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Image of Model posing at Indigenous fashion show, Pacific Science Center, June 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
Image of SLF members working in Georgetown Free Store, December 15, 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
Image of Fashion show model on runway, Century 21 Exposition, Seattle, 1962
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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
Image of Portrait of Leona Fengler, Seattle, 1926
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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
Image of Invitation to fashion event at Helen Igoe Shop for Women, Seattle, January 28, 1925
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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
Image of Back to School fashion show program, Seattle, Fall 1971
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Back to School fashion show program, Seattle, Fall 1971

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century before…
ID Number:1993.43.14.3.1
Date:1971
Image of Imports fashion show program, Seattle, 1954
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Imports fashion show program, Seattle, 1954

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century before…
ID Number:1993.43.14.6.1
Date:1954
Image of International Fashion Show, Seattle, 1977
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International Fashion Show, Seattle, 1977

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century before…
ID Number:1993.43.14.6.2
Date:1977
Image of Symphoneve Americana fashion show program, Seattle, October 22, 1959
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Symphoneve Americana fashion show program, Seattle, October 22, 1959

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century before…
ID Number:1993.43.14.7.1
Date:1959
Image of International Fashion Show program, Seattle, 1983
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International Fashion Show program, Seattle, 1983

The first Frederick & Nelson retail store opened in 1889, right after Seattle's great fire. By 1916, the company was doing so well that it built a large new store at Fifth Avenue and Pike Street, which many people thought was too far out of town. Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle's landmark companies for over a century before…
ID Number:1993.43.14.7.2
Date:1983
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