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Image of Thelma Dewitty, September 3, 1947
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Thelma Dewitty, September 3, 1947

Thelma Dewitty (1912-1977) joined the faculty of Seattle Public Schools in September 1947, one of the first two Black teachers hired by the district. Dewitty previously taught in Texas for 14 years, but segregationist policies there prevented her from attending graduate school, and she moved to Seattle to study at the University of Washington. Dewitty was hired in 1947 to…
ID Number:2000.107.049.03.01
Date:1947
Image of Thelma Dewitty, March 22, 1972
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Thelma Dewitty, March 22, 1972

Thelma Dewitty (1912-1977) joined the faculty of Seattle Public Schools in September 1947, one of the first two Black teachers hired by the district. Dewitty previously taught in Texas for 14 years, but segregationist policies there prevented her from attending graduate school, and she moved to Seattle to study at the University of Washington. Dewitty was hired in 1947 to…
ID Number:2000.107.049.03.02
Date:1972
Image of Franklin High School sit-in defendants arriving at court, April 5, 1968
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants arriving at court, April 5, 1968

In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon, and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2000.107.049.31.01
Date:1968
Image of Bob Eagle Staff and West Seattle High School ASB officers, Seattle, November 15, 1991
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Bob Eagle Staff and West Seattle High School ASB officers, Seattle, November 15, 1991

Principal of Seattle Public Schools' American Indian Heritage School and Program, Robert Bruce Eagle Staff (1952-1996) was born on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He moved to Seattle in 1980 and worked as vice principal at Summit Alternative School before coming to Indian Heritage. A few days before his death, Mr. Eaglestaff learned that his doctoral dissertation…
ID Number:2000.107.053.15.01
Date:1991
Image of Jim Ellis, Seattle, September 1974
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Jim Ellis, Seattle, September 1974

James Reed "Jim" Ellis (b. 1921), a Franklin High School graduate and Seattle lawyer, is widely regarded as one of the most visionary civic activists in King County history. In the late 1950s he spearheaded the clean up of Lake Washington, leading to the creation of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro), which became a regional transportation system. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.056.08.02
Date:1974
Image of Jim Ellis at Freeway Park dedication ceremony, Seattle, July 6, 1981
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Jim Ellis at Freeway Park dedication ceremony, Seattle, July 6, 1981

James Reed "Jim" Ellis (b. 1921), a Franklin High School graduate and Seattle lawyer, is widely regarded as one of the most visionary civic activists in King County history. In the late 1950s he spearheaded the clean up of Lake Washington, leading to the creation of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro), which became a regional transportation system. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.056.08.03
Date:1981
Image of Peggy Dibble showing her exhibit at King County Science Fair, Seattle, March 18, 1961
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Peggy Dibble showing her exhibit at King County Science Fair, Seattle, March 18, 1961

In this image, thirteen-year-old Peggy Dibble shows her exhibit on "The Making and Use of a Telescope" at the 1961 King County Science Fair. Peggy lived in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood and attended Dimmitt Junior High School. The two-day fair was held at Seattle University, with over 250 exhibits displayed. Caption information source: "Science Fair," Seattle Times, March 20, 1961,…
ID Number:2000.107.059.24.02
Date:1961
Image of High school fashion models, Seattle, September 6, 1973
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High school fashion models, Seattle, September 6, 1973

In this image Cathy Lenay and Gail Goodenough model back to school fashions for the fall of 1973. Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.060.19.01
Date:1973
Image of Students modeling preppy high school fashion, Mercer Island, December 4, 1980
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Students modeling preppy high school fashion, Mercer Island, December 4, 1980

"The Official Preppy Handbook" (1980, ed. Lisa Birnbach) listed Mercer Island as a preppy suburb. Here, two students at Mercer Island HIgh School, Mary Wade, left, and Holly Haglund, right, wear their versions of prep: skirts, Shetland sweaters layered over turtlenecks, and cable patterned pantyhose. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, December 7, 1980, page 124Caption information also derived from…
ID Number:2000.107.060.25.01
Date:1980
Image of High school students wearing
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High school students wearing "X" hats, Seattle, March 10, 1992

Rainier Beach High School students Deltrinee Owens, left, and Domico Curry, right, wear "X" hats as they sit with friends Tianna Scott and Ruthetta Lee. The hats were popular tie-ins to film director Spike Lee's biopic "Malcolm X," released on November 18, 1992. Caption information source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1992/11/04/the-marketing-of-malcolm-x/39951a24-810b-4be1-906c-9a4c980525db/?utm_term=.b2c3703833d9Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of…
ID Number:2000.107.060.35.02
Date:1992
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