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Image of Dog drinking at
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Dog drinking at "Dog Bar" at Frederick & Nelson Bellevue store, August 1956

Frederick & Nelson department store offered a variety of eating and drinking establishments for its human customers at its downtown Seattle flagship location and its branch stores. The Bellevue store apparently also offered its canine visitors a cool drink at the "Dog Bar," as shown in this photo.
ID Number:1993.43.21.7.1
Date:1956
Image of Morrie Alhadeff visiting a recovering horse, May 23, 1978
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Morrie Alhadeff visiting a recovering horse, May 23, 1978

Morris Jerome "Morrie" Alhadeff (1914-1994), a Seattle native, spent 41 years working for the Washington Jockey Club, which operated the Longacres racetrack in Renton, ending his career as General Manager and Chairman of the Board. Strong supporters of civil rights, Alhadeff and his wife Joan Gottstein Alhadeff (1920-1996), daughter of Longacres founder Joseph Gottstein, were great patrons of Northwest art…
ID Number:2000.107.006.04.01
Date:1978
Image of Charlie Brydon and his dog sitting on steps outside his office, Seattle, June 23, 1993
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Charlie Brydon and his dog sitting on steps outside his office, Seattle, June 23, 1993

Charlie Brydon (1940-2021) was a longtime activist for LGBTQ rights. Born and raised in New Jersey, he moved to Seattle in 1974 after leaving the US Army. In the mid-1970s, Brydon co-founded the Dorian Group, an organization of LGBTQ professionals who gathered for public luncheons, often with city officials, to discuss ways to make Seattle more LGBTQ-friendly. The relationships built…
ID Number:2000.107.028.32.02
Date:1993
Image of Peggy Mainprice and Tuffy at Volunteer Park, Seattle, August 14, 1979
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Peggy Mainprice and Tuffy at Volunteer Park, Seattle, August 14, 1979

Influenced by the new city "scoop laws" of the late 1970s, Seattle accountant Peggy Mainprice (1918-19930 invented the Scoop-a-Poo, a collapsible metal rod with a stainless steel hoop at one end and a handle at the other. The device came equipped with a self-sealing biodegradable baggie for easy disposal.In this image Peggy and her dog, Tuffy, stroll through Volunteer Park…
ID Number:2000.107.050.17.01
Date:1979
Image of Gay couple in Pride parade, Seattle, June 28, 1992
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Gay couple in Pride parade, Seattle, June 28, 1992

In this image, Steve Reiswig, left, and Ron Clouse, both of Generic Leather Products of Washington, gather with their dogs, Willy and Jake, in downtown Seattle for the 1992 Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Pride Parade/March and Freedom Rally. An estimated 40,000 people participated in the event, which is part of Seattle's annual Gay Pride Week. The Pride Parade continues to…
ID Number:2000.107.073.36.06
Date:1992
Image of Klansmen at initiation ceremony at Wilson Station, Renton, July 14, 1923
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Klansmen at initiation ceremony at Wilson Station, Renton, July 14, 1923

A resurgence of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) movement between 1915 and the mid-1920s, in what historians call the "Second Klan," reached all 48 states, with membership over four million in the mid-1920s. Although the Klan's core belief in white supremacy, at least with regard to African Americans, had less resonance in Washington State, by 1921 there was a ready audience…
ID Number:2000.107.108.16.05
Date:1923
Image of Teamsters striking King County Humane Society, Seattle, March 29, 1972
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Teamsters striking King County Humane Society, Seattle, March 29, 1972

In March 1972, Teamsters Local 174 in Seattle walked out of work at the King County Humane Society, where they had been without a contract since the previous April. The Teamsters also filed an unfair-labor-practice charge against the Humane Society, contending that the non-profit had refused to bargain for a new contract. Waldo J. Dahl, president of the Humane Society,…
ID Number:2000.107.141.14.04
Date:1972
Image of Parade of goats at Pike Place Market, Seattle, June 6, 1971
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Parade of goats at Pike Place Market, Seattle, June 6, 1971

In June 1971, a truck carrying a small herd of goats broke down in downtown Seattle. While the truck was being repaired, a group of the driver's friends took care of the goats, leading them to Pike Place Market to support the movement to preserve of the market area.Here, Lee Stover (right foreground), Jim Norton (left foreground) and others parade…
ID Number:2000.107.153.15.01
Date:1971
Image of Biologist with harbor seal at Seattle Aquarium, July 1985
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Biologist with harbor seal at Seattle Aquarium, July 1985

In this photo, marine mammal biologist C.J. Casson gives a fish to a harbor seal at the Seattle Aquarium. This is part of the training that the aquarium biologists were doing with the seals and sea otters to help them in the handling of the animals. They were being taught to climb onto land, eat out of the biologist's hand,…
ID Number:2000.107.164.26.01
Date:1985
Image of The Donut House, Seattle, October 17, 1981
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The Donut House, Seattle, October 17, 1981

The Donut House, on the southeast corner of First Avenue and Pike Street, was a popular hangout for runaways and street people. In 1979, a youth was stabbed to death in the doorway. Yet, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the young people who hung out at The Donut House thought of themselves as a family, and the shop as a…
ID Number:2000.107.172.01.01
Date:1981
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