154 results for: Fish and Fishing
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Kurt Stick surveying herring spawning ground in Whatcom County, November 10, 2002
In November of 2002 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer completed a six-month investigation into the ecological health of the Puget Sound. They published their findings in a series of articles from November 18-22, outlining the ways in which recent efforts to curtail dumping and pollution had failed to negate decades of human-caused damage to sea life and the marine environment.In this image,…
ID Number:2000.107.20021101.CD01.013
Date:2002
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Haida drummers protesting salmon farming practices, Seattle, January 15, 2003
In this photo Haida drummers perform a song during a demonstration against the salmon farming industry in front of North American Pan Fish headquarters in Ballard. About 100 representatives of US and British Columbian fishing and conservation groups, along with Indigenous Alaskans and Northwest tribal peoples, participated in the protest. Opponents of salmon farms say they hurt sales of wild…
ID Number:2000.107.20030115.CD01.001
Date:2003
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Support Indian Fishing Rights flier, October 1, 1978
In the 1960s, Native Americans and their supporters in the Pacific Northwest began protesting laws that restricted Native American fishing rights. Various groups held protests and peaceful demonstrations, known collectively as the "fish wars" or "fish-ins," until court rulings in the 1970s guaranteed tribes the right to fish in the accustomed places as they had for hundreds of years.This flier…
ID Number:2002.23.1.49.1
Date:1978
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Poster for Indian Fishing Rights demonstration, May 12, 1979
The poster pictured here advertises a demonstration in support of Indian fishing rights, with a march from Westlake Mall to a rally at Waterfront Park in downtown Seattle. Sponsored by the Native American Solidarity Committee, the event featured speeches as well as Indian drumming and a performance by Sioux musician Floyd Westerman (1936-2007). Caption information source: "Demonstration set on Indian…
ID Number:2002.23.8.9.1
Date:1979
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Men with load of salmon on dock, Seattle, circa 1900
The salmon canning industry started in the late 1860s along the Columbia River. By the 1890s, the fishing ground and market had shifted to Puget Sound. Seattle was the home base of the salmon fishing fleet for many years. In this photo, taken around 1900, workers unload salmon from barges at a Seattle cannery wharf south of downtown. Caption on…
ID Number:2002.48.817
Date:Circa 1900
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Group of people tending to a fishing canoe, La Push, Washington, circa 1955
This photo is one of a sequence of scenes of smelt fishing taken by the photographer at La Push, Washington, on Quileute land. Here, Men and women tend to a canoe and nets on shore. Three of the individuals have been identified as Ramona Bennett, Walter Bennett, and Cynthia Davis.
ID Number:2004.43.1386
Date:Circa 1955
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Ben Paris fishing derby rules, 1936
Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. His namesake store, the Ben Paris, was a combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, sporting goods establishment, and was a Seattle institution for many years. Mr. Paris founded the first local fishing derby in 1931, the Seattle Ben Paris Salmon Derby.The flier pictured here lists the…
ID Number:2008.45.39
Date:1936
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San Juan Fishing and Packing employees, circa 1935
The San Juan Fish Company opened for business in 1898 along Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way) on the Seattle waterfront. Later renamed the San Juan Fishing & Packing Company, it was one of Seattle's largest and most successful canneries with production facilities in several Alaska cities. The business was acquired by New England Fish Company in 1965 and is listed…
ID Number:2011.76.1
Date:Circa 1935
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San Juan Fishing and Packing employees, circa 1935
The San Juan Fish Company opened for business in 1898 along Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way) on the Seattle waterfront. Later renamed the San Juan Fishing & Packing Company, it was one of Seattle's largest and most successful canneries with production facilities in several Alaskan cities. The business was acquired by New England Fish Company in 1965 and is listed…
ID Number:2011.76.2
Date:Circa 1935
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Sportsmen's Show group at Montlake Bridge dedication, Seattle, June 1925
Seattle’s Montlake Bridge was dedicated on June 27, 1925. Seizing the opportunity to appeal to the gathered crowds, a group of fishing enthusiasts posed on the new bridge to publicize the upcoming Sportsmen’s Show. The third annual show, to be held at Green Lake, featured exhibits and entertainment centering around outdoor activities. Using a giant creel, oversized rods and nets,…
ID Number:2013.58.8
Date:1925