416 results for: Clothing and Dress
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Model posing at Indigenous fashion show, Pacific Science Center, June 1970
On June 12 and 13, 1970, the Seattle All-American Indian Dancers held a fashion show at the Pacific Science Center. The event showcased traditional Indigenous dress and dancing, as well as modern clothing influenced by Indigenous designs. Proceeds from the fashion show were used to support the Kinatechitapi clinic, a free clinic that served Seattle’s Indigenous population. Kinatechitapi is a…
ID Number:1986.5.52443.26
Date:1970
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Model posing at Indigenous fashion show, Pacific Science Center, June 1970
On June 12 and 13, 1970, the Seattle All-American Indian Dancers held a fashion show at the Pacific Science Center. The event showcased traditional Indigenous dress and dancing, as well as modern clothing influenced by Indigenous designs. Proceeds from the fashion show were used to support the Kinatechitapi clinic, a free clinic that served Seattle’s Indigenous population. Kinatechitapi is a…
ID Number:1986.5.52443.28
Date:1970
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SLF members working in Georgetown Free Store, December 15, 1970
The Georgetown Free Store was a short-lived warehouse in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood that collected and provided clothing and food to unemployed and poor residents. The store was run by members of the Seattle Liberation Front (SLF), a radical, anti-war organization active in 1970-1971. The Free Store was also one of 18 organizations that presented a list of 16 demands to…
ID Number:1986.5.53485.9
Date:1970
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Fashion show model on runway, Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, 1962
This photograph was taken at the daily fashion show staged in the Fashion Pavilion during the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World’s Fair). The image depicts a model dressed in white slacks and striped sweater posing for the photographer on the “stepping stone” runway above a perfumed pool, with audience in the background. Brand names of sponsoring apparel and cosmetic companies…
ID Number:1987.59.145.11
Date:1962
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Women in "Eskimo Village" at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. The AYPE included a constructed "Eskimo Village," which exhibited Indigenous people as attractions for the fair's visitors. This image shows two women, Komot and Pungi, wearing traditional furs in the…
ID Number:1990.36.30
Date:1909
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Igorot child at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. One of the most popular attractions at the AYPE was the "Igorrote Village," a simulated village of the Igorot (previously spelled Igorrote), a diverse group of Indigenous peoples living in…
ID Number:1990.73.18
Date:1909
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Igorot child and Inuit child at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. One of the most popular attractions at the AYPE was the "Igorrote Village," a simulated village of the Igorot (previously spelled Igorrote), a diverse group of Indigenous peoples living in…
ID Number:1990.73.19
Date:1909
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Group of children of different ethnicities, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. The children pictured may be assembled for "Children of All Nations Day," which was an event held at the AYPE. The event included children from Japan, China, Assyria, Egypt, Morocco,…
ID Number:1990.73.120
Date:1909
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Portrait of Leona Fengler, Seattle, 1926
Iowa-born Leona Nathalie Fengler (1903-1990), a graduate of Queen Anne High School, was chosen as Miss Seattle to represent the city at the Atlantic City Beauty Pageant (now the Miss America Pageant) in 1926. Miss Fengler did not win the pageant but was declared by the judges to be equally at home in a drawing room or on the tennis…
ID Number:1992.47.1
Date:1926
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Invitation to fashion event at Helen Igoe Shop for Women, Seattle, January 28, 1925
Fashion stylist Helen Igoe (1870-1962) started work as a buyer at Seattle’s McDougall-Southwick department store in 1907. By 1910, she had opened her own high fashion store, the Helen Igoe Shop for Women. A frequent traveler to New York and Paris, Igoe brought Parisian style to Seattle in the early decades of the 20th century. The shop sent this invitation…
ID Number:1992.62.28.1
Date:1925