3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Workmen cleaning transit bus, Seattle, May 16, 1963
In this image, two transit workers clean the first of 100 new diesel buses while it is sitting on a Great Northern Railway flatcar. The new buses were intended to help improve Seattle Transit System (later Metro Transit) service to Seattle's north end neighborhoods. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the…
ID Number:2000.107.190.09.01
Date:1963
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High school students riding transit bus, Seattle, October 26, 1955
In this image a group of Queen Anne High School students wave while sitting in one of the Seattle Transit System's (later Metro Transit) new diesel-powered buses. The students were touring the Atlantic Street station and trying out the new roomier buses. The 100 new coaches from General Motors had a carrying capacity of 51 passengers. Caption information derived from…
ID Number:2000.107.190.09.02
Date:1955
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C. E. Talbert "held up" by Lake City Vigilantes, Seattle, July 3, 1956
In this image bus driver C. E. Talbert, who made the first Seattle Transit System run to Lake City, is hoisted up and jokingly "robbed" by the Lake City Vigilantes. The Vigilantes, founded in 1946 as the "Keystone Cops," was a group of civic and business leaders in Lake City who appeared at various community celebrations. Still around as of…
ID Number:2000.107.190.09.03
Date:1956
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George Moyer and R. A. Cole boarding Dime Shuttle, Seattle, February 16, 1954
In this image George E. Moyer, superintendent of Seattle Transit System (later Metro Transit), left, and inspector R. A. Cole board the first of the 10-cent downtown shuttle buses known as the "Dime Shuttle." The shuttle loop ran north on Second from Yesler Street to Pine Street, and east on Pine Street to Seventh Avenue, returning south on Second. The…
ID Number:2000.107.190.09.04
Date:1954
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Passengers boarding Blue Streak bus at Northgate, Seattle, September 9, 1970
In this image passengers board a Seattle Transit System (now Metro Transit) Blue Streak bus at the Northgate Station. The Blue Streaks were intended as fast or express service buses, added at peak travel times. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.190.10.01
Date:1970
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Elaine Youch and Elizabeth Holsten leaving Fun! Run Bus, Seattle, June 20, 1972
In this image passengers Elaine Youch, left, and Elizabeth Holsten leap from the summer run "Fun! Run Bus." The Seattle Transit System (now Metro Transit) operated this 10-cent ride between the waterfront and Seattle Center through the month of August 1972. Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.190.10.02
Date:1972
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Dolores Sibonga and Bill Hilliard talking at Washington State Human Rights Commission offices, Seattle, December 19, 1978
Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist…
ID Number:2000.107.197.23.01
Date:1978
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Dolores Sibonga campaigning for City Council, Seattle, October 4, 1979
Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist…
ID Number:2000.107.197.23.02
Date:1979
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Portrait of Dolores Sibonga, Seattle, June 12, 1984
Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist…
ID Number:2000.107.197.23.03
Date:1984
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Dolores Sibonga blowing out birthday candles at her campaign offices, Seattle, August 28, 1989
Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist…
ID Number:2000.107.197.23.04
Date:1989