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Image of Samuel Spivey at the Bread of Life Mission, Seattle, February 6, 1983
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Samuel Spivey at the Bread of Life Mission, Seattle, February 6, 1983

Since 1939, the Bread of Life Mission, located in Seattle's Pioneer Square, has served those needing food and shelter. Here, Samuel Spivey, 55, who regularly eats his meals at the mission, tells his story to a P-I reporter. Caption information source: Breadoflifemission.org.Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.177.02.01
Date:1983
Image of Florence Donley sitting in lobby of new SOIC building, Seattle, January 17, 1975
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Florence Donley sitting in lobby of new SOIC building, Seattle, January 17, 1975

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:2000.107.177.26.01
Date:1979
Image of Man learning to weld at SOIC, August 1975
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Man learning to weld at SOIC, August 1975

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:2000.107.177.26.02
Date:1975
Image of Women learning keypunch at SOIC, January 1979
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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
Image of Plumbing student at SOIC, January 15, 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
Image of Students complaining about problems at SOIC, April 21, 1980
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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
Image of Teacher and class on steps of closed SOIC building, August 1986
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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
Image of Empty parking lot after World's Fair, Seattle, December 28, 1962
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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
Image of Reduced parking fees after World's Fair, Seattle, December 28, 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
Image of Jane Abernathy posing with new parking meter, July 11, 1941
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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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