538 results for: Clubs and Organizations
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Group setting up decorations at Chong Wa Benevolent Society Hall, Seattle, April 11, 1964
Huge Chinese fans, like the one shown here, were used as decorations for a Chinese opera program held at Chong Wa Benevolent Society Hall to benefit the local Chinese School. Held on April 29, 1964, the program was presented by the Luck Ngi Musical and Opera Society of Seattle (also known as the Chinese Musical Club), and featured one hour…
ID Number:2000.107.036.09.03
Date:1964
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Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team at Marysville Strawberry Festival, June 19, 1965
In 1952, Seattle restaurateur, Chinese community pioneer, and civic activist Ruby Chow helped a group of Chinese girls called the Chi-ettes form the Chinese Community Girls Drill Team. Ruby wanted to encourage girls from 11 to 21 to develop social skills and self-esteem and give the girls an opportunity for a supervised activity outside their homes. The drill team became…
ID Number:2000.107.036.10.03
Date:1965
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Magno Rudio at the International Drop-In Center, Seattle, 1972
Magno Rudio (1908-1995) was born in the Philippines and moved to Seattle in 1929. Like many other Filipino immigrants Rudio worked in canneries in Alaska, where he became a labor organizer. Rudio participated in strikes for higher pay and shorter hours and over a long career he was part of an eventually successful movement to improve working conditions in Alaska…
ID Number:2000.107.036.10.05
Date:1972
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Lucy Lee and Doo Chuen performing in Chinese opera, Seattle, November 26, 1984
The Luck Ngai Musical Society (also known as Luck Ngi Musical Club, Luck Ngai Operatic Society and other variations) is a local amateur Cantonese opera group established in Seattle in 1935 to promote Chinese opera, support the local Chinese School, and raise funds for community causes. In November 1984, the group performed the traditional opera "Wang Siu Gun," about a…
ID Number:2000.107.036.11.04
Date:1984
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Lucy Lee applying make up for Chinese opera role, Seattle, November 26, 1984
The Luck Ngai Musical Society (also known as Luck Ngi Musical Club, Luck Ngai Operatic Society and other variations) is a local amateur Cantonese opera group established in Seattle in 1935 to promote Chinese opera, support the local Chinese School, and raise funds for community causes. In November 1984, the group performed the traditional opera "Wang Siu Gun," about a…
ID Number:2000.107.036.11.05
Date:1984
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Alex Cleghorn of Q Patrol walking in Capitol Hill, Seattle, January 17, 1992
The Q Patrol, a community group dedicated to stopping hate crimes against gay people in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, debuted in February 1991. Seven members, tutored by the group Guardian Angels, joined the first three-hour patrol. The patrols aimed to promote safety, provide support, defuse tension, and actively intervene, if necessary, in the event of a violent attack. This photo…
ID Number:2000.107.038.14.01
Date:1992
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Ida May Daly, Seattle, September 1979
Ida May Daly, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, developed muscular dystrophy at age three. While this progressive disease weakened her muscles and confined her to a wheelchair in her thirties, it challenged her to become a tireless advocate for people with disabilities. In the 1950s, she worked with the Seattle Parks Department to found and run the Handicapped Center, which…
ID Number:2000.107.044.037.01
Date:1979
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Central Area NAACP protest, September 7, 1986
Attorney Ross Baker, right, shouts his support for efforts to stop drug trafficking and prostitution in Seattle's Central Area. Baker was one of about 250 people who marched to Judkins Park for a rally sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Caption information source: The Seattle Times, September 8, 1986, page B4Caption information also derived…
ID Number:2000.107.047.35.02
Date:1986
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Portrait of Grace Denny, circa 1940
Grace Denny (1884-1971) was an expert in textiles and professor at the University of Washington (UW). She is unrelated to the Denny family of early Seattle settlers. Denny was born and raised in Nebraska and came to Seattle in 1914 to teach Home Economics at UW. During her time at the university, Denny helped substantially expand the Home Economics program.…
ID Number:2000.107.048.13.01
Date:1940
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Thelma Dewitty, September 3, 1947
Thelma Dewitty (1912-1977) joined the faculty of Seattle Public Schools in September 1947, one of the first two Black teachers hired by the district. Dewitty previously taught in Texas for 14 years, but segregationist policies there prevented her from attending graduate school, and she moved to Seattle to study at the University of Washington. Dewitty was hired in 1947 to…
ID Number:2000.107.049.03.01
Date:1947