3379 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
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Marchers protesting infringements on Native fishing rights, Seattle, May 12, 1979
Beginning with treaties in 1854 and 1855, Native American tribes of Washington ceded their land to the United States but had reserved the right to fish as they had always done, including fishing at traditional locations that were off the designated reservations. Over time, the state of Washington had infringed on the treaty rights of the tribes despite losing a…
ID Number:2000.107.096.03.01
Date:1979
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Coast Salish group on beach, circa 1885
By the late 19th century, most Seattle-area Coast Salish peoples had been moved to reservations and were excluded from living in the city. Sometime before 1895, visiting Native peoples started camping on Ballast Island, at the foot of Washington Street. After 1895, waterfront development forced the encampment further from the central waterfront.In this photo, taken during the 1880s, a Coast…
ID Number:2000.107.096.06.01
Date:Circa 1885
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Demonstrators in favor of Native fishing rights at Washington State Capitol, Olympia, September 5, 1968
In the 1960s, Native Americans and their supporters began protesting Washington State laws restricting Native American fishing rights that had been granted in a series of treaties with the United States between 1854 and 1855. The Survival of the American Indian Society (SAIA), the NAACP, and the National Indian Youth Council (NIYC), coordinated a series of protests and peaceful demonstrations…
ID Number:2000.107.096.09.01
Date:1968
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BSU member Billy Jackson addressing SDS rally at UW, April 4, 1969
This photo shows Billy Jackson, a member of the University of Washington Black Student Union, addressing a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) fund raising rally in the UW HUB ballroom. Jackson was also Captain of Information for the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back…
ID Number:2000.107.097.02.01
Date:1969
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Thelma Jackson, October 30, 1977
Dr. Thelma Jackson is an activist who has worked for equity in education, women’s rights, and Black rights for decades. She served on an advisory council aimed at implementing legislation to close the achievement gap for Black students in Washington schools, led the Washington State Legislative Ethics Board, led the Commission on African American Affairs, and was President of the…
ID Number:2000.107.097.28.01
Date:1977
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Dave Walter, Jeremy Jaech, and Ted Johnson meeting about Axon, Seattle, October 19, 1990
Three former Aldus executives (Jeremy Jaech, Dave Walter, and Ted Johnson) established Axon Corporation in Seattle in 1990, to create business graphics software for use on personal computers. Later known as Visio Corporation, they created the design product Visio, which became Microsoft Visio when Microsoft bought the company in 2000. Both Jaech and Johnson would continue to work on the…
ID Number:2000.107.097.39.01
Date:1990
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J. A. Jance signing books, Seattle, November 15, 1991
In this image author and Seattle resident Judith Ann (J. A.) Jance (1944-) autographs a copy of her book "Hour of the Hunter" for Linda and Larry Howard at the Family Services auction at the Sheraton. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.098.14.01
Date:1991
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Kihara family at home after repatriation from Hiroshima, June 1947
In 1932, Tsueko Kihara and her five children left their home in Seattle for an extended visit to Japan. Her husband, Ichimatsu Kihara, remained in Seattle working as a fish wholesaler. When Japan invaded China in 1937, the Kiharas were unable to leave the country and were stuck in Japan during the entire Pacific War. On August 6th, 1945, the…
ID Number:2000.107.098.17.01
Date:1947
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Three girls in costume at Hina Matsuri festival, Seattle, February 25, 1948
Hina Matsuri, also "Doll's Day," "Girls' Day," and "Momo no Sekku," is a Japanese religious holiday celebrated on March 3 to pray for the health and good future of young girls. Traditionally, parents or grandparents of a newborn girl buy a set of hina ningyo ("hina dolls") for the baby, unless they have special dolls that are inherited from generation…
ID Number:2000.107.098.17.02
Date:1948
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Sallie Onishi cutting cake for her young students, Japanese Baptist Church, Seattle, July 1, 1948
Here, teacher Sallie Onishi cuts a huge cake to celebrate the end of classes for her 4-, 5- and 6- year old students at the Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle. The children had staged a pageant in Japanese costumes before donning caps and gowns for their "commencement" ceremony. Caption information source: Seattle Post Intelligencer photo caption, July 3, 1948, p.3
ID Number:2000.107.098.17.03
Date:1948