3246 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Jack and Christine King in front of their home, Kirkland, February 28, 1986
In this photo, Christine and Jack King stand outside their home in Kirkland. The couple formed Tymco. Inc., a tiny software company. Tymco's program reminds busy executives about appointments and when their professional goals have - and haven't - been met. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.105.23.01
Date:1986
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Cherry Kinoshita holding symbol of Japanese American incarceration, Seattle, July 22, 1988
Born in Seattle, Cherry Tanaka Kinoshita (1923-2008) was incarcerated at Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. She married, returned to Seattle in 1950, and raised a family. Kinoshita was particularly active in efforts to obtain an apology and reparations from the United States government for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1980, Kinoshita became a founder of the…
ID Number:2000.107.105.35.01
Date:1988
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Cherry Kinoshita, Seattle, July 22, 1988
Born in Seattle, Cherry Tanaka Kinoshita (1923-2008) was interned at Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. She married, returned to Seattle in 1950, and raised a family. Kinoshita was particularly active in efforts obtain an apology and reparations from the United States government for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1980, Kinoshita became a founder of the Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.105.35.02
Date:1988
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Evel Kneivel attempting a 13-car jump, Seattle, April 5, 1970
This image shows daredevil Robert "Evel" Knievel (1938-2007) at Seattle International Raceway attempting to jump over 13 parked cars on his motorcycle. He narrowly missed this jump, with his rear wheel catching on the landing ramp and throwing him and his motorcycle into the air. Knievel attributed his failure to poor traction on the grass, and shortly after this jump…
ID Number:2000.107.107.02.02
Date:1970
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Elaine Ko speaking at press conference, Seattle, August 5, 1982
Elaine Ko (b. 1954) is a community activist in Seattle who has worked for decades on behalf of the Asian and Pacific Islander community, immigrants, refugees, women, and victims of domestic violence in the Puget Sound area. In 2006, Ko succeeded Bob Santos as Executive Director of the Inter*Im Community Development Association in Seattle's Chinatown - International District (previously the…
ID Number:2000.107.107.16.01
Date:1982
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Norleen Koponen, state director of N.O.W., Seattle, October 24, 1990
This photo shows Norleen Koponen, Washington state director of the National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) and executive director of the Seattle chapter, in her office the day before N.O.W. leaders celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Seattle chapter. Over those 20 years, the chapter had brought big changes to the rights of women, including giving married women the legal right…
ID Number:2000.107.107.28.01
Date:1990
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Jeff Mart grocery store at 17th and Jefferson, Seattle, August, 26, 1992
This photo shows the Jeff Mart convenience/grocery store at 17th and Jefferson in the Central District when it was owned by Korean immigrants Raymond and Grace Chung. The Chungs bought the store in 1991 from Harry and Mary Shigaya, of Japanese heritage, continuing to sell staples to the Central Area community, which since the 1960s was chiefly African-American. The store…
ID Number:2000.107.107.32.01
Date:1992
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Grace Chung with customers at Jeff Mart grocery store, Seattle, September 30, 1992
This photo shows the interior of the Jeff Mart convenience/grocery store at 17th and Jefferson in the Central District when it was owned by Korean immigrants Raymond and Grace Chung. Here, Grace Chung works behind the counter, bagging up a purchase while chatting with two male customers. The Chungs bought the store in 1991 from Harry and Mary Shigaya, of…
ID Number:2000.107.107.32.02
Date:1992
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High school students at Korean Presbyterian Church of Seattle, Mountlake Terrace, January 1990
The Korean Presbyterian Church of Seattle was founded around 1974. In the late 1980s, the roughly 1,000-member congregation purchased a building in Mountlake Terrace in southern Snohomish County. The church has remained there, serving the spiritual and social needs of Koreans in the greater Seattle area. In late January 1990, a Seattle Post-Intelligencer photographer took this image of three young…
ID Number:2000.107.107.32.03
Date:1990
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Young girl performing Crown Dance at Sand Point Community Church, Seattle, January 23, 1977
In late January 1977, Seattle's Sand Point Community Church celebrated Korea Day. Korean families entertained attendees with dances, a fashion show of traditional costumes, movies, and language lessons. Here, Young-Mi Song performs the Crown Dance. Sand Point Community Church, in northeast Seattle, was founded sometime around 1944. It is now known as Sand Point Community United Methodist Church. Caption information…
ID Number:2000.107.107.32.04
Date:1977