258 results for: Politics and Politicians
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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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Voters at Madrona Middle School, Seattle, January 5, 1974
A $55.9 million special school levy for general education went before Seattle voters on February 5, 1974. The levy figure was an all-time high, influenced by a decrease in federal school funding and changes in state funding formulas. Here, late in the day of the election, a family arrives while citizens vote at the Madrona Middle School polling place. The…
ID Number:2000.107.221.02.01
Date:1974
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Flo Ware speaking to Governor Dan Evans in front of Liberty Bank, April 7, 1972
Florestine “Flo” Ware (1912-1981) was a tireless activist who fought for 30 years for the rights of children, the poor, and the aged, particularly in Seattle’s Black community. Within a few years after she moved to Seattle in 1946, Ware was agitating for improvements to Central Area public schools, for better healthcare for elderly people, and for employment opportunities for…
ID Number:2000.107.222.08.01
Date:1972
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Flo Ware speaking to Governor Dan Evans, April 7, 1972
Florestine “Flo” Ware (1912-1981) was a tireless activist who fought for 30 years for the rights of children, the poor, and the aged, particularly in Seattle’s Black community. Within a few years after she moved to Seattle in 1946, Ware was agitating for improvements to Central Area public schools, for better healthcare for elderly people, and for employment opportunities for…
ID Number:2000.107.222.08.02
Date:1972
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Jesse Wineberry with campaign signs, Seattle, September 2, 1992
Jesse Calvin Wineberry (1955-) grew up in Seattle’s Central District, attended Queen Anne High School, and received a degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington (UW). While in law school at the University of Puget Sound (UPS), he co-founded the campus Black American Law Student Association, and was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives. Mr. Wineberry…
ID Number:2000.107.232.05.01
Date:1992
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Jesse Wineberry and Debra Peevey, Seattle, September 15, 1992
Jesse Calvin Wineberry (1955-) grew up in Seattle’s Central District, attended Queen Anne High School, and received a degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington (UW). While in law school at the University of Puget Sound (UPS), he co-founded the campus Black American Law Student Association, and was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives. Mr. Wineberry…
ID Number:2000.107.232.05.02
Date:1992
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Jesse Wineberry speaking at Ingraham High School, Seattle, January 19, 1987
Jesse Calvin Wineberry (1955-) grew up in Seattle’s Central District, attended Queen Anne High School, and received a degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington (UW). While in law school at the University of Puget Sound (UPS), he co-founded the campus Black American Law Student Association, and was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives. Mr. Wineberry…
ID Number:2000.107.232.05.03
Date:1987
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Bill Clinton campaigning in Seattle, October 22, 1992
In this image, an estimated 15,000 spectators gather at Victor Steinbrueck Park, on Virginia Street at the north end of Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle, to hear Bill Clinton give a presidential campaign speech. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.245.01.03
Date:1992
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Patty Murray, Bill Clinton, and Mike Lowry campaigning in Seattle, October 22, 1992
In this image Patty Murray (1950-), Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Bill Clinton (1946-), Democratic candidate for U.S. Presidency, and Mike Lowry (1939-2017), Democratic candidate for Washington State Governor stand together before Clinton's speech to an estimated 15,000 spectators gathered at Victor Steinbrueck Park, on Virginia Street at the north end of Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. Caption information…
ID Number:2000.107.245.01.04
Date:1992
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Bill Clinton campaigning in Seattle, October 22, 1992
This image shows part of the crowd of around 15,000 spectators that gathered at Victor Steinbrueck Park, on Virginia Street at the north end of Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle, to hear Bill Clinton give a presidential campaign speech. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.245.01.05
Date:1992