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Dorothy Best at Best's Apparel, February 1958
Dorothy Cabot Best (1888-1958) was co-owner and co-founder of the women’s clothing store Best’s Apparel. The store opened in 1925 at 1520 Third Avenue and then moved in 1935 to a larger location at 5th and Pine. Dorothy worked in partnership with her husband Ivan Lovich Best (1887-1979). She was the face of the store and made decisions about merchandise…
ID Number:1986.5.18955.1
Date:1958
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Suzie Ordogh completing Alien Address report with John Boyd, Seattle, January 4, 1962
In October 1956, Soviet forces invaded Hungary in response to a populist uprising. At that time, Hungarian athletes were competing in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, and 40 of them defected to the United States. Urged by her parents not to return home, freestyle swimmer Zsuszu (“Susanna," “Suzie,” “Susie”) Ordogh, age 16, was among the defectors. She was…
ID Number:1986.5.37961.1
Date:1962
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Reginald Alleyne and John Adams at CORE housing rally, Seattle, October 20, 1963
In this image Rev. Dr. John Adams stands behind Reginald Alleyne, president of the Seattle unit of CORE, at a housing rally. Bishop John Hurst Adams (1927-), lived in Seattle from 1962-1968, serving as pastor of First African Methodist Episcopal (AME), and as a key spokesperson for the African American movement for civil rights. Reginald H. Alleyne (1932–2004) played a role…
ID Number:2000.107.006.25.01
Date:1963
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Jeff Davis, Seattle, 1953
Jeff Davis (1883-1968) was an itinerant worker and self-described “King of the Hoboes.” Starting around 1900 Davis traveled extensively across the world. As was common among poor or homeless travelers in the early 20th century, he often hitchhiked or stowed away on trains, buses, or ships. He worked as he traveled, taking odd jobs when he could. In 1913, Davis…
ID Number:2000.107.045.34.02
Date:1953
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Phebe Porras receiving the Miss Filipina American tiara at Seattle World's Fair, July 7, 1962
In this image, Phebe Anne Porras, a Seattle woman who graduated from Immaculate High School, is crowned Miss Filipina American by John Cherberg, lieutenant governor of Washington State, during Philippines Week at the Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition). The coronation ceremonies took place on the International Mall and included an exhibition by the Princessa Drill Team of the Filipino…
ID Number:2000.107.062.03.04
Date:1962
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Arrivals from Alaska, Seattle, December 25, 1952
The 1952 McCarran Act combined various disparate United States immigration laws into a single statute. One effect of the law required that residents of the Territory of Alaska arriving in the continental U.S. had to prove their identity. Seattle's first test of the new law was the arrival of the S.S. Baranof from Seward, Alaska.Here, District Immigration Director John P.…
ID Number:2000.107.095.22.01
Date:1952
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Washington Rhinestone Club débutantes at annual ball, Seattle, December 16, 1954
The brainchild of Naomi Edinburgh Murray in 1952, The Washington Rhinestone Club has presented nearly 1,100 débutantes and recognized them for their achievements and their plans to reach their career goals. Murray founded the organization along with Evelyn Smith Robinson, Laura Taylor, Mertildia Lee, and Frances Oxnard Stephens to promote positive educational and social values in the community. The First…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.23
Date:1954
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Suzie Ordogh receiving Americanism Medal at Seattle World's Fair, September 16, 1962
September 16, 1962 marked I Am an American Day at the Seattle World’s Fair. After the speeches and the naturalization of some 100 new citizens, Seattle swimmer Zsuszu (“Susanna," “Suzie,” “Susie”) Ordogh received an “Americanism medal” from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Ordogh, at age 16, was one of 40 Hungarian athletes who had defected during the 1956…
ID Number:2000.107.136.15.01
Date:1962
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Port queens at Port of Embarkation anniversary celebration, July 28, 1955
The Seattle Port of Embarkation marked its 13th anniversary by having an outdoor party with about 600 guests at the Port's headquarters near Pier 37. It was also the 13th anniversary of the Transportation Corps in Seattle, and Mayor Allan Pomeroy proclaimed the day as "Transportation Corps Day." Thirty-two Seafair queen candidates were introduced to the guests, and one, Helen…
ID Number:2000.107.164.29.01
Date:1955
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Parishioners performing memorial at Seattle Buddhist Church, September 15, 1963
The Buddhist crisis was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietnamese government and a campaign of civil resistance, led mainly by Buddhist monks. The crisis ended with a coup in November 1963 by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and…
ID Number:2000.107.168.36.01
Date:1963