3379 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
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Sid Mills protesting outside Exhibition Hall, Seattle, September 5, 1975
On September 4, 1975, about 200 protesters greeted President Gerald Ford as he entered the Exhibition Hall at Seattle Center for a fundraising luncheon. Led by Sid Mills, director of the Survival of the American Indian Association, the group demanded that Ford restore Native American treaty rights, and stop the "FBI and U.S. Army war in South Dakota," a reference…
ID Number:2000.107.126.04.01
Date:1975
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Filipino veterans Benjamin Escano, Jose Morales, and Fidel Rubias at their lawyer's office, October 30, 1990
During World War II, thousands of Filipinos fought for the US armed forces, including many who suffered years of poor treatment in prisoner of war camps or who continued fighting a guerrilla war after the US abandoned the Philippines. These veterans were promised US citizenship in return, but after the war many were told they were too late to become…
ID Number:2000.107.128.04.01
Date:1990
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Lynnwood Elks' Cossacks motorcycle stunt team nearing the Garfield Street Bridge, Seattle, February 13, 1972
Some 200 motorcycle riders participated in the 11th Annual Heart Fund Benefit Motorcycle Ride in February 1972. Each paid two dollars to ride from the Garfield Street Bridge in Seattle through Woodinville and Bothell to Lynnwood, and back. Riders picked up playing cards at certain stops, and three then won trophies for the best poker hand. With additional fundraising that…
ID Number:2000.107.128.35.01
Date:1972
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Motocross racers in heavy mud at Puyallup Raceway Park, November 16, 1974
Some 10,900 motocross fans braved the heavy rain to watch the international Rainier Trans-AMA motocross competition at Puyallup Raceway Park in November 1974. The course was one mile long with 14 jumps. Here, some riders fall into the mud, while others try to avoid them. Caption information source: “Motocross: Here’s Mud in Your Eye”, by Joe Sherk, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November…
ID Number:2000.107.128.36.01
Date:1974
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Rev. Dr. John H. Adams with Freedom Patrol members at CORE headquarters, Seattle, July 24, 1965
On July 24, 1965, police on the night beat in five Seattle areas began to be trailed by shadows--civilian teams of two wearing large cardboard badges labeled "Freedom Patrol." The immediate provocation that led to the formation of the Freedom Patrol was the fatal shooting of a Black man, Robert L. Reese, by off-duty Seattle policeman Harold J. Larsen in…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.01
Date:1965
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NAACP leader Charles Johnson speaking at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, June 15, 1963
On Sunday, June 15, 1963, a group of over 1000 Black and white protesters, led by Rev. Mance Jackson and other Black clergymen, marched quietly from Mount Zion Baptist Church in the Central District in an anti-discrimination "freedom march" through downtown Seattle. The event ended at Westlake Mall, with a rally and a program of speakers. Organized by the Congress…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.06
Date:1963
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NAACP leaders Hascal Humes and Charles Johnson, January 13, 1962
This photograph depicts, at left, Hascal Humes, a member of the NAACP board and chairman of the housing committee, and Charles Johnson, NAACP Seattle Chapter president, at the NAACP Northwest Area Conference in 1962.
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.07
Date:1962
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Anti-discrimination march, Seattle, June 15, 1963
On Sunday, June 15, 1963, a group of over 1000 Black and white protesters, led by Rev. Mance Jackson and other Black clergymen, marched quietly from Mount Zion Baptist Church in the Central District in an anti-discrimination "freedom march" through downtown Seattle. The event ended at Westlake Mall, with a rally and a program of speakers. Organized by the Congress…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.09
Date:1963
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Workers picketing for better jobs, Seattle, August 29, 1969
This image was taken as African American contractors and workers picketed at the building site of a research facility at the Harborview Medical Center, one of three major projects shut down for two days of non-violent demonstrations. Representatives of the Central Contractors Association, the Black contractors' union, spearheaded the drive for more and better employment opportunities in the construction industry.…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.10
Date:1969
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Anti-discrimination march at 5th and Pine, Seattle, June 15, 1963
On Sunday, June 15, 1963, a group of over 1000 Black and white protesters, led by Rev. Mance Jackson and other Black clergymen, marched quietly from Mount Zion Baptist Church in the Central District in an anti-discrimination "freedom march" through downtown Seattle. The event ended at Westlake Mall, with a rally and a program of speakers. Organized by the Congress…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.13
Date:1963