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Image of Duane Glaesman being stopped by police officer during protest, November 18, 1993
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Duane Glaesman being stopped by police officer during protest, November 18, 1993

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.009.35.04
Date:1993
Image of Dancer Antonia Wheeler performing in
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Dancer Antonia Wheeler performing in "The Nutcracker," Seattle, December 6, 1983

The Seattle Children’s Ballet Company was a ballet company in Seattle led by choreographer and author Laura Nielson Denke, a former choreography teacher at Seattle Pacific University.In this image Antonia Wheeler, 12, a member of The Seattle Children’s Ballet Company, performs part of the much-loved second act of "The Nutcracker" at Rainier Square Atrium. Caption information source: http://www.victorystudios.com/our-historyCaption information also…
ID Number:2000.107.013.19.01
Date:1983
Image of Doug Barnett discussing new play, Seattle, April 5, 1970
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Doug Barnett discussing new play, Seattle, April 5, 1970

Black Arts/West was Seattle’s first black theatre and functioned as a three component program: theatre, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Evolving out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, Black Arts/West was founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-) in 1969. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program, an anti-poverty…
ID Number:2000.107.014.21.01
Date:1970
Image of Powell Barnett accepting Jackson Street Community Council Man of the Year award, Seattle, April 1964
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Powell Barnett accepting Jackson Street Community Council Man of the Year award, Seattle, April 1964

Powell S. Barnett (1883-1971) was a Seattle-based musician, baseball player, civil rights activist, and African American community leader. Born in Indiana, Barnett moved with his family to Roslyn, Washington, in 1889. His father, an ex-slave, was one of many black miners recruited to work in Washington coal mines. As a teenager, Powell also worked in the Roslyn coal mines, and…
ID Number:2000.107.014.21.02
Date:1964
Image of Powell Barnett and Katherine Conna Barnett on their golden wedding anniversary, Seattle, August 23, 1956
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Powell Barnett and Katherine Conna Barnett on their golden wedding anniversary, Seattle, August 23, 1956

Powell S. Barnett (1883-1971) was a Seattle-based musician, baseball player, civil rights activist, and African American community leader. Barnett married Katherine Conna (1890-1971) of the pioneering John N. Conna family in 1906, and the couple settled in Seattle. Powell Barnett organized the Leschi Improvement Council and became its first president in 1967, led in organizing the East Madison YMCA and…
ID Number:2000.107.014.21.03
Date:1956
Image of Seattle Mariners coach Lou Piniella and players on field before game, April 6, 1993
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Seattle Mariners coach Lou Piniella and players on field before game, April 6, 1993

This photo show Seattle Mariners coach Lou Piniella acknowledging the cheers of fans in the Kingdome during pre-game introductions. The game was the season opener and Piniella's first game as the ninth manager in Mariners history. Piniella brought a 479-424 record into his seventh season as a big league manager. Piniella managed the Seattle Mariners for ten seasons, from 1993…
ID Number:2000.107.015.32.01
Date:1993
Image of Ruby Bishop posing at piano at Ivar's Restaurant, Seattle, February 2, 1958
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Ruby Bishop posing at piano at Ivar's Restaurant, Seattle, February 2, 1958

Ruby Bishop (1919-2019) was born in Thurston County and was a well-known Seattle jazz singer and pianist for decades. Ms. Bishop was an active member of the American Federation of Music (AFM) Local 493 in Seattle, also known as the "Negro Musicians' Union," founded in 1918 as Local 458 when African Americans were excluded from Seattle's first musicians' union, AFM…
ID Number:2000.107.022.17.01
Date:1958
Image of Ruby Bishop working in cabinet-making class, Seattle, January 19, 1972
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Ruby Bishop working in cabinet-making class, Seattle, January 19, 1972

Ruby Bishop (1919-2019) was born in Thurston County and was a well-known Seattle jazz singer and pianist for decades. Ms. Bishop was an active member of the American Federation of Music (AFM) Local 493 in Seattle, also known as the "Negro Musicians' Union," founded in 1918 as Local 458 when African Americans were excluded from Seattle's first musicians' union, AFM…
ID Number:2000.107.022.17.02
Date:1972
Image of Portrait of Ruby Bishop, Seattle, January 1983
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Portrait of Ruby Bishop, Seattle, January 1983

Ruby Bishop (1919-2019) was born in Thurston County and was a well-known Seattle jazz singer and pianist for decades. Ms. Bishop was an active member of the American Federation of Music (AFM) Local 493 in Seattle, also known as the "Negro Musicians' Union," founded in 1918 as Local 458 when African Americans were excluded from Seattle's first musicians' union, AFM…
ID Number:2000.107.022.17.03
Date:1983
Image of Black Panther lieutenant Cranston Owens at Rainier Beach school, September 6, 1968
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Black Panther lieutenant Cranston Owens at Rainier Beach school, September 6, 1968

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Gary Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17 year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:2000.107.022.21.01
Date:1968
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