3381 results for: Seattle Photographic Co.
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Jakob Schapiro, Leon Admov, and Matthew Phillips painting tiles, Seattle, February 29, 1988
The first city partnership between a US and a Soviet city, the official Seattle-Tashkent sister city relationship was established in 1973 but was preceded by ties that began in 1961 between the University of Washington and academic institutions in Tashkent. In this image taken at Orca-Day Elementary School, artist Jakob Schapiro and architect Leon Admov of Tashkent join fifth-grader Matthew…
ID Number:2000.107.210.18.03
Date:1988
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Helen Taverniti with her piano student, Seattle, March 28, 1984
Helen Elizabeth (Stewart) Taverniti Morse (1921-2005) was a musician, composer, and music teacher in Seattle. Born in Iowa, Taverniti attended Seattle Public Schools and University of Washington, and studied piano beginning at age 4. She wrote two musicals for the Seattle Civic Repertory Playhouse, and had a career as a performer for over 50 years. Taverniti was well-known as a…
ID Number:2000.107.210.21.01
Date:1984
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Cast members at look-alike contest at Twin Peaks Festival, Snoqualmie, August 1992
The first Twin Peaks Festival was held August 14-16, 1992 to celebrate the cult TV show "Twin Peaks." The show was set in Washington and partially filmed in Snoqualmie, where the festival was held. In addition to opportunities to meet cast members, visitors could enjoy "mystery dinner theater" events, character look-alike contests, an auction of Dale Cooper's car used in…
ID Number:2000.107.211.03.01
Date:1992
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Twin Peaks cast signing autographs at festival, Snoqualmie, August 1992
The first Twin Peaks Festival was held August 14-16, 1992 to celebrate the cult TV show "Twin Peaks." The show was set in Washington and partially filmed in Snoqualmie, where the festival was held. In addition to opportunities to meet cast members, visitors could enjoy "mystery dinner theater" events, character look-alike contests, an auction of Dale Cooper's car used in…
ID Number:2000.107.211.03.02
Date:1992
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Grace Thorpe making sign for protest at courthouse, Seattle, March 16, 1970
On March 8, 1970, about 100 members and sympathizers of United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupied Fort Lawton, a 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. They were inspired by the passage of a bill signed by President Richard Nixon, which granted non-federal entities the ability to obtain surplus federal lands for…
ID Number:2000.107.212.01.01
Date:1970
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Mark Tobey and Vera Belsky, Seattle, circa 1930
Painter Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style. Tobey also taught free art classes for the Seattle Music and Art Foundation. Here, he examines the work of Vera Belsky, who…
ID Number:2000.107.212.23.01
Date:1930
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Mark Tobey and Olaf Anderson painting a panel for the Mardi Gras ball, February 1928
Painter Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.The theme of Seattle's Fine Arts Society 1928 Mardi Gras Ball was the Year 2000 A.D. -- a mechanical age where angles would…
ID Number:2000.107.212.23.02
Date:1928
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Edward Thomas, Mark Tobey, and Ethel Thomas, Seattle, August 7, 1963
Painter Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.In this image Tobey, center, accompanied by Edward B. Thomas and his wife Ethel Morrison Thomas, enters the Seattle Art Museum for a…
ID Number:2000.107.212.23.03
Date:1963
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David Levine, Mark Tobey, and Gordon Clinton, Seattle, March 30, 1959
Painter Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.In this image Tobey, center, is presented with a copy of a City Council resolution in his honor by Council President David Levine,…
ID Number:2000.107.212.23.04
Date:1959
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Total Experience Gospel Choir members singing, Seattle, June 22, 1980
The Total Experience Gospel Choir (1973-2018) was founded and led by Pastor Patrinell Wright and, though based in Seattle, the choir performed and toured extensively around the world. Wright formed a choir at Franklin High School as an alternative activity for African-American students in 1970, but when a school-funding levy failed in 1973, her position was cut and she began…
ID Number:2000.107.213.12.01
Date:1980