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Image of Charles Royer and Sam Smith at mayoral debate, September 27, 1981
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Charles Royer and Sam Smith at mayoral debate, September 27, 1981

Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-1979 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:2000.107.200.12.03
Date:1981
Image of Sam Smith in his office, October 13, 1981
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Sam Smith in his office, October 13, 1981

Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-1979 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:2000.107.200.12.04
Date:1981
Image of Sam Smith during his mayoral campaign,  November 1980
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Sam Smith during his mayoral campaign, November 1980

Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-1979 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:2000.107.200.12.05
Date:1980
Image of Sam Smith handing woman flier on school levy, April 4, 1977
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Sam Smith handing woman flier on school levy, April 4, 1977

Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-1979 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:2000.107.200.12.06
Date:1977
Image of Velma Veloria taking oath of office at Washington State House of Representatives, Olympia, January 11, 1993
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Velma Veloria taking oath of office at Washington State House of Representatives, Olympia, January 11, 1993

Velma Veloria (b. 1950) was the first Filipina American elected to a state legislature in the continental United States when she was elected to the Washington Legislature's 11th District in 1992. Veloria served for 12 years, from 1992 to 2004. Born in the Philippines, Veloria grew up in the Bay Area and became an activist through her participation in the…
ID Number:2000.107.219.31.01
Date:1993
Image of Governor Dan Evans greeting Tony Le and son at Camp Murray, Washington, May 20, 1975
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Governor Dan Evans greeting Tony Le and son at Camp Murray, Washington, May 20, 1975

The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces. In the immediate aftermath, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. Vietnamese refugees arriving to the West Coast in May 1975 were…
ID Number:2000.107.220.20.05
Date:1975
Image of Crowd of voters at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, November 3, 1948
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Crowd of voters at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, November 3, 1948

On November 3, 1948, Seattle voters crowded polling places, including one at the Seattle Art Museum. Here, voters at the museum wait patiently in line to enter voting booths to vote for President, Governor and state office holders. Voting time was limited to two minutes. Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times: November 3, p. 1.Caption information also derived from…
ID Number:2000.107.220.40.01
Date:1948
Image of Demonstration of punch-card voting machine, Seattle, March 25, 1969
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Demonstration of punch-card voting machine, Seattle, March 25, 1969

On March 29, 1969 over 4,500 Seattle residents went to the polls to elect the 16-member Central Area School Council. This was the first community council elected to help the Seattle School Board run an attendance area’s schools. It was also the city’s first computer-assisted election, and it used IBM Votomatic machines, on loan from Clark County, WA. After the…
ID Number:2000.107.220.41.01
Date:1969
Image of Young Voter Registration Coordinating Committee staffers, Seattle, July 1, 1971
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Young Voter Registration Coordinating Committee staffers, Seattle, July 1, 1971

On July 1, 1971, when the 26th Amendment gave the vote to US citizens as young as 18, work immediately started on registering new, younger voters. In Washington state, representatives from a variety of national, state and local groups had recently formed the Young Voter Registration Coordinating Committee. Its mission was to become familiar with voting regulations and to plan…
ID Number:2000.107.220.41.02
Date:1971
Image of League of Women Voters voter registration booth at Westlake Mall, Seattle, August 21, 1971
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League of Women Voters voter registration booth at Westlake Mall, Seattle, August 21, 1971

In 1971, after the 26th Amendment gave the vote to US citizens as young as 18, many younger Washingtonians registered to vote in the September 21 primary elections. The League of Women Voters (LWV) set up registration tables throughout the community, including this one at the Westlake Mall in downtown Seattle. Here, on the last day of registration before the…
ID Number:2000.107.220.41.03
Date:1971
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