869 results for: Performing Arts and Music
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Punk couple posing in Seattle, September 23, 1983
In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.148
Date:1983
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Annie Rose and the Thrillers performing at the Rainbow Tavern, Seattle, September 23, 1983
In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.231b
Date:1983
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Dancers rehearsing "West Side Story," Seattle, September 23, 1983
In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.330
Date:1983
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Dancers rehearsing "West Side Story," Seattle, September 23, 1983
In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.331
Date:1983
Ephemera
Trianon Ballroom "Souvenir of a Pleasant Evening" photo holder, circa 1945
The Trianon Ballroom was a major music venue in Seattle from its opening in 1927 until its close in 1956. Founded by the former Butler Hotel manager, John E. Savage, the Trianon Ballroom operated with strict racially segregationist policies for many years. Savage attributed this policy to a non-existent law that he claimed prohibited "mixed [race] dancing" in Seattle. Despite…
ID Number:1985.68.1a
Date:Circa 1945
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Morris Alhadeff, September 1985
Morris “Morrie” Alhadeff (1914-1994) was General Manager and Chairman of the Board of the Longacres Racetrack in Renton, Washington. Alhadeff began working at Longacres in 1947 and took over running running the facility after Longacres founder (and Alhadeff’s father-in-law) Joseph Gottstein died in 1970. He and his wife, Joan Gottstein Alhadeff, were strong supporters of civil rights, and great patrons…
ID Number:1985.135.1
Date:1985
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Peter Donnelly, August 1985
Peter F. Donnelly (1938 – 2009) was an American patron of the arts, and a pivotal figure in the development of the arts community in Seattle. A Massachusetts native, Donnelly arrived in Seattle in 1964 on a fellowship to work with the fledgling Seattle Repertory Theatre. Soon, he was hired as the first managing director and later as producing director,…
ID Number:1985.135.8
Date:1985
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Young bugler at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, 1939
In 1933, during the Great Depression, the United States government created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a program intended to relieve unemployment. The quasimilitary program was open to American males between the ages of 17 and 23 who were in good physical condition. The men worked on a variety of conservation projects including planting trees, fighting forest fires, and constructing…
ID Number:1986.5.1830.1
Date:1939
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Four people with poster for Israel Emergency Fund benefit concert, Seattle, August 1967
In late summer of 1967, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra toured the United States to raise money for the Israel Emergency Fund. The Fund collected money to help Israelis rebuild after the Six-Day War, which occurred in June 1967. The Philharmonic played at the Seattle Center Arena on August 9, 1967. In this photo, four people inspect an advertisement poster for…
ID Number:1986.5.4604.1
Date:1967
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The Kingsmen loading instruments into trailer, Seattle, 1964
Handwritten on sleeve: MUSIC, Seattle, The Kings' Men [sic] load instruments into trailer after recording date here. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 23, 1964.
ID Number:1986.5.5882.1
Date:1964