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Image of Galen Miller working at Dick's Drive-In, Seattle, October 7, 1992
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Galen Miller working at Dick's Drive-In, Seattle, October 7, 1992

Dick Spady (1923-2016) and two partners opened their first Dick’s Drive-In Restaurant on 45th Street in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood on January 28, 1954. The popular drive-in focused on hamburgers, french fries, and milkshakes. By 1974, there were five Dick’s Drive-Ins in various parts of Seattle, with an Edmonds drive-in added in 2011.Here, Dick's employee Galen Miller, a junior at Garfield…
ID Number:2000.107.185.19.04
Date:1992
Image of Three students doing math on blackboard at Meany Jr. High, Seattle, October 3, 1958
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Three students doing math on blackboard at Meany Jr. High, Seattle, October 3, 1958

In this image taken in an accelerated math class at Edmund Meany Junior High School, seventh grade students Karen Suzuki, left, Michael Gardiner, and Jerry Jones point to three columns of figures which they have just added. All of the figures, except for the totals, are the same, and all the answers are correct. Caption information derived from captions written…
ID Number:2000.107.185.35.03
Date:1958
Image of Seattle business leaders in classroom at Sharples Jr. High, Seattle, November 20, 1952
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Seattle business leaders in classroom at Sharples Jr. High, Seattle, November 20, 1952

In this image, leaders in the Seattle business world try out the classroom seats on Visiting Day at the newly opened Casper W. Sharples Junior High School (later Aki Kurose Middle School) in the Rainier Valley neighborhood of Seattle. Identifications of back of photo: Front to back, left row: Philip Strack, Stanley Jones, Ray Burhans, R. Burroughs, Eric Bergman; right…
ID Number:2000.107.185.35.04
Date:1952
Image of Parents protest mandatory busing at Seattle School Board meeting, October 14, 1970
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Parents protest mandatory busing at Seattle School Board meeting, October 14, 1970

In the 1960s, after decades of discrimination in housing had created an increasingly segregated school system in Seattle, civil rights activists wanted the School Board to promote integration and, with it, intercultural empathy and understanding. After various attempts to promote voluntary integration, and faced with the threat of legal action from advocates of integration, in 1972 the School District launched…
ID Number:2000.107.185.36.01
Date:1970
Image of Garfield students picketing at Seattle Public School's Administrative and Service Center, May 28, 1976
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Garfield students picketing at Seattle Public School's Administrative and Service Center, May 28, 1976

In this image taken outside the Seattle School District's Administrative and Service Center, students from Garfield High School protest minority staff transfers planned to comply with federal regulations on equal minority staffing throughout the district. The protest was part of a boycott of Central Area schools, which emptied classrooms in the area's 13 schools. Caption information source: The Seattle Times,…
ID Number:2000.107.186.01.01
Date:1976
Image of Students at the African American Academy, Seattle, 1991
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Students at the African American Academy, Seattle, 1991

In hopes of improving the academic achievement of minority students, and following years of pressure from parents, the Seattle School Board approved the opening of the African American Academy in January 1991. The Afro-centric program opened at Colman School with grades K through 5. In September 2000, after several moves, the Academy occupied a new facility designed for grades K-8.…
ID Number:2000.107.186.03.01
Date:1991
Image of Kennedy Franklin, a student at the African American Academy, Seattle, February 26, 1993
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Kennedy Franklin, a student at the African American Academy, Seattle, February 26, 1993

In hopes of improving the academic achievement of minority students, and following years of pressure from parents, the Seattle School Board approved the opening of the African American Academy in January 1991. The Afro-centric program opened at Colman School with grades K through 5. In 1993, parents complained about the school’s instability and lack of resources.In September 2000, after several…
ID Number:2000.107.186.03.02
Date:1993
Image of Anna Stanton, student at African American Academy, Seattle, 1993
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Anna Stanton, student at African American Academy, Seattle, 1993

In hopes of improving the academic achievement of minority students, and following years of pressure from parents, the Seattle School Board approved the opening of the African American Academy in January 1991. The Afro-centric program opened at Colman School with grades K through 5. In 1993, parents complained about the school’s instability and lack of resources.In September 2000, after several…
ID Number:2000.107.186.03.03
Date:1993
Image of Blaine School students in costume viewing Catharine Blaine plaque, Seattle, January 12, 1954
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Blaine School students in costume viewing Catharine Blaine plaque, Seattle, January 12, 1954

In 1853, Catharine (Paine) Blaine (1829-1908) and her husband, Reverend David E. Blaine (1824-1900), arrived in Seattle from Seneca Falls, New York. The Blaines were Methodist missionaries and David founded Seattle's first church, called the Little White Church. Catharine became Seattle's first teacher and school administrator when she was hired to teach children in a "select," or private, school located…
ID Number:2000.107.186.07.01
Date:1954
Image of Blaine School students exiting at end of day, Seattle, October 14, 1952
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Blaine School students exiting at end of day, Seattle, October 14, 1952

In 1853, Catharine (Paine) Blaine (1829-1908) and her husband, Reverend David E. Blaine (1824-1900), arrived in Seattle from Seneca Falls, New York. The Blaines were Methodist missionaries and David founded Seattle's first church, called the Little White Church. Catharine became Seattle's first teacher and school administrator when she was hired to teach children in a "select," or private, school located…
ID Number:2000.107.186.07.03
Date:1952
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