100 results for: Rites and Ceremonies
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Children playing games at Purim carnival, Congregation Herzl, Seattle, March 18, 1962
The Jewish holiday Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jews of the ancient Persian Empire from a plot by the king’s advisor, Haman, to exterminate them all on a single day. His plan is foiled by Queen Esther and her cousin Mordechai, who ultimately save the Jews of Persia from destruction. The holiday is also called the “Feast of Lots,”…
ID Number:1986.5.4598.2
Date:1962
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Preparations for Sukkot at Temple de Hirsch, Seattle, September 20, 1964
Sukkot, also called the Festival of Booths, is a Jewish holiday of thanksgiving and a harvest festival. It also commemorates the ancient Israelites’ wandering in the desert after liberation from Egypt. The Hebrew word “Sukkot” (singular “sukkah”) means “booths” or “huts” and one of the holiday’s most important rituals is building ceremonial sukkot that are then decorated with plants and…
ID Number:1986.5.4601.1
Date:1964
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Funeral cars processing down King Street, Seattle, November 28, 1941
Born in China, Chin Fook Hing (1875-1941) came to Seattle from California around 1900. In 1911 he established the Chong Hink Knitting Company at 504 Twelfth Avenue South, which he managed until his death. Through his work in the Seattle Chinese Patriotic League, Mr. Chin was credited with raising more than $50,000 for China war relief. Long active in his…
ID Number:1986.5.7833.1
Date:1941
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Pastor McKinney breaking ground for church addition, Seattle, April 28, 1962
Founded in 1890, Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle is home to the oldest and largest African American congregation in the state of Washington. In this image a crowd looks on as Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney (1926-) turns the first shovelful of earth during the groundbreaking ceremony for a $250,000 addition to the church building at 1634 19th Avenue,…
ID Number:1986.5.8041.1
Date:1962
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Jessie Shields breaking ground for church addition, Seattle, April 28, 1962
Founded in 1890, Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle is home to the oldest and largest African American congregation in the state of Washington. In this image a crowd looks on as Mrs. Jessie L. Shields, building committee chairperson, accompanied by Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney (1926-), breaks ground during the groundbreaking ceremony for a $250,000 addition to the church…
ID Number:1986.5.8041.2
Date:1962
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Pastor McKinney leading ground breaking ceremony, Seattle, April 28, 1962
Founded in 1890, Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle is home to the oldest and largest African American congregation in the state of Washington. In this image a crowd looks on as Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney (1926-) leads the groundbreaking ceremony for a $250,000 addition to the church building at 1634 19th Avenue, in the Central District neighborhood. Caption…
ID Number:1986.5.8041.3
Date:1962
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Groundbreaking for addition to Ballard Hospital, Seattle, 1967
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:1986.5.9362.1
Date:1966
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Speakers talking at dedication of new Firland Sanatorium, Seattle, July 10, 1948
Firland Sanatorium, Seattle’s municipal tuberculosis hospital, opened on May 2, 1911, to help combat what was at the time Seattle’s leading cause of death. Firland was located north of Seattle, on land donated by railroad magnate Horace C. Henry (1844-1928), whose son Walter had died of TB. The hospital served there until its move in 1947 to a former Naval…
ID Number:1986.5.9375.1
Date:1948
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High School graduates posing at Firland Sanatorium, Seattle, June 1, 1949
Firland Sanatorium, Seattle’s municipal tuberculosis hospital, opened on May 2, 1911, to help combat what was at the time Seattle’s leading cause of death. Firland was located north of Seattle, on land donated by railroad magnate Horace C. Henry (1844-1928), whose son Walter had died of TB. The hospital served there until its move in 1947 to a former Naval…
ID Number:1986.5.9376.1
Date:1949
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Fred and Linda Brown in Kingdome at jersey-retirement ceremony, Seattle November 1986
Fred "Downtown Freddie Brown" Brown (b. 1948), had just finished his senior year at the University of Iowa when he was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1971 NBA draft. He went on to play 13 seasons with the Sonics before retiring in 1984. Two years later the Sonics retired his number (32). The Sonics' 41-year run in Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.028.06.04
Date:1986