185 results for: Webber, Phil H.
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Anti-war UW students blocking I-5, Seattle, January 14, 1991
After Iraq invaded and annexed Kuwait in August 1990, the United Nations Security Council and the Arab League passed resolutions giving Iraq a deadline of January 15, 1991 to leave Kuwait and authorizing military intervention if this did not occur. When Iraq did not withdraw, the United States and coalition forces from other countries began a heavy bombing campaign, codenamed…
ID Number:2000.107.246.05.02
Date:1991
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Corgis and their owners at Seattle Center, Seattle, August 27, 1972
On August 27, 1972, members of the Cascade Welsh Corgi Club gathered with their dogs at Seattle Center for the club's second annual “Corgi Walk.” This wasn’t a competition but a demonstration of the dogs’ obedience as they walked around the park. Here, members of the club and their pets wait for the beginning of the walk. Caption information source:…
ID Number:2000.107.19720827.2.27
Date:1972
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Panel at a quarterly meeting of NOW board members, Seattle, October 9, 1972
In October 1972, board members of the National Organization of Women (NOW) held a three-day quarterly meeting in Seattle. At the end, they called a press conference to voice dissatisfactions and to present priorities for upcoming months. Aileen Hernandez, NOW’s immediate past president, stated their observation that the current emphasis on law and order didn't’t seem to include the enforcement…
ID Number:2000.107.19721004.1.28
Date:1972
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Jim Robideau and others at BIA protest, Seattle, November 6, 1972
On November 2nd, 1972, several hundred Indigenous people occupied the headquarters of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in Washington, DC. They presented 20 demands for better conditions for Indigenous peoples in the United States, including reform of the BIA, enforcement of existing treaties, protection of Indigenous lands, and improved treaty procedures. Over the following days, BIA offices in other…
ID Number:2000.107.19721106.1.24
Date:1972
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Two women at the Aradia Women's Clinic, Seattle, November 16, 1972
The Aradia Women’s Clinic opened on Seattle’s First Hill in February 1972. A feminist women’s clinic, it provided birth control, health care, counseling, and advocacy by women for women. Once the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision made abortion legal, it also became one of Seattle’s first abortion clinics and a model for similar operations elsewhere in the country. Aradia…
ID Number:2000.107.19721116.3.14
Date:1972
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Two staff members at the Aradia Women's Clinic, Seattle, November 16, 1972
The Aradia Women’s Clinic opened on Seattle’s First Hill in February 1972. A feminist women’s clinic, it provided birth control, health care, counseling, and advocacy by women for women. Once the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision made abortion legal, it also became one of Seattle’s first abortion clinics and a model for similar operations elsewhere in the country. Aradia…
ID Number:2000.107.19721116.3.19
Date:1972
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Erhard Rom with model of scene from "Manon Lescaut" on miniature Seattle Opera House stage, January 3, 1973
Erhard Rom became enamored with opera after seeing his first live performance at the age of eight. At home, he built a stage from a box and made paper figures to reenact the opera. Later, he created more sophisticated sets on a custom-made scale model of the Seattle Opera House, complete with dimmable stage lighting and battens for manipulating scenery.…
ID Number:2000.107.19730103.1.06
Date:1973
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People at preview of Black Arts/West production of "Black Girl," Seattle, March 22, 1973
Black Arts/West was Seattle's first Black theater and functioned as a three component program: theater, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-2019) in 1969, Black Arts/West evolved out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), an anti-poverty…
ID Number:2000.107.19730322.2.14A
Date:1973
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People at preview of Black Arts/West production of "Black Girl," Seattle, March 22, 1973
Black Arts/West was Seattle's first Black theater and functioned as a three component program: theater, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-2019) in 1969, Black Arts/West evolved out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), an anti-poverty…
ID Number:2000.107.19730322.2.15A
Date:1973
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Alfred E. Cowles at his desk, Seattle, March 30, 1973
Alfred E. Cowles was appointed to the Seattle School Board in May 1969 representing a new district covering the Central Area. Later that year he was elected to keep his seat, becoming the first Black man elected to the Board. He served on the Board until 1973, when he moved to Washington, D.C. to lead the Center for Dispute Settlement,…
ID Number:2000.107.19730330.1.14
Date:1973