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Image of Blood on the Flat Track: The Rise of the Rat City Roller Girls poster, 2007
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Blood on the Flat Track: The Rise of the Rat City Roller Girls poster, 2007

"Blood on the Flat Track: The Rise of the Rat City Rollergirls" is a full-length documentary film produced and directed by Lainy Bagwell and Lacey Leavitt. The film documents the first two years of Seattle's women's flat track roller derby league, Rat City Roller Derby, which began in April 2004 as Rat City Rollergirls. The film premiered at the Seattle…
ID Number:2014.36.18
Date:2007
Image of 2005 Championship Bout! poster, Seattle, October 15, 2005
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2005 Championship Bout! poster, Seattle, October 15, 2005

Seattle's women's flat track roller derby league, Rat City Roller Derby, got its start in April 2004 as Rat City Rollergirls and quickly built a large local following. Rat City is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and has achieved success on the WFTDA stage, qualifying for WFTDA Playoffs every season, including a second-place finish…
ID Number:2014.36.20
Date:2005
Image of Rat City Roller Girls 2005 Season Inaugural Bout poster, Seattle, March 26, 2005
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Rat City Roller Girls 2005 Season Inaugural Bout poster, Seattle, March 26, 2005

Seattle's women's flat track roller derby league, Rat City Roller Derby, got its start in April 2004 as Rat City Rollergirls and quickly built a large local following. Rat City is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and has achieved success on the WFTDA stage, qualifying for WFTDA Playoffs every season, including a second-place finish…
ID Number:2014.36.21
Date:2005
Image of Blacktop Brawl poster, Seattle, September 25, 2004
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Blacktop Brawl poster, Seattle, September 25, 2004

Seattle's women's flat track roller derby league, Rat City Roller Derby, got its start in April 2004 as Rat City Rollergirls and quickly built a large local following. Rat City is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and has achieved success on the WFTDA stage, qualifying for WFTDA Playoffs every season, including a second-place finish…
ID Number:2014.36.22
Date:2004
Image of Season Two, Bout Three poster, Seattle, May 20, 2006
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Season Two, Bout Three poster, Seattle, May 20, 2006

Seattle's women's flat track roller derby league, the Rat City Roller Derby, got its start in April 2004 as Rat City Rollergirls and quickly built a large local following. Rat City is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and has achieved success on the WFTDA stage, qualifying for WFTDA Playoffs every season, including a second-place…
ID Number:2014.36.23
Date:2006
Image of The Normal Heart program, 1986
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The Normal Heart program, 1986

"The Normal Heart" is a largely autobiographical play by Larry Kramer (b. 1935) focusing on the rise of the HIV/AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of main character Ned Weeks, a writer/activist and the gay founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group. After a initial successful 1985 Off-Broadway production at The…
ID Number:2014.40.12
Date:1986
Image of Paisley Sin playing at Mad Dogs, Seattle, October 31, 1992
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Paisley Sin playing at Mad Dogs, Seattle, October 31, 1992

Paisley Sin, formed in Seattle in 1984 by Sylvan Smith and Findle McBliss, had various members over the years. Its music had roots in punk, soul, funk, pop, and classic rock. On October 31, 1992, the band played at Mad Dogs at 10805 Roosevelt Way NE. Here (from left) John Passareli, guitar; Robert Middleton, drums (not visible); Gerry Sylvan Smith,…
ID Number:2014.43.1.1.MUSIC144
Date:1992
Image of Original Richard Hugo House building, Seattle, 2016
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Original Richard Hugo House building, Seattle, 2016

Richard Hugo House, named for the Northwest poet Richard Hugo (1923-1982), was originally located in an old frame house at the corner of Eleventh Avenue and East Olive Street, in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. The building, built in 1902, had originally housed a mortuary and funeral Home, and later, the New City Theater. Hugo House was founded in 1996 by…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.ARCH200
Date:2016
Image of Taiko drummers performing at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, July 2015
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Taiko drummers performing at Bon Odori festival, Seattle, July 2015

During the summer of 1932, the Seattle Buddhist Church held the city's first Bon Odori festival. Bon Odori is a Japanese dance which is part of the observance of Obon, a Buddhist memorial service. The joyful dance, which celebrates the Buddhist tradition of selfless giving, expresses gratitude to departed family members. Over the years, the festival grew to include flower…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.MUSIC433
Date:2015
Image of Oscar Holden Sr. at the piano, Seattle, June 9, 1952
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Oscar Holden Sr. at the piano, Seattle, June 9, 1952

Nashville native Oscar Holden arrived in Seattle in 1925, by way of Chicago and Vancouver, and quickly became an important figure in the city's jazz scene. Here, he sits at his piano at home, with a drum set in the background. The Holden's home was the scene of monthly jam sessions. Caption information source: HistoryLink essay 11074
ID Number:2014.49.002.015.0047
Date:1952
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