38 results for: Werner-Jones, Jennifer
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Haircut ritual at Cambodian wedding, Seattle, June 30, 1989
For some young Cambodian refugees and their families in the U.S., having a traditional Cambodian wedding helped keep them connected to the culture of the war-torn homeland they left behind in the mid-1970s and 1980s. For Khung Sokunthea of Seattle and her groom, Hin Chanrotha of Sterling, VA, this meant a marriage arranged by their families and a daylong wedding…
ID Number:2000.107.031.02.09
Date:1989
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Steve Duzan of Immunex, February 1984
Scientists Steven Gillis and Christopher Henney, along with businessman Stephen Duzan, founded Immunex in July 1981. They envisioned the company's mission as developing, producing, and licensing diagnostic and therapeutic immunological products. Its successful drugs included LEUKINE (sargramostin) for patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, NOVANTRONE for multiple sclerosis, and ENBREL (etanercept), an anti-inflammatory used to treat arthritis. By 2001 Immunex was…
ID Number:2000.107.053.02.01
Date:1984
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Nordstrom models wearing Final four sweatshirts, Seattle, March 27, 1989
Two Nordstrom models on the playground at Pinehurst School show off Final Four sweat shirts in preparation for the final game of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament which was held at the Kingdome on April 3, 1989. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.060.34.01
Date:1989
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John Fluke Jr. at Fluke Manufacturing, December 24, 1984
John M. Fluke, Sr. was granted a patent for the VAM (Volts, Amps, Watts) meter instrument in 1947 and founded Fluke Corporation in the basement of his home in Springdale, Connecticut, the following year. Fluke, who was born and raised in Seattle, moved his company to the Ballard neighborhood in 1952. In 1981, Fluke opened a 500,000 square feet, $26…
ID Number:2000.107.066.17.07
Date:1984
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Gay schoolteachers wearing masks at parade, June 28, 1986
In this image, Seattle schoolteachers participating in the Gay Freedom Day parade through the Capitol Hill neighborhood hold a banner reading "Teachers with Pride Still Have to Hide," and wear masks to protest the discrimination they have felt. An estimated 10,000 people participated in the event, which is part of Seattle's annual Gay Pride Week. The Pride Parade continues to…
ID Number:2000.107.073.36.05
Date:1986
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Dorothy Hollingsworth sitting in her office, Seattle, March 1986
Dorothy Hollingsworth (1920-2022) was a civic leader and lifelong advocate for education, particularly for children of color, in Seattle. She was the first African American woman to manage a major city agency when she served as director of the Seattle School District Head Start Program from 1965-1969, and the first Black women to serve on a school board in Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.090.30.04
Date:1986
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Kotaka Uomoto at Nisei Veterans Hall, Seattle, September 21, 1988
This photo shows Kotaka Uomoto posing in front of an American flag at the Nisei Veterans Hall in Seattle, where she participated in a twice-weekly nutrition program for Japanese senior citizens. Kotaka (1896-1993) and her husband Hyokichi Uomoto (1883-1965) arrived in Washington from Japan in 1916 and settled in Seattle. The couple had four sons: Yoshinori George (1919-2004), Kiyoshi Robert…
ID Number:2000.107.098.20.01
Date:1988
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Rev. Leon Jones and Rev. Samuel B. McKinney arrested at protest against South Africa, Seattle, December 9, 1984
When South Africa’s National Party came to power in 1948, the white leadership put extreme laws in place forcing the country’s racial groups to live and develop separately. These “apartheid” laws caused much hardship and resentment. The growth of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950s brought attention to apartheid, and in the 1970s and 80s,…
ID Number:2000.107.101.07.01
Date:1984
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Artists posing with their political ad campaign on Metro bus, Seattle, October 23, 1984
In this image, members of Working Artists for a Democratic Alternative (WADA) stand near “Take the Mask Off,” their campaign to support the Mondale/Ferraro presidential campaign, featuring a graphic of President Reagan removing a smiley-face mask to reveal a monster. The ad campaign was carried by more than two dozen Metro Transit buses in King County and was available as…
ID Number:2000.107.124.31.02
Date:1984
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South entrance to Metro Transit bus tunnel, Seattle, August 5, 1989
In this image a Metro Transit inspector walks through the tunnel at the south entrance during construction. The Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel (Metro Bus Tunnel) is a 1.3-mile-long public transit tunnel that runs underneath downtown Seattle. Constructed between 1987-1990, the $455 million tunnel originally built for buses was updated to include light rail access in 2009. Caption information derived from…
ID Number:2000.107.124.34.05
Date:1989