-1999) was one of the artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.In 1961, Horiuchi received a commission to create a mosaic mural for Century 21, Seattle's World's Fair. Here, Horiuchi stands at the…
ID Number:2000.107.091.28.01
Date:1962
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Paul Horiuchi with Japanese scroll, Seattle, March 18, 1983
Painter and collagist Paul Horiuchi (1906-1999) was one of the artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.In this image, Horiuchi, then in his late seventies, sits next to a scroll which he painted in Japan at age 13,…
ID Number:2000.107.091.28.02
Date:1983
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Paul Horiuchi in his studio, Seattle, March 16, 1983
Painter and collagist Paul Horiuchi (1906-1999) was one of the artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.Here, in his late 70s, the artist sits in his studio near a large painting. Caption information derived from captions written by…
ID Number:2000.107.091.28.03
Date:1983
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Paul Horiuchi at home, Seattle, August 12, 1967
Painter and collagist Paul Horiuchi (1906-1999) was one of the artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.The Horiuchi family's Rainier Beach home, designed by T. Gregory Saito, was filled with natural light and provided ample space to hang…
ID Number:2000.107.091.28.04
Date:1967
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Paul Horiuchi and his painted collage, "Monolithic Impasse", Seattle, August 7, 1990
Painter and collagist Paul Horiuchi (1906-1999) was one of the artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.Here, Horiuchi stands next to his 1964 work "Monolithic Impasse," in the Seattle Art Museum's 1990 exhibition "Views and Visions in the…
ID Number:2000.107.091.28.05
Date:1990
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Arrivals from Alaska, Seattle, December 25, 1952
The 1952 McCarran Act combined various disparate United States immigration laws into a single statute. One effect of the law required that residents of the Territory of Alaska arriving in the continental U.S. had to prove their identity. Seattle's first test of the new law was the arrival of the S.S. Baranof from Seward, Alaska.Here, District Immigration Director John P.…
ID Number:2000.107.095.22.01
Date:1952
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New citizens of the United States, July 4, 1963
Each year, the Immigration and Naturalization Service holds ceremonies for new immigrants to become U.S. citizens. In 1963, the July 4th naturalization ceremonies were held at the Aqua Theater at Green Lake.Here, three new citizens stand between American Legion Commander (Seattle Post 1) Dan P. Danilov and John. P. Boyd, district director of the INS, who had presented the certificates.…
ID Number:2000.107.095.22.02
Date:1963
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Bruce Mosley working on gene cloning at Immunex, Seattle, October 11, 1983
Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostin) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001 Immunex was…
ID Number:2000.107.095.22.03
Date:1983