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Seattle General Hospital nurses on roof, circa 1915
Seattle General Hospital was located at 909 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle from 1900-1971, later merging with two other local hospitals to become the Swedish Medical Center. Considered one of the best teaching hospitals in the region, 598 student nurses were trained at the hospital's School for Nurses between 1897-1938. In this image four nurses or nursing students pose on…
ID Number:1998.41.12.1
Date:Circa 1915
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"World Trade Organization: What Are They Trading Away?" poster, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.12.REF.9
Date:1999
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Group on porch of Florence Crittenton Home, Seattle, circa 1900
Florence Crittenton homes are residential care facilities for young girls who are pregnant, parenting or at-risk. Originally opened in 1883 as a refuge for young prostitutes, the homes soon became maternity centers for young, often poor, unmarried pregnant women, providing medical care, therapy, support services and educational opportunities. The Florence Crittenton Home of Seattle opened in 1899 with two maternity…
ID Number:2000.43.7
Date:Circa 1900
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AIDS Prevention Project volunteer at needle exchange, Seattle, February 20, 1990
In this image, a volunteer is taking a survey of people exchanging needles at Second and Pike in downtown Seattle. He was manning the table for the AIDS Prevention Project handled through King County Health Department. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.02
Date:1990
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Needle exchange table, Seattle, October 24, 1990
This table at Second Avenue and Pike Street in Seattle was part of a program to educate and help prevent the spread of AIDS. The program handed out clean needles as well as condoms, AIDS informational brochures and bleach to disinfect needles. In this image, a woman exchanges a needle while one volunteer records the exchange and another hands out…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.03
Date:1990
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Microbiologist with blood samples for HIV testing at the Public Health Lab, Seattle, March 26, 1992
In the early years of AIDS testing, health clinics were often overwhelmed with test requests. In this image, microbiologist Jeanette Frazier prepares blood samples for HIV testing at the Public Health Lab in Seattle, with a large tray of vials awaiting testing nearby. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.04
Date:1992
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Woman running AIDS computer test on vials of blood, Seattle, August 16, 1985
In this image, supervisor of serology June Nakata at the Seattle-King County Health Department lab, located in the Public Safety Building, inserts a vial of blood that has been tested for AIDS antibodies into a computer. The device scans the vial and prints out findings on tape; "reactive" indicates that AIDS antibodies are present. Caption information derived from captions written…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.05
Date:1985
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Man living with AIDS at Rosehedge House, Seattle, July 27, 1990
In this image a man with AIDS is standing in front of his residence at Rosehedge House, a nursing facility on Capitol Hill for those in the disease's terminal stages. "He is seemingly resigned to his fate," Post-Intelligencer staff writes, "but would like others to understand that AIDS touches many lives. 'Nobody wants to acknowledge the deaths,' he says." Caption…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.17
Date:1990
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Supporters of abortion reform boarding buses during Referendum 20 campaign, Seattle, March 28, 1970
The period leading up to the 1970 passing of hotly-debated Referendum 20 saw many pro- and anti-abortion demonstrations in Washington State. Three years before the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that abortion was a constitutional right, Ref. 20 established a limited right to seek an abortion, and Washington became one of only a handful of states to permit…
ID Number:2000.107.001.15.01
Date:1970
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Supporters of abortion reform demonstrating at United States Courthouse, Seattle, October 31, 1970
The period leading up to the 1970 passing of hotly-debated Referendum 20 saw many pro- and anti-abortion demonstrations in Washington State. Three years before the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that abortion was a constitutional right, Ref. 20 established a limited right to seek an abortion, and Washington became one of only a handful of states to permit…
ID Number:2000.107.001.15.02
Date:1970