21 results for: Coughlin, Kerry
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Dave Niehaus commentating on a Mariners game, Seattle, June 1980
Dave Niehaus (1935-2010) was the play-by-play commentator for the Seattle Mariners from their beginning in 1977 through the 2010 season. His optimistic style and clear love of baseball won him affection from Mariners fans despite the team’s frequent lack of success on the field. Several of his catchphrases became well known, such as “Fly away!” for home runs and "It’s…
ID Number:2000.107.132.22.01
Date:1980
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Steve Pool at KOMO News studio, Seattle, January 1981
Steve Pool (1953-2023) was the longtime chief weather forecaster for KOMO 4 News. He graduated from Tyee High School and began working at KOMO as an intern while still attending the University of Washington. Pool’s first jobs at KOMO were reporting news and sports, and in 1984, he was promoted to chief meteorologist, becoming one of the first Black forecasters…
ID Number:2000.107.145.26.01
Date:1981
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Vaudeville performer at Bumbershoot, Seattle, September 5, 1981
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 a member of the One Reel Vaudeville Show enters the audience to collect items to test the skills of his partner, a mystic who needed quite a few clues to guess the items. Caption…
ID Number:2000.107.168.06.01
Date:1981
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Howard Vail at the First Avenue Service Center, Seattle, December 20, 1979
Seattle's First Avenue Service Center was one of many service organizations seeking to help the homeless and others needing help. Located at 98 Union Street, the Center operated as a daytime drop-in center, with laundry, bathrooms, and shower, and it offered all-night shelter on cold nights. Late in 1979, it was announced that the Center would be evicted due to…
ID Number:2000.107.172.34.04
Date:1979
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Youth playing Chinese drum, Seattle, October 10, 1980
In this image a teenage member of the Chinese Youth Club plays a large drum in Seattle's Chinatown - International District neighborhood. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.08
Date:1980
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Tina Head staffing stall at Mount Baker farmers market, Seattle, August 3, 1980
In this image Tina Head watches over a produce stand at a farmer's market in Seattle's Mount Baker neighborhood. Beginning in 1993, the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance sought to bring various farmer's markets in Seattle together and as of 2018 operates eight markets around the city, including the U-District Neighborhood Farmers Market. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer…
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.10
Date:1980
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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
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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
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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