263 results for: Politics and Politicians
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Bob Stinson and Danny Kaye shaking hands at first Mariners game, April 6, 1977
The Mariners were Seattle’s second Major League Baseball team, after the Seattle Pilots played one season in 1969 before moving to Milwaukee and becoming the Brewers. Slade Gorton, Washington’s Attorney General, sued the American League for breaking a lease and failing to fulfill its promise to field a baseball team in Seattle. The suit was settled with a deal –…
ID Number:2002.46.2311.15
Date:1977
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Joyce Reyes speaking at site dedication for Native cultural center at Fort Lawton, November 14, 1971
In the late 1960s, the US Army announced its intention to decommission most of the land at Fort Lawton. The City of Seattle planned to turn the land into a park. However, members of Seattle’s Indigenous community wanted instead to reclaim the land for use by Indigenous peoples. On March 8, 1970, members of the United Indians of All Tribes…
ID Number:2002.46.6563.3
Date:1971
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Senator Jackson speaking at site dedication for Native cultural center at Fort Lawton, November 14, 1971
In the late 1960s, the US Army announced its intention to decommission most of the land at Fort Lawton. The City of Seattle planned to turn the land into a park. However, members of Seattle’s Indigenous community wanted instead to reclaim the land for use by Indigenous peoples. On March 8, 1970, members of the United Indians of All Tribes…
ID Number:2002.46.6563.7
Date:1971
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Mayor Uhlman speaking at site dedication for Native cultural center at Fort Lawton, November 14, 1971
In the late 1960s, the US Army announced its intention to decommission most of the land at Fort Lawton. The City of Seattle planned to turn the land into a park. However, members of Seattle’s Indigenous community wanted instead to reclaim the land for use by Indigenous peoples. On March 8, 1970, members of the United Indians of All Tribes…
ID Number:2002.46.6563.18A
Date:1971
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Bernie Whitebear speaking at site dedication for Native cultural center at Fort Lawton, November 14, 1971
In the late 1960s, the US Army announced its intention to decommission most of the land at Fort Lawton. The City of Seattle planned to turn the land into a park. However, members of Seattle’s Indigenous community wanted instead to reclaim the land for use by Indigenous peoples. On March 8, 1970, members of the United Indians of All Tribes…
ID Number:2002.46.6563.35A
Date:1971
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Richard M. Nixon at the Olympic Hotel, Seattle, 1968
On September 24 and 25, 1968, Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994) campaigned for president in Seattle. His stop in Seattle included a rally at University Plaza, a ride in a hydrofoil on Elliott Bay, and a tour of the Lockheed Shipyard. He spent the night of September 24 at the Olympic Hotel. This photograph from his time at the Olympic Hotel…
ID Number:2005.31.1
Date:1968
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Adlai Stevenson, Don Magnuson, Al Rossellini, Henry Jackson, and Max Antin seated in a Lincoln during a parade, Seattle, circa 1955
This photograph shows Adlai Stevenson, Don Magnuson, Al Rossellini, Henry Jackson, and Max Antin seated in a Lincoln, with four policemen looking on, about 1955.The photograph may have been taken during the Seafair Torchlight Parade, held annually in Seattle since 1949. The Lincoln was likely loaned for the occasion by William O. McKay, whose dealership sold Lincoln cars for over…
ID Number:2007.11.9
Date:Circa 1955
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Monorail Yes! campaign poster, Seattle, 2006
This Monorail Yes! poster was created near the end of a long campaign to expand the Seattle Monorail line, which eventually was defeated in 2005. Initiative 41 had called for construction of a 40-mile monorail system linking Seattle's four corners to downtown Seattle to form a giant "X" and won a 53 percent majority on November 4, 1997. However financial…
ID Number:2007.56.1
Date:2006
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Husky Stadium filled with spectators for President Harding's address, Seattle, July 27, 1923
On July 27, 1923, President Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) arrived in Seattle from Alaska as part of a 40-day tour of the Western United States. His short six-hour stay included a review of the Navy fleet in Elliott Bay, a parade through downtown, greeting schoolchildren at Volunteer Park, speaking to a huge crowd of boys at Woodland Park, making an…
ID Number:2008.7.3
Date:1923
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President Harding speaking to boys at Elks picnic, Woodland Park, Seattle, July 27, 1923
On July 27, 1923, President Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) arrived in Seattle from Alaska as part of a 40-day tour of the Western United States. His short six-hour stay included a review of the Navy fleet in Elliott Bay, a parade through downtown, greeting schoolchildren at Volunteer Park, speaking to a huge crowd of boys at Woodland Park, making an…
ID Number:2008.7.4
Date:1923