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Mrs. E.T. Schaal and Howard Graham working on ceramics at the Handicapped Center, Seattle, January 23, 1958
In September 1957, the Seattle Parks Department opened the Handicapped Center, a cooperative program in the Mount Baker area that provided adults and children with arts, crafts, and social activities. The Center was supported by the city funds and outside donors. Nearly 1,300 people attended 37 programs in the first four months. Here, Mrs. E.T. Schaal looks on as Howard…
ID Number:1986.5.9092.3
Date:1958
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Visitors lined up outside new Ballard General Hospital, Seattle, November 28, 1954
In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:1986.5.9359.3
Date:1954
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Visitors tour new Ballard General Hospital, Seattle, November 28, 1954
In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:1986.5.9359.8
Date:1954
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Civil rights supporters demonstrate at Westlake Plaza, Seattle, March 7, 1964
This image was taken as more than 1,500 demonstrators attended a rally at Westlake Plaza in support of open-housing in Seattle. Several local clergy and representatives of the NAACP spoke to the crowd, encouraging everyone to vote for a local ordinance that would provide for criminal penalties for acts of housing discrimination on the basis of race, ethnic origin, or…
ID Number:1986.5.9654.1
Date:1964
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Boys participating in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.1
Date:1947
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Gordon Bradbury in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.2
Date:1947
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Winners of pie eating contest with judges, Seattle, August 3, 1947
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.3
Date:1947
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Pageant queen inviting mayor to Pow Wow, Seattle, July 21, 1948
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11294.1
Date:1948
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Seattle Chinese Community Girls' Drill Team at Seafair Powwow during, Seattle, August 11, 1952
Seattle’s Chinese Community Girls’ Drill team had its roots in the early 1950s. A group of Chinese girls at Seattle’s Garfield High School were impressed with girls’ drill teams from San Francisco and Victoria, BC. They talked with local Chinese American leader Ruby Chow about the possibility of starting one in Seattle as a way to share Chinese culture in…
ID Number:1986.5.11299.1
Date:1952
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Daffodil princesses at Spring Festival of Fun, Seattle, March 14, 1964
Seattle's "Spring Festival of Fun" was held over nine days in March 1964, from March 13th -21st. Sponsored by the Central Association of Seattle, the festival was designed to promote the advantages of the downtown area. Daily events, such as art exhibits, performances, and retail events, were held in locations from the waterfront to First Hill, and from the central…
ID Number:1986.5.11906.1
Date:1964