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Service men and women seated at the counter of Seattle Service Women's Club, Seattle, 1946
During World War II, thousands of service men and women served in or passed through Seattle. A number of recreation and temporary stay facilities provided entertainment and services for military personnel visiting the city, such as the large USO facility in the remodeled Rialto Building, opened in 1943. The first facilities specifically for military women opened in 1945: a female…
ID Number:2014.84.2
Date:1946
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Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival poster, October 24-30, 1997
Begun in 1996, Seattle's Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (now Seattle Queer Film Festival) has become the largest LGBTQ film festival in the Pacific Northwest. It is produced by Three Dollar Bill Cinema, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide films by, for, and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. The 2018 festival attracted over 10,000 viewers to…
ID Number:2014.89.1
Date:1997
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Lesbian/Gay Freedom March poster, Seattle, June 27, 1981
The "Stonewall Rebellion 1981 Lesbian/Gay Freedom March" occurred outside the federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle on June 27, 1981. About 1,500 demonstrators participated in the event, criticizing leaders of the country's "Moral Majority" for their conservatism, which marchers said negatively affects the jobs, pay, housing, and life-style of queer people. The event was sponsored by the Stonewall Committee, a Seattle…
ID Number:2014.89.2
Date:1981
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Schwabacher Bros. truck waiting to join parade, Seattle, July 29,1938
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened an branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:2015.30.2
Date:1938
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Schwabacher Bros. parade wagon, Seattle, July 29, 1938
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened an branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:2015.30.3
Date:1938
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Schwabacher Bros. band waiting to join parade, Seattle, July 29, 1938
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened an branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:2015.30.4
Date:1938
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Children on Schwabacher Bros. parade float, Seattle, July 29, 1938
The Schwabacher Brothers, Louis (1837-1900), Abraham (1838-1909), and Sigmund (Sig) (1841-1917), were pioneering Bavarian-born Jewish merchants, important in the economic development of the Pacific Northwest. They owned several businesses bearing their family name, and opened an branch store in Seattle in 1869. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods, and other…
ID Number:2015.30.5
Date:1938
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Colleen Moore's Doll House at Frederick & Nelson exhibit poster, Seattle, August 14-28, 1937
In 1928, silent film star Colleen Moore (1899-1988) assembled a legion of her industry colleagues to help craft a miniature home of fantastic proportions. Horace Jackson, an architect and set designer who worked for First National Studios, created the floor plan and layout of the doll house with the basic idea that "the architecture must have no sense of reality.…
ID Number:2015.70.1
Date:1937
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Voting Machine Sample Ballot, King County, September 19, 1972
In 1972 King County had 720,359 registered voters, 120,000 of whom were first-time voters. The county was redistricted shortly before the November 19 primary election and a new Votomatic (punch card) system was introduced, both causing much confusion among voters. In an effort to address concerns, Ralph L. Dillon, acting director of the King County Record and Elections Department, and…
ID Number:2015.73.2
Date:1972
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Things That Go Bump in the Night mailer, 1988
Sponsored by the Seattle Chapter of the Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, "Things That go Bump in the Night" was a dance party and costume contest held at the Seattle Aquarium on October 29, 1988. The event benefited Seattle Men's Chorus, Alice B. Theatre, Pride Festival Committee, Seattle Municipal Elections Committee for Gays & Lesbians (SEAMEC), and Tacky Tourist Clubs…
ID Number:2016.10.16.1
Date:1988