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Protesters outside Elks Seattle Lodge, May 1, 1971
This photo shows members of the State Young Democrats Club picketing outside of the Seattle Elks Lodge No. 92 at 2040 Westlake Avenue, protesting the club's discriminatory membership policies. Caption information source: Seattle Times, May 2, 1971, p. 115
ID Number:2000.107.153.15.03
Date:1971
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Anti-war protest in front of Seattle-First National Bank, April 17, 1972
On April 17, 1972, about 500 people gathered in front of the Seattle-First (SeaFirst) National Bank Building at 1001 4th Avenue to protest the U.S. bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong the previous day. The protest, organized by several women's groups, demanded that the bombing stop and the U.S. support North Vietnam's Seven Point Peace Plan, presented at the Paris peace…
ID Number:2000.107.153.16.01
Date:1972
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Friends of the Market protest at the Arcade Plaza building, Seattle, February 11, 1971
This photograph shows Friends of the Market picketers in front of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offices in the Arcade Plaza Building at 2nd Avenue and Union Street. At the time, HUD was reviewing Seattle's application for the Pike Plaza development, and would be the funding agency if the application was approved. Protesters sought to stop the project and…
ID Number:2000.107.153.16.02
Date:1971
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Bernie Whitebear drumming at Wounded Knee support rally, Seattle, March 24, 1973
In this image, local American Indian activist Bernie Whitebear beats on a drum at a Pioneer Square rally in support of Native people occupying Wounded Knee, South Dakota. According the caption in the Seattle P-I, Whitebear also urged support for "all other Indian struggles throughout the nation." Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the…
ID Number:2000.107.153.17.01
Date:1973
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Trisha Marymoon protesting at Federal Building, Seattle, August 6, 1976
In this image, Seattle police Sgt. F.J. Johnson looks on as Trisha Marymoon of Vancouver, B.C., dressed in white and soaked with blood, sits inside a metal cage in front of the Federal Office Building at 915 2nd Avenue. The artist was marking the 31st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and protesting the building of the Trident submarine at…
ID Number:2000.107.153.18.01
Date:1976
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Property tax protesters in rotunda of Washington State Capitol, April 3, 1971
In April 1971, about 500 property owners jammed the State Capitol Rotunda in Olympia to protest spiraling property taxes. Many of the protesters were elderly people from North Seattle, where property taxes had risen more than 100 percent over the previous year. This photo shows protestors seated on the steps in the Rotunda waiting to hear from State legislators, several…
ID Number:2000.107.153.22.11
Date:1971
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Property tax protesters in rotunda of Washington State Capitol, April 3, 1971
In April 1971, about 500 property owners jammed the State Capitol Rotunda in Olympia to protest spiraling property taxes. Many of the protesters were elderly people from North Seattle, where property taxes had risen more than 100 percent over the previous year. This photo shows protestors seated on the steps in the Rotunda, perhaps listening to one of the several…
ID Number:2000.107.153.22.12
Date:1971
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Police and protesters at Federal Courthouse, Seattle, May 1971
In early May of 1971 several anti-war protests were organized by the Seattle Coalition for Peace and Justice. On May 5 about 2,000 demonstrators marched through downtown Seattle, and on May 7 demonstrators marched along Fifth Avenue, passing the U. S. Federal Courthouse at 1010 5th Avenue before they were scattered by Seattle Police Tactical squads. In this image police…
ID Number:2000.107.153.22.13
Date:1971
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Seattle Police Tactical Squad at SeaFirst building, May 5, 1971
On May 5 about 2,000 anti-war protesters marched through downtown Seattle streets in a demonstration planned by the Seattle Coalition for Peace and Justice. The protest began at 1:30 pm at Times Square on Fifth Avenue and Stewart Street and moved north. The only building demonstrators entered was the Seattle-First (SeaFirst) National Bank building on Fourth Avenue. They stayed a…
ID Number:2000.107.153.22.14
Date:1971
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Paul Dorpat and Tom Robbins at City Council hearing, Seattle, April 4, 1967
Author Tom Robbins (1932-2025) was known for his novels, articles, essays, and support for progressive causes. In this image Tom Robbins, right, sits with historian Paul Dorpat (1938-) at an appeal hearing in front of the Seattle City Council License Committee. As the "only professional art critic in the Northwest," Robbins testified that Dorpat's permit application for a dance held…
ID Number:2000.107.153.38.01
Date:1967