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Image of Man with Bumbershoot face paint, Seattle, September 3, 1988
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Man with Bumbershoot face paint, Seattle, September 3, 1988

Begun in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot is one of North America’s largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.In this image, Steve Irby shows his support on the opening day of Bumbershoot by painting his face to celebrate the festival. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of…
ID Number:2000.107.168.07.01
Date:1988
Image of Block party protesting development, Seattle, August 28, 1977
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Block party protesting development, Seattle, August 28, 1977

In this image, spectators and dancers enjoy music provided by the Maraire Marimba Ensemble at a block party on 13th Avenue East between E. Republican Street and E. Mercer Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The house behind the band at 516 13th Avenue E. is one of the older housing units that developers wanted to tear down and replace…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.01
Date:1977
Image of Volunteers cleaning vacant houses on Capitol Hill, Seattle, June 14, 1975
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Volunteers cleaning vacant houses on Capitol Hill, Seattle, June 14, 1975

In this image, volunteers removed weeds, brush, and grass from nine houses on the 1200 block of 15th Avenue East on Capitol Hill which had been vacant for eight years. Plans by Parkridge Development to tear the houses down and build a 50-unit apartment building at the site had been delayed by a zoning dispute and the properties had become…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.02
Date:1975
Image of Car passing vacant houses on Capitol Hill, Seattle, April 13, 1982
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Car passing vacant houses on Capitol Hill, Seattle, April 13, 1982

This image of the exterior of turn-of-the-century houses on the 1200 block of 15th Avenue East on Captiol Hill shows their derelict state. Nine houses across from Volunteer Park were purchased by Parkridge Development eight years prior with the intention of tearing them down and building a 50-unit apartment building at the site. The plans were delayed by a zoning…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.03
Date:1982
Image of Boarding up a vacant house on Capitol Hill, Seattle, April 13, 1982
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Boarding up a vacant house on Capitol Hill, Seattle, April 13, 1982

This image shows Dennis Lehtinsen, an employee of the owners, boarding up one of nine turn-of-the-century houses on the 1200 block of 15th Avenue East on Capitol Hill. The houses across from Volunteer Park were purchased by Parkridge Development eight years prior with the intention of tearing them down and building a 50-unit apartment building at the site. The plans…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.04
Date:1982
Image of Planting cherry trees on Capitol Hill, Seattle, April 13, 1982
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Planting cherry trees on Capitol Hill, Seattle, April 13, 1982

In the spring of 1982, residents of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood turned out to plant some 250 cherry trees paid for by federal block grant money. Residents chose Bing cherries for their food value and because their foliage matched the area's brick gutters.Here, landscape contractor Henry Zinser helps Capitol Hill resident Carol Baldwin plant a Bing cherry tree on East…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.05
Date:1982
Image of Ranger leading nature walk at Camp Long, Seattle, March 7, 1985
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Ranger leading nature walk at Camp Long, Seattle, March 7, 1985

Named for Seattle Juvenile Court Judge William George Long (1894-1974), Camp Long was built in 1937 as a place for organized scouting groups to learn camping skills. In 1984, park officials made the 68 acre park more accessible to the general public, allowing visitors to enjoy nature, hike in the forest, camp overnight in rustic cabins, rock climb, and learn…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.06
Date:1985
Image of Ranger standing at Polliwog Pond, Camp Long, Seattle, March 7, 1985
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Ranger standing at Polliwog Pond, Camp Long, Seattle, March 7, 1985

Named for Seattle Juvenile Court Judge William George Long (1894-1974), Camp Long was built in 1937 as a place for organized scouting groups to learn camping skills. In 1984, park officials made the 68 acre park more accessible to the general public, allowing visitors to enjoy nature, hike in the forest, camp overnight in rustic cabins, rock climb, and learn…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.07
Date:1985
Image of Aerial view of Seattle Center, April, 1987
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Aerial view of Seattle Center, April, 1987

Twenty-five years after the Seattle Center was created for the Century 21 Exposition (Seattle Worlds' Fair) the city council endorsed plans to replace the International Fountain with a small watercourse and plazas, to replace Memorial Stadium with a meadow-covered underground parking lot, and to replace the Center House with an amphitheater. These specific plans did not come to fruition, however…
ID Number:2000.107.168.23.03
Date:1987
Image of Activists posing in vacant lot, Seattle, February 28, 1981
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Activists posing in vacant lot, Seattle, February 28, 1981

In this image, members of the Central Area Housing Alliance stand in the vacant lot they want to purchase at 24th Avenue and Yesler Way. From left are, Rena Boyd, Anna David, Viola Johnson, Eloise Graham, Gerald Lenoir, and Lillian Feist. The Alliance protested the proposed sale of the property to build a 50-unit condominium, saying they wanted new housing…
ID Number:2000.107.168.29.03
Date:1981
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