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Poster
Womxn's March on Seattle sign, January 21, 2017
The 2017 Womxn's March on Seattle was held in conjunction with other marches around the country to advocate for the rights of women. The march from Judkins Park to downtown Seattle set the city’s record for the largest demonstration of any kind, with an estimated 100,000 to 122,000 attendees.The two-sided sign pictured here was made and carried by the donor…
ID Number:2017.18.2
Date:2017
Poster
Seattle Reign poster with autographs, 1998-1999
The American Basketball League (ABL), the first women's professional basketball league, started in 1996 with the Seattle Reign as one of its charter member teams. Midway through its third season on December 22, 1998, the ABL suspended operations and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, due to poor attendance, lack of sponsorship, and competition from the Women's National Basketball Association…
ID Number:2017.23.4
Date:1998
Poster
Seattle Reign season poster, 1996-1997
The American Basketball League (ABL), the first women's professional basketball league, started in 1996 with the Seattle Reign as one of its charter member teams. Midway through its third season on December 22, 1998, the ABL suspended operations and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, due to poor attendance, lack of sponsorship, and competition from the Women's National Basketball Association…
ID Number:2017.23.5
Date:1996
Photograph
Launch party for Kirsten-Boeing boat, Seattle, August 14, 1922
German-born University of Washington aeronautical-engineering professor Frederick Kurt "Fred" Kirsten (1885-1952) came to the Puget Sound area in 1902. He was considered a pioneer in aircraft research, and the Kirsten Wind Tunnel Laboratory at UW is named for him. Professor Kirsten held nearly 100 patents for his inventions, including the Kirsten, a "clean" pipe still sold by the Kirsten Pipe…
ID Number:2017.44.1
Date:1922
Photograph
Kirsten-Boeing boat in drydock, Seattle, August 14, 1922
German-born University of Washington aeronautical-engineering professor Frederick Kurt "Fred" Kirsten (1885-1952) came to the Puget Sound area in 1902. He was considered a pioneer in aircraft research, and the Kirsten Wind Tunnel Laboratory at UW is named for him. Professor Kirsten held nearly 100 patents for his inventions, including the Kirsten, a "clean" pipe still sold by the Kirsten Pipe…
ID Number:2017.44.2
Date:1922
Program
Black nativity program, 2007
Langston Hughes’ “Black Nativity,” first performed Off-Broadway in 1961, opened in Seattle in 1998. Rev. Samuel McKinney (1926-2018) of the Mount Zion Baptist Church was the narrator, and Pastor Patrinell “Pat” Wright (1944-) and her Total Experience Gospel Choir provided the music. The show has been a popular part of Seattle’s holiday season ever since.In 2007 the show marked its…
ID Number:2017.59.31
Date:2007
Ephemera
Hotel Roosevelt brochure, 1929
Downtown Seattle's Roosevelt Hotel, located at Seventh Avenue and Pine Street, opened in 1929, and at 22 stories was the tallest hotel in the city at the time. Designed in the modernistic Art Deco mode by prominent local architect John Graham, Sr. (1873-1955), and constructed by A.W. Quist & Company, the building was owned by Western Hotels, Inc. The new…
ID Number:2018.3.3.2
Date:1929
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New England hotel souvenir, circa 1905
Seattle’s New England Hotel was located south of Mill Street (now Yesler Way), on the corner of First Avenue South and Main Street. In the city’s early days, this placed it in the red-light district. The hotel was popular with people heading to the gold rush, and it was a hangout for politicians and campaigners. Its manager, James Weir, also…
ID Number:2018.3.3.4
Date:Circa 1905
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"Divide the tax load with initiative no. 69" leaflet, 1932
Two hotly contested initiatives were on the November 8, 1932 ballot in Washington State: The Washington 40-Mill Tax Levy Limit Initiative, also known as Initiative 64, was approved by 61% of voters, limiting property taxes to 2 percent of assessed value; and the Washington Income Tax for Schools Initiative, also known as Initiative 69, which won 71 percent of the…
ID Number:2018.3.3.11
Date:1932
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Keep the ball rolling for Cotterill campaign advertisement, circa 1910
George Fletcher Cotterill (1865-1958), born in Oxford, England, was an American civil servant and politician. He came to Seattle in 1883 and found work as a civil engineer, and later ran for various city and state offices. He served as a state senator from 1906 to1910, as mayor of Seattle from 1912 to 1914, as chief engineer of the State…
ID Number:2018.3.3.18
Date:Circa 1910