3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Women learning keypunch at SOIC, January 1979
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see"), was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained, and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:2000.107.177.26.03
Date:1979
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Plumbing student at SOIC, January 15, 1979
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see"), was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:2000.107.177.26.04
Date:1979
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Students complaining about problems at SOIC, April 21, 1980
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see"), was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:2000.107.177.26.05
Date:1980
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Teacher and class on steps of closed SOIC building, August 1986
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see"), was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:2000.107.177.26.06
Date:1986
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Empty parking lot after World's Fair, Seattle, December 28, 1962
After the closing of the Seattle World's Fair, or Century 21 Exposition, on October 21, 1962, nearby parking prices plummeted. At this lot, near what is now the Pacific Science Center, prices dropped from $2.00 for the day to 50 cents.The domed building to the left was the Ford exhibit. Queen Anne Hill and what is now Climate Pledge Arena…
ID Number:2000.107.178.04.01
Date:1962
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Reduced parking fees after World's Fair, Seattle, December 28, 1962
After the Seattle World's Fair, or Century 21 Exposition, closed on October 21, 1962, nearby parking prices plummeted. The sign at this lot, located at Bell Street and 6th Avenue, advertises all-day parking for 35 cents. During the fair, it cost around $2.00 per day to park here.Grosvenor House, the large apartment building at 500 Wall Street, shown here between…
ID Number:2000.107.178.04.02
Date:1962
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Jane Abernathy posing with new parking meter, July 11, 1941
Starting in 1935, a controversy raged in Seattle over whether people should have to pay for parking on downtown streets. Here, Jane Abernathy poses by one of the new Dual meters during the summer of 1941, when meter installation began. The caption that appeared with this photo referred to the meter as a "curbside slot machine." The parking fee was…
ID Number:2000.107.178.06.01
Date:1941
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Parking enforcement officer sitting in vehicle, Seattle, Seattle, January 22, 1958
Here, in 1958, an employee of the Seattle Police Department Parking Enforcement division inspects an illegally parked Pontiac sedan in downtown Seattle. A comment on the back of the photo points out that the Parking Checker's vehicle lacks a license plate. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.178.06.02
Date:1958
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New parking meters on Third Avenue, Seattle, February 5, 1942
Starting in 1935, controversy raged in Seattle over whether people should have to pay to park on downtown streets. New parking meters finally went into operation at 9 AM on February 5th, 1942. The fee was five cents per hour. Nine citations were issued on the first day.This image shows the new parking meters installed on February 3, 1942 on…
ID Number:2000.107.178.06.03
Date:1942
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City employees collecting money from parking meters, Seattle, February 7, 1942
Stating in 1935, controversy raged in Seattle over whether people should have to pay to park on downtown streets. The first parking meters went into operation on February 5, 1942. The fee was five cents per hour.Here, Seattle Police Department Parking Enforcement division employees Ed Lorentzen and Einar Larson make the first collection from the 77 new meters. They replaced…
ID Number:2000.107.178.06.04
Date:1942