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Image of Sandbag fortification at Black Panther headquarters, Seattle, 1971
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Sandbag fortification at Black Panther headquarters, Seattle, 1971

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Gary Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17 year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:2000.107.022.21.03
Date:1971
Image of Former Black Panther Party headquarters house, Seattle, 1973
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Former Black Panther Party headquarters house, Seattle, 1973

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense (BPP) established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17-year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:2000.107.022.21.04
Date:1973
Image of Notice on former Black Panther party headquarters house, Seattle, 1973
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Notice on former Black Panther party headquarters house, Seattle, 1973

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense (BPP) established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17-year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:2000.107.022.21.05
Date:1973
Image of Activists at news conference, Seattle, October 22, 1968
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Activists at news conference, Seattle, October 22, 1968

On October 18, 1968, Seattle Mayor Dorm Braman made a speech to the University Rotary Club in which he suggested that three activist groups were conspiring to promote racial unrest and guerrilla warfare in the city. A few days later, representatives of the three organizations--the Peace and Freedom Party, the Black Panther Party and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)--held…
ID Number:2000.107.026.10.01
Date:1968
Image of Harry Bridges giving union badge to Dixy Lee Ray, Seattle, April 18, 1977
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Harry Bridges giving union badge to Dixy Lee Ray, Seattle, April 18, 1977

Tacoma-born Dixy Lee Ray (1914-1994) held many prestigious posts in Washington State: first woman on the Atomic Energy Commission, director of the Pacific Science Center, and longtime University of Washington professor. A political novice, Ms. Ray served as Washington's first female governor from 1977-1981, gaining popularity as an outsider and a non-politician. Her blunt style won her as many enemies…
ID Number:2000.107.026.32.01
Date:1977
Image of Martin Jugum, Harry Bridges, and William Forester talking at union party, Seattle, June 12, 1986
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Martin Jugum, Harry Bridges, and William Forester talking at union party, Seattle, June 12, 1986

By the mid-1880s, Seattle had grown from a tiny settlement to a bustling trade center due in large part to the transcontinental rail lines and transoceanic water routes that met along its central waterfront. Work at the waterfront in the era before containerized shipping was labor intensive, requiring careful balancing and weight management within ship holds and complex teams of…
ID Number:2000.107.026.32.02
Date:1986
Image of Kenneth Callahan and others at the 50th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, June 28, 1983
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Kenneth Callahan and others at the 50th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum, June 28, 1983

Painter and muralist Kenneth Callahan (1905-1986) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.In July 1983, Callahan and his wife Beth (right) attended a party celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the…
ID Number:2000.107.030.30.02
Date:1983
Image of Bertha Pitts Campbell, Seattle, January 1981
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Bertha Pitts Campbell, Seattle, January 1981

Bertha Pitts Campbell (1889-1990) was a Seattle civil rights activist. She was born in Kansas and grew up in Colorado. During her studies at Howard University, Campbell founded the Delta Sigma Theta sorority with 21 other women. Delta Sigma Theta is a historically Black sorority and it advocates for civil rights, especially educational opportunities for Black people. Campbell moved to…
ID Number:2000.107.031.12.01
Date:1981
Image of Bertha Pitts Campbell sitting, Seattle, January 1981
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Bertha Pitts Campbell sitting, Seattle, January 1981

Bertha Pitts Campbell (1889-1990) was a Seattle civil rights activist. She was born in Kansas and grew up in Colorado. During her studies at Howard University, Campbell founded the Delta Sigma Theta sorority with 21 other women. Delta Sigma Theta is a historically Black sorority and it advocates for civil rights, especially educational opportunities for Black people. Campbell moved to…
ID Number:2000.107.031.12.02
Date:1981
Image of Delegates attending the Eng Family Convention pose together, Seattle, September 25, 1962
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Delegates attending the Eng Family Convention pose together, Seattle, September 25, 1962

Here, a group of Chinese American men pose together in a building at 420 Eighth Avenue South in Seattle's Chinatown International District. The men were in town to attend the fourth annual convention of the Eng Family Association, hosted by Lock Tin Eng, president of the Seattle chapter. The convention drew 37 Eng family members from all over the country…
ID Number:2000.107.036.09.02
Date:1962
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