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Poster for UFO Landing Party and art exhibit, Seattle, 1984-1985
This poster appears to promote two events in the winter of 1984-1985. In October 1984, a group of unidentified artists won a grant to build “a mixed media construction that would be a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) landing site” on the roof of Seattle’s Comet Tavern on Pike Street. The December 27, 1984, UFO Landing Party may well be connected…
ID Number:2007.25.49
Date:1984
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Remember My Name poster, Seattle, September 14-October 8, 1989
Begun in San Francisco in 1987, the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt was started as a project to honor loved ones who had died of AIDS. Comprised of more than 48,000 individual panels as of 2017, the AIDS Memorial Quilt has been displayed across the country, including several stops in Seattle, with local panels added at each city. In 1988,…
ID Number:2007.25.52
Date:1989
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Seattle Center Fiddle Contest poster, October 6, 1984
Seattle Center, an area north of downtown Seattle, was developed for the 1962 World's Fair as a specific cultural and entertainment area that the city has continued to use for arts, sports, and community events. In the 1980s, this included several music and cultural events, such as the annual fiddle contest held at the Center House.This poster advertises the 1984…
ID Number:2007.25.54
Date:1984
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Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, April 27, 1996
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the local LGBTQ community. "The Prom You Never Went To" was first held in 1983 and became an institution in the local gay and lesbian…
ID Number:2007.25.58
Date:1996
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Chicken Soup Brigade benefit poster, Seattle, August 9-18, 1991
Chicken Soup Brigade is a project of Lifelong, an organization with a mission to empower people living with or at risk of HIV/AIDS or other chronic conditions to lead healthier lives. This poster advertises six days of benefit performances for the organization in August 1991, presented by Arts Fights AIDS, a group of Seattle theater workers, and held at the…
ID Number:2007.25.59
Date:1991
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Pride Parade/March & Freedom Rally poster, Seattle, June 25, 1995
The poster advertises Seattle's 1995 Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Pride Parade/March & Freedom Rally on Capitol Hill. An estimated 40,000 people participated in the June 25 event, which is part of Seattle's annual Gay Pride Week. The Pride Parade continues to be held annually on the last Sunday in June to honor the Stonewall riots, the 1969 event marking the start of the…
ID Number:2007.25.60
Date:1995
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Greater Northwest International Rodeo poster, August 11-13, 1995
The International Gay Rodeo Association (IGRA) was founded in 1985 when five smaller regional gay rodeo associations joined together. As of 2019, the IGRA supports over 5000 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender members in 25 local associations throughout the United States and Canada. The Northwest Gay Rodeo Association (NWGRA) was founded in 1990, originally representing Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, and…
ID Number:2007.25.61
Date:1995
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Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, May 13, 1995
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the local LGBTQ community. "The Prom You Never Went To" was first held in 1983 and became an institution in the local gay and lesbian…
ID Number:2007.25.63
Date:1995
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Lesbian-Gay Pride March & Rally '90 poster, Seattle, June 24, 1990
The poster advertises Seattle's 1990 Lesbian-Gay Pride March and Rally on Capitol Hill. An estimated 20,000 people participated in the June 24 event, which is part of Seattle's annual Gay Pride Week. The Pride Parade continues to be held annually on the last Sunday in June to honor the Stonewall riots, the 1969 event marking the start of the gay…
ID Number:2007.25.65
Date:1990
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Save our Valley "Yes" Tunnel poster, Seattle, 1999
In 1999, Puget Sound regional transportation authority Sound Transit was finalizing the route of a light rail line set to connect SeaTac airport with Seattle's University District. The proposed route ran through the Rainier Valley, where some residents and businesses concerned about the possible negative effects of street-level light rail formed the "Save Our Valley" group to lobby for a…
ID Number:2007.25.66
Date:1999