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Nancy Ramey with family on her return from the Olympics, Seattle, December 14, 1956
In 1956 Nancy Jane Ramey, a 16-year-old swimmer who grew up in the Mercer Island neighborhood of Seattle, competed in the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly event. In this image, her family greets Nancy (center) upon her return from Melbourne. Ramey continued to earn medals in the following years, and…
ID Number:1986.5.39848.1
Date:1956
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Nancy Ramey with Seafair King and Queen on her return from the Olympics, Seattle, December 14, 1956
In 1956 Nancy Jane Ramey, a 16-year-old swimmer who grew up in the Mercer Island neighborhood of Seattle, competed in the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly event. In this image Ramey (center) is welcomed back to Seattle from Melbourne by the Seafair Queen and King Neptune, representatives of the annual…
ID Number:1986.5.39848.2
Date:1956
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Nancy Ramey and Suzie Ordogh racing for coach Ray Daughters at WAC, Seattle December 1956
In 1956 Nancy Jane Ramey, a 16-year-old swimmer who grew up in the Mercer Island neighborhood of Seattle, competed in the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly event. During the games 40 Hungarian athletes defected to the United States after Soviet forces invaded Hungary in response to a populist uprising. Another…
ID Number:1986.5.39849.1
Date:1956
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Nancy Ramey and Suzie Ordogh exchanging Christmas gifts, December 1956
In 1956 Nancy Jane Ramey, a 16-year-old swimmer who grew up in the Mercer Island neighborhood of Seattle, competed in the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly event. During the games 40 Hungarian athletes defected to the United States after Soviet forces invaded Hungary in response to a populist uprising. Another…
ID Number:1986.5.39850.1
Date:1956
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Nancy Ramey receiving trophy at WAC swim meet, Seattle, March 1957
In 1956 Nancy Jane Ramey, a 16-year-old swimmer who grew up in the Mercer Island neighborhood of Seattle, competed in the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly event. In this image Ramey (wearing WAC sweatshirt) receives trophies with two other swimmers after a competition at Seattle's Washington Athletic Club (WAC). Ramey…
ID Number:1986.5.39851.1
Date:1957
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Nancy Ramey leaving building with travel bag, Seattle, October 1956
In 1956 Nancy Jane Ramey, a 16-year-old swimmer who grew up in the Mercer Island neighborhood of Seattle, competed in the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a silver medal in the 100 meter butterfly event. In this image Ramey exits what appears to be Seattle's Washington Athletic Club (WAC) after a training session. Ramey was set to leave…
ID Number:1986.5.39852.1
Date:1956
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Eleanor Roosevelt awarding medal to soldier Sam Morris, Seattle, April 3, 1943
The First Lady pins a medal on the jacket of Sam Morris, one of four African American enlisted men honored at a special ceremony in front of Seattle's County-City Building on April 3, 1943. Several months earlier, these soldiers rescued many people after a bomber on a test run crashed into the Frye Packing Plant.Honored soldiers are, left to right:…
ID Number:1986.5.40746.1
Date:1943
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Albert Rosellini and Ewen Dingwall inside Space Needle restaurant, Seattle, 1962
Washington Governor Albert D. Rosellini was a strong promoter of the Seattle World's Fair from the outset. Here, with the fair's General Manager Ewen Dingwall, he makes a telephone call from the restaurant at the top of the Space Needle. Handwritten on sleeve: Rosellini, Albert, Gov.; Dingwall, Ewen. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and…
ID Number:1986.5.40799.1
Date:1962
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Elvis Presley and Governor Rosellini signing autographs, Seattle, September 5, 1962
Elvis Presley visited Seattle in September 1962 to make his 11th motion picture, "Take Me To The Fair," at the Century 21 fairgrounds. Colonel Tom Parker accompanied him along with a staff of nine young men in black jump suits. Here, Elvis signs autographs with Governor Albert Rosellini. Handwritten on sleeve: Rosellini, Albert D., Gov.; Presley, Elvis. Date photograph was…
ID Number:1986.5.40806.1
Date:1962
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Elvis Presley presenting a gift to Washington Governor Albert Rosellini, Monorail Station, Westlake Avenue, Seattle, September 5, 1962
Elvis Presley visited Seattle to make his 11th motion picture, "Take Me To The Fair," at the Century 21 fairgrounds. Colonel Tom Parker (second from right, in hat) accompanied him along with a staff of nine young men in black jump suits. Here, at the downtown Monorail station, Elvis poses with Governor Albert Rosellini (left)" The ham was supposedly from…
ID Number:1986.5.40806.2
Date:1962