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Image of Virginia Ordona, Diana Floresca, and Theresa Ordona dancing at Philippine Festival, Seattle, July 31, 1960
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Virginia Ordona, Diana Floresca, and Theresa Ordona dancing at Philippine Festival, Seattle, July 31, 1960

Fiesta Filipina (also Philippine Festival) began as an annual event commemorating the anniversary of Philippine Independence. The event was held at Seward Park and became part of Seafair, Seattle's ten-week-long summer festival. In 1987 the event was moved to the Seattle Center, where by 1997 it had been renamed Pagdiriwang and become one of the five ethnic and cultural festivals…
ID Number:2000.107.062.03.05
Date:1960
Image of Gertrude Frazee with
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Gertrude Frazee with "Votes for Women" ribbon, November 1983

Gertrude Frazee (1898-1984) referred to herself as “an activist for equality.” She helped found the Seattle Gray Panther network and the Equal Defense Alliance, and worked for many other organizations seeking equality for women and older persons, such as the National Organization for Women (NOW), the American Association of Retired Persons, the Older Women’s League, the Women’s Alliance, and more.…
ID Number:2000.107.069.34.01
Date:1983
Image of Gertrude Frazee at home, November 1983
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Gertrude Frazee at home, November 1983

Gertrude Frazee (1898-1984) referred to herself as “an activist for equality.” She helped found the Seattle Gray Panther network and the Equal Defense Alliance, and worked for many other organizations seeking equality for women and older persons, such as the National Organization for Women (NOW), the American Association of Retired Persons, the Older Women’s League, the Women’s Alliance and more.…
ID Number:2000.107.069.34.02
Date:1983
Image of Freddie Mae Gautier, September 10, 1990
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Freddie Mae Gautier, September 10, 1990

Freddie Mae Gautier (1930-2001) was an influential civil rights and community activist in Seattle from the 1960s through the 1990s. Gautier's early activism in the civil rights movement introduced her to movement leaders such as Jesse Jackson, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. During the late 1950s-early 1960s, she marched alongside King and other leaders of…
ID Number:2000.107.073.33.01
Date:1990
Image of Gay Liberation Front members demonstrating against police chief, Seattle, May 5, 1973
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Gay Liberation Front members demonstrating against police chief, Seattle, May 5, 1973

In this image, members of Seattle's chapter of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF) picket in front of Police Chief George Tielsch's condominium on Sand Point Way. The man in the center is holding a picket sign reading, "Are Homosexuals Revolting? You bet your sweet ass we are!" The group peacefully paraded for about four hours, drawing attention to Chief Tielsch's…
ID Number:2000.107.073.36.01
Date:1973
Image of Gay Liberation Front members demonstrating against police chief, Seattle, May 5, 1973
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Gay Liberation Front members demonstrating against police chief, Seattle, May 5, 1973

In this image unidentified members of Seattle's chapter of the Gay Liberation Front picket in front of Police Chief George Tielsch's condominium on Sand Point Way. Some of the demonstrators carry signs, reading "Gay For Good," "Now is Our Time, Gay is Good," "War Over A Word: Gay," "I Have a Right to Love My Way," and "Stop Harassment of…
ID Number:2000.107.073.36.02
Date:1973
Image of Dykes on Bikes leading the Pride Parade, Seattle, June 28, 1987
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Dykes on Bikes leading the Pride Parade, Seattle, June 28, 1987

The first Pride Week was celebrated by Seattle's gay and lesbian community in June 1974. Now called Seattle Pride, this series of events is held annually in late June to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride in Seattle.Dykes on Bikes began in 1976, with a group of lesbians riding in the San Francisco Pride march. Since then, the tradition has spread to Pride…
ID Number:2000.107.073.36.08
Date:1987
Image of Motorcycles and a bicycle at front of  Pride Parade, Seattle, June 29, 1986
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Motorcycles and a bicycle at front of Pride Parade, Seattle, June 29, 1986

The first Pride Week was celebrated by Seattle's gay and lesbian community in June 1974. Now called Seattle Pride, this series of events is held annually in late June to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride in Seattle.Dykes on Bikes began in 1976, with a group of lesbians riding in the San Francisco Pride march. Since then, the tradition has spread to Pride…
ID Number:2000.107.073.36.09
Date:1986
Image of Susan Benner and Michelle riding with Dykes on Bikes in the Pride Parade, Seattle, June 28, 1992
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Susan Benner and Michelle riding with Dykes on Bikes in the Pride Parade, Seattle, June 28, 1992

The first Pride Week was celebrated by Seattle's gay and lesbian community in June 1974. Now called Seattle Pride, this series of events is held annually in late June to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride in Seattle.Dykes on Bikes began in 1976, with a group of lesbians riding in the San Francisco Pride march. Since then, the tradition has spread to Pride…
ID Number:2000.107.073.36.11
Date:1992
Image of Women working at Genetic Systems lab, Redmond, July 15, 1991
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Women working at Genetic Systems lab, Redmond, July 15, 1991

In 1980, New York stockbroker David Blech and his brother Isaac partnered with Dr. Robert Nowinski of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle to start Genetic Systems, focused on producing antibodies to diagnose diseases. The Blech brothers raised $40 million in start-up costs, and the company went public in 1981. Bristol-Myers Squibb acquired the company, Seattle's first major…
ID Number:2000.107.073.47.01
Date:1991
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