3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
Photograph
Seattle-area nuns fishing on beach at Grayland, WA, August 1960
A group of nuns from the Order of Saint Benedict enjoyed their summer vacation at the beach in Grayland. This image shows two of the nuns fishing at the shoreline. Sister Lydia (left) is waiting for a bite while Sister Rita (right) casts her line. After a weeklong break they returned "refreshed and strengthened" to their routine duties of teaching…
ID Number:1986.5.6047.4
Date:1960
Photograph
Worker with a disability operating a router at Occupational Rehabilitation, Inc., Seattle, November 1966
For many years, people living with emotional, mental, and physical disabilities found it nearly impossible to support themselves. In the early 1960s, a grant from Washington State funded the beginnings of Occupational Rehabilitation, Inc. (ORI), a pioneering program that trained people with disabilities for industry. By 1966, the Seattle non-profit employed over 100 people in its machine shop. They had…
ID Number:1986.5.6305.1
Date:1966
Photograph
Worker with a disability operating machinery at Occupational Rehabilitation, Inc., Seattle, November 1966
For many years, people living with emotional, mental, and physical disabilities found it nearly impossible to support themselves. In the early 1960s, a grant from Washington State funded the beginnings of Occupational Rehabilitation, Inc. (ORI), a pioneering program that trained people with disabilities for industry. By 1966, the Seattle non-profit employed over 100 people in its machine shop. They had…
ID Number:1986.5.6305.2
Date:1966
Photograph
Protestors at Atlas Grocery, Seattle, January 1947
In January 1947, the Seattle Council of the National Negro Congress supported a picket in front of Atlas Grocery and St. George Apartments at 14th Ave and Yesler Way. The protest was against racial discrimination, saying that the owners Jee Wong and Allen Pang would not rent to or hire Black people. A newspaper article on January 23, 1947 in…
ID Number:1986.5.6310.1
Date:1947
Photograph
Seattle youth in raspberry field, Puyallup, August 1943
With farmers in need of pickers, many Seattle area residents, including nearly 400 youths, volunteered to help out with the effort. The United States Employment Service and the Council of Social Agencies supplied twelve-to-sixteen-year-old pickers for the Victory Youth Farm Aid Corps. The program called for two adult volunteer supervisors for each twenty children, a quota which was not fulfilled,…
ID Number:1986.5.6546.2
Date:1943
Photograph
Seattle youth eager to pick raspberries, Seattle, August 12, 1943
With farmers' pressing demand for pickers, the United States Employment Service and the Council of Social Agencies supplied youthful pickers for the Victory Youth Farm Aid Corps. Some 400 twelve to sixteen-year-old pickers turned up at 7th Avenue and Madison Street to board a truck headed for Puyallup berry farms. The program called for two adult volunteer supervisors for each…
ID Number:1986.5.6546.3
Date:1943
Photograph
Puyallup River flood control model at the University of Washington, 1938
Just north of the Oceanography building on the University of Washington campus, an outdoor scale model of the lower Puyallup River was built by the University and the Works Progress Administration for experimentation in flood control. This photo shows two men working on the model, with the UW Harris Hydraulics Laboratory visible in the background. The names Norton, William; Abie,…
ID Number:1986.5.6554.1
Date:1938
Photograph
Puyallup River flood control model at the University of Washington, 1938
Just north of the Oceanography building on the University of Washington campus, an outdoor scale model of the lower Puyallup River was built by the University and the Works Progress Administration for experimentation in flood control. This photo shows four men near water pumping equipment. The names Norton, William; Abie, Don; Harris, Charles, Prof; Griffith, Howard; Snook, Glenn; Reynolds, Earl;…
ID Number:1986.5.6554.2
Date:1938
Photograph
Puyallup River flood control model at the University of Washington, 1938
Just north of the Oceanography building on the University of Washington campus, an outdoor scale model of the lower Puyallup River was built by the University and the Works Progress Administration for experimentation in flood control. The names Norton, William; Abie, Don; Harris, Charles, Prof; Griffith, Howard; Snook, Glenn; Reynolds, Earl; Sather, F. I.; Hussey, Edward were noted in the…
ID Number:1986.5.6554.3
Date:1938
Photograph
Aerial view of Redmond, Washington, September 14, 1956
Located 16 miles east of Seattle, Redmond has a long history of prosperity from its early logging days to currently being a worldwide center for technology. In this aerial photo, the downtown core as well as roads and rail lines leading to it are visible. Handwritten on sleeve: REDMOND, Wash., Airview. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date…
ID Number:1986.5.6655.1
Date:1956