81 results for: Environment and Climate
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Flute player at Earth Day gathering in Seward Park, Seattle, April 1971
Handwritten on sleeve: Earth Day at Seward Park. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 25, 1971.
ID Number:1986.5.54323.1
Date:1971
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John Beal with children from Concord School at Hamm Creek, Seattle, April 30, 1993
Environmentalist John Beal (1950-2006) spent 27 years fighting to restore the Duwamish River and its tributary, Hamm Creek, near his South Park neighborhood. In spite of ongoing battles with commerical interests and indifferent officials, Beal's work slowly transformed these trash-filled and polluted waters into a healthy, functioning habitat for wildlife and people. Beal's work continues today through groups like Environmental…
ID Number:2000.107.017.33.01
Date:1993
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Harriet Bullitt in boat on Hell's Canyon, May 28, 1993
The daughter of Alexander Scott Bullitt (1877-1932) and Dorothy Stimson Bullitt (1892-1989), Harriet Overton Bullitt (1924-) is a descendant of wealthy Seattle pioneers and civic leaders. Harriet and her siblings have donated substantial amounts of money and time to the Bullitt Foundation, founded by Dorothy in 1952 with a mission to protect the natural environment of the Pacific Northwest, and…
ID Number:2000.107.029.03.01
Date:1993
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Ray Charles at ceremony to close Swinomish beaches, July 12, 1971
In July 1971, the Swinomish tribal council voted to close 15 miles of beachland on their reservation to non-Indians. At issue were the general despoliation of the land and the depletion of marine life. The Swinomish were attempting to rebuild and preserve the diminishing butter clam population. Though outsiders were required to obtain a permit and observe state shellfish restrictions…
ID Number:2000.107.034.24.01
Date:1971
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Brock Evans, Mike Lowry, and Jim Whittaker on environmental walk, Seattle, May 3, 1982
Environmental advocate Brock Evans (1937-), Representative Mike Lowry (1939-2017), and mountaineer Jim Whittaker (1929-), left to right, walk the final two miles of a week-long, 87-mile trek from the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area to Gas Works Park. The walk was sponsored by more than 30 environmental groups to protest oil and gas leasing in wilderness areas. Caption information source: The…
ID Number:2000.107.047.30.01
Date:1982
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Logger Chad Johnson at logging industry rally, Federal Courthouse, Seattle, May 6, 1991
In 1990, the Northern Spotted Owl was placed on the federal endangered species list, and a plan was needed to protect the species. The owl’s primary habitat was the prime timber of the Pacific Northwest’s shrinking old growth forests. When the U.S. Forest Service proposed selling 66,000 acres of this old growth forest, environmental groups sought an injunction against the…
ID Number:2000.107.048.01.05
Date:1991
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Philip Ripley with aluminum foil statue at Renton Park Elementary School, Renton, April 14, 1992
In honor of Earth Day, students from the Puget Sound region were asked to collect as much aluminum foil as possible in an effort to promote recycling. The school with the overall biggest ball of foil was to win $1,000. In this image Philip Ripley, 10, a student at Hamlin-Robinson School in Seattle, walks by the 239-pound aluminum foil statue…
ID Number:2000.107.053.19.02
Date:1992
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Jim Ellis, Seattle, September 1974
James Reed "Jim" Ellis (b. 1921), a Franklin High School graduate and Seattle lawyer, is widely regarded as one of the most visionary civic activists in King County history. In the late 1950s he spearheaded the clean up of Lake Washington, leading to the creation of the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro), which became a regional transportation system. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.056.08.02
Date:1974
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Tom Gibbs and Molly Boone checking water monitoring system, Seattle, August 31, 1963
Charles V. "Tom" Gibbs (1932-2019) was an engineer whose historic projects in the 1960s ended the constant flow of raw sewage into Lake Washington and Puget Sound. Born in Oregon and raised in Winlock, Washington, Mr. Gibbs received civil engineering degrees in 1954 and 1966 from the University of Washington (UW). He and his wife, Jean C. Gibbs, later endowed…
ID Number:2000.107.074.15.01
Date:1963
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Beverly and Frank Herbert at home, Port Townsend, September 11, 1979
In this image Tacoma-born author Frank Herbert (1920-1986) and his wife Beverly sit in the living room of their home. Mounted on the wall between the paintings (original works by John Schoenherr for a "Dune" calendar) is a control panel for the home's solar heating system. An avid alternative energy experimenter, Herbert created his own solar collector, wind plant, and…
ID Number:2000.107.087.11.02
Date:1979