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Image of Rev. Robert Jeffrey speaking during Eddie Bascomb's funeral at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, February 24, 1987
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Rev. Robert Jeffrey speaking during Eddie Bascomb's funeral at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, February 24, 1987

Rev. Dr. Robert Jeffrey served nine years as Senior Pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church in Roanoke, VA before relocating to Seattle in 1986 to become the Senior Pastor of the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, where he still serves as of 2019. Throughout his career, Jeffrey has advocated for those locked out of economic opportunity. In 1988, Jeffrey founded the…
ID Number:2000.107.098.35.02
Date:1988
Image of Rev. Robert Jeffrey speaking at Martin Luther King Jr. day march, January 17, 1994
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Rev. Robert Jeffrey speaking at Martin Luther King Jr. day march, January 17, 1994

Rev. Dr. Robert Jeffrey served nine years as Senior Pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church in Roanoke, VA before relocating to Seattle in 1986 to become the Senior Pastor of the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, where he still serves as of 2019. Throughout his career, Jeffrey has advocated for those locked out of economic opportunity. In 1988, Jeffrey founded the…
ID Number:2000.107.098.35.03
Date:1994
Image of New Hope Baptist Church pastors at local dry cleaner, October 8, 1992
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New Hope Baptist Church pastors at local dry cleaner, October 8, 1992

Rev. Dr. Robert Jeffrey served nine years as Senior Pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church in Roanoke, VA before relocating to Seattle in 1986 to become the Senior Pastor of the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, where he still serves as of 2019. Throughout his career, Jeffrey has advocated for those locked out of economic opportunity. In 1988, Jeffrey founded the…
ID Number:2000.107.098.35.04
Date:1992
Image of Jehovah's Witnesses in bleachers at Sick's stadium, Seattle, July 10, 1957
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Jehovah's Witnesses in bleachers at Sick's stadium, Seattle, July 10, 1957

In this image, attendees at a district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses watch the opening service from the grandstand at Sicks' Stadium in Rainier Valley. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.098.36.01
Date:1957
Image of Jehovah's Witnesses being baptized, Seattle, September 8, 1952
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Jehovah's Witnesses being baptized, Seattle, September 8, 1952

In this image, a group of men baptize new Jehovah's Witnesses in a pool as part of a district convention held over three days in Seattle. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.098.36.02
Date:1952
Image of Jehovah's Witnesses in grandstand at convention, Puyallup, June 23, 1977
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Jehovah's Witnesses in grandstand at convention, Puyallup, June 23, 1977

In this image, attendees at the annual district assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses watch the opening session from the grandstand at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.098.36.03
Date:1977
Image of Jehovah's Witness being baptized, Seattle, July 18, 1981
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Jehovah's Witness being baptized, Seattle, July 18, 1981

In this image a young woman is baptized during ceremonies at the annual district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at the Seattle Center. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.098.36.04
Date:1981
Image of High school students at Korean Presbyterian Church of Seattle, Mountlake Terrace, January 1990
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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
Image of Young girl performing Crown Dance at Sand Point Community Church, Seattle, January 23, 1977
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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
Image of Chapel of Mount Tahoma at McNeil Island Penitentiary, April 1965
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Chapel of Mount Tahoma at McNeil Island Penitentiary, April 1965

McNeil Island is a 6.6 square mile island located in south Puget Sound, lying 2.8 miles across the water from the nearest town. The site was utilized for 142 continuous years as an island-based penal institution, beginning in 1869 with a jail built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1909 the facility became a federal prison, the McNeil…
ID Number:2000.107.123.18.02
Date:1965
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