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Black community leaders at press conference about Seattle Schools, January 31, 1991
On January 31, 1991, several leaders of Seattle's African-American community held a press conference at Mount Zion Baptist Church, calling for the resignation of Seattle School Superintendent William Kendrick, and a rejection of his school reorganization plan, which they viewed as insensitive to children of color.This image shows the six community leaders seated at a table during the press conference.…
ID Number:2000.107.247.05.02
Date:1991
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Garfield High School football team after winning game, November 28, 1957
In this photo, the Garfield High School football team celebrates their victory in the 1957 Turkey Day game at Memorial Stadium. The Bulldogs defeated the favored Clover Park Warriors with a last minute touchdown to win the game 6-0. Here, the Garfield players hoist coach John Boitano, at rear, to celebrate an undefeated season, Boitano's first as Garfield's coach. John…
ID Number:2000.107.251.08.01
Date:1957
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Group building Tent City near Kingdome, Seattle, November 21, 1990
This image was taken as people experiencing homelessness construct what became known as "Tent City" in an attempt to alleviate a shortage of emergency shelter in downtown Seattle. By the following week about 50 people were camped at the site near the Kingdome, drawing attention to the loss of emergency shelter space from the previous year and a growing homeless…
ID Number:2000.107.257.11.01
Date:1990
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Man removing belongings from Tent City, Seattle, December 10, 1990
This image was taken as Doug Castle, an unemployed fisherman from Dallas, collects some of his belongings from Seattle's Tent City. The site near the Kingdome had provided emergency shelter for some of the homeless population since November 21. Mr. Castle, a leader of the group Share (Seattle Housing and Resource Effort), and the other inhabitants were moving to a…
ID Number:2000.107.257.11.02
Date:1990
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Kearney Kozai with curling stone at the Granite Curling Club, Seattle, January 1960
Born in Oahu, Hawaii, to Japanese-immigrant parents, Kearney Kozai (1925-1990), moved to Seattle with his wife, Betty, in the 1950s, after having served in the Army during World War II. An engineer at the Boeing Co., Mr. Kozai became fascinated by the sport of curling shortly after his arrival in the city. In 1961, Mr. Kozai helped build the Granite…
ID Number:2000.107.260.08.01
Date:1960
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Beatrice LaFramboise outside Providence Regina House food bank, Seattle, November 4, 1986
In this image, Sister Beatrice LaFramboise, director of the Providence Regina House food bank, leans on the fence outside the Seattle facility. The Sisters of Providence have been operating a weekly food and clothing bank out of the South Park Neighborhood Center since 1963. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, November 13, 1989, p. B3.Caption information also derived from captions…
ID Number:2000.107.260.09.01
Date:1986
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Woman sitting at Seattle War Memorial, Seattle, May 30, 1951
This image of a woman sitting at the Seattle War Memorial Plaza on Fourth Avenue was taken as a VWF (Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US) bugler calls "Taps" on Memorial Day. The woman is identified as a Gold Star mother, a woman entitled to display a gold star on a service flag, due to being the mother of…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.01
Date:1951
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Children placing wreaths on Memorial Day, Seattle, May 30, 1945
In this image, children place wreaths at the foot of a pylon carrying the names of more than 1,000 King County residents killed in World War II. The ceremony took place during Memorial Day exercises held in Seattle's Victory Square, on University Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. The children are identified from left as: Gay Attebery, Barbee Scott, Ruth…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.02
Date:1945
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Vietnam veterans marching in Memorial Day parade, Seattle, May 27, 1985
In this image, a Vietnam veteran raises his fists in salute as he and about 100 other Vietnam veterans march down Alaskan Way in a Memorial Day parade. Beginning at Myrtle Edwards Park, various dignitaries, politicians, men in Civil War uniforms, square dancers, Navy bands, Army drill teams, and veterans' groups marched along Seattle's waterfront, ending at the Seattle War…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.03
Date:1985
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Man at cemetery observing Memorial Day, Seattle, May 27, 1985
In this image, a visitor pauses to read a gravestone at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle. The military graveyard, Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, was decorated with flags for Memorial day, and hosted about 300 people for a wreath-laying service. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, May 28, 1985, p. B1.Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.04
Date:1985