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UW Black Student Union officers receiving Sidney Gerber Memorial Award, June 6, 1968
In June 1968, the University of Washington Black Student Union (BSU) received the Sidney Gerber Memorial Award, given for "outstanding accomplishments in the field of intergroup relations and human rights." The BSU received the award specifically for "intelligent, productive and non-violent work in bringing about progress at the University of Washington." This photo shows three officers of the UW BSU…
ID Number:1986.5.26555.2
Date:1968
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Janet McCloud, Lillian Gregory, and Jack Tanner at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968
Janet Joy "Yet-Si-Blue" (Renecker) McCloud (1934-2003) was a Tulalip tribe member and an Indigenous activist who was prominent in the "fish wars" that led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Janet McCloud, left, and Jack Tanner, right, listen to Lillian Gregory, center, speak at a press…
ID Number:1986.5.26914.23
Date:1964
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Suman Gupta with her daughter after receiving permanent residency, Seattle, March 1966
Twenty-two-year-old Suman Gupta arrived in the U.S. from India in November 1963 to join her husband, Har Krishan Lal Gupta, in Olympia, Washington. Since she didn't have a visa, Immigration and Naturalization Service placed her in the legal custody of her husband. Her status was upgraded after a 1965 change in immigration law, the Hart-Celler Act, abolished an earlier quota…
ID Number:1986.5.27165.4
Date:1966
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Suman Gupta and family in office after she received permanent residency, March, 1966
Twenty-two-year-old Suman Gupta arrived in the U.S. from India in November 1963 to join her husband, Har Krishan Lal Gupta, in Olympia, Washington. Since she didn't have a visa, Immigration and Naturalization Service placed her in the legal custody of her husband. Her status was upgraded after a 1965 change in immigration law, the Hart-Celler Act, abolished an earlier quota…
ID Number:1986.5.27165.11
Date:1966
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Padmini Vasishth and her husband in their kitchen, January 11, 1955
Padmini Vasishth came to the U.S from India in 1954 to study chemistry as a graduate student at the University of Washington. Vasishth was active in international student relations at the UW, and spoke frequently about the culture and customs of India at events around Seattle. Vasishth was also active in the Foundation for International Understanding through Students, an organization…
ID Number:1986.5.28575.1
Date:1955
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Edith Thackwell Young, Helen Igoe, and Louise Barnes Gallagher, Seattle, circa 1940
Fashion stylist Helen Igoe (1870-1962) came to Seattle in 1907 to work as a buyer for a department store, and by 1910 had opened her own high fashion store, Helen Igoe Shop for Women. A frequent traveler to New York and Paris, Igoe brought Parisian style to Seattle in the early decades of the 20th century. Upon her retirement in…
ID Number:1986.5.29660.1
Date:Circa 1940
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Martha John demonstrating Native American crafts, Seattle, August 16, 1960
The American Indian Women's Service League (AIWSL) grew out of a 1958 meeting of American Indian women sharing their concerns over living conditions their people faced. The organization became the Seattle Indian Center (SIA) in 1972, which provides services and assistance to all people. Initially opening in the Belltown neighborhood at 2604 First Avenue, the SIA is now located at…
ID Number:1986.5.30279.1
Date:1960
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Rao family at US District Court for naturalization ceremony, August 12, 1963
Dr. Charumati Rao and her husband Dr. Krishna V.S. Rao, originally from Patna, India, became naturalized American citizens on August 12, 1963, at the U.S. District Court in Seattle. The couple, both practicing physicians, are shown here with their two sons, Lakshmi "Dixie" Rao, 11, and Krishna "Chris" Rao, 7, and Krishna V.S. Rao's father, K.S.N. Rao. The two boys,…
ID Number:1986.5.39931.1
Date:1963
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Elsa Schiaparelli in Seattle, November 1940
Italian fashion designer Elsa Luisa Maria Schiaparelli (1890-1973) is regarded as one of the most prominent figures in fashion between the two World Wars. Having left her couture house in Paris before the Nazi occupation, Schiaparelli spent most of the WWII years on a lecture tour throughout the U. S. She returned to Paris after the war but found that…
ID Number:1986.5.41397.1
Date:1940
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Sam Smith and his sons, November 7, 1967
Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-1979 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:1986.5.42352.27
Date:1967