3224 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Children placing wreaths on Memorial Day, Seattle, May 30, 1945
In this image, children place wreaths at the foot of a pylon carrying the names of more than 1,000 King County residents killed in World War II. The ceremony took place during Memorial Day exercises held in Seattle's Victory Square, on University Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. The children are identified from left as: Gay Attebery, Barbee Scott, Ruth…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.02
Date:1945
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Vietnam veterans marching in Memorial Day parade, Seattle, May 27, 1985
In this image, a Vietnam veteran raises his fists in salute as he and about 100 other Vietnam veterans march down Alaskan Way in a Memorial Day parade. Beginning at Myrtle Edwards Park, various dignitaries, politicians, men in Civil War uniforms, square dancers, Navy bands, Army drill teams, and veterans' groups marched along Seattle's waterfront, ending at the Seattle War…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.03
Date:1985
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Man at cemetery observing Memorial Day, Seattle, May 27, 1985
In this image, a visitor pauses to read a gravestone at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle. The military graveyard, Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, was decorated with flags for Memorial day, and hosted about 300 people for a wreath-laying service. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, May 28, 1985, p. B1.Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.04
Date:1985
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Ret. Col. Guy Wickliffe participating in Memorial Day parade, Seattle, May 29, 1989
In this image, retired Marine Colonel Guy Wickliffe (1925-2003), a National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) and United Nations Service Medal for Korea (UNKM) recipient, listens to his marching orders as Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 289 prepares to join the Memorial Day parade along Alaskan Way in Seattle. Ret. Col. Wickliffe served in the United States Marine Corps for 30…
ID Number:2000.107.264.02.05
Date:1989
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Musicians performing atop Space Needle, Seattle, August 26, 1988
In this image, two members of the Mendelssohn String Quartet perform on the top of Seattle's Space Needle to publicize the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, held at Meany Theater August 26 - September 1, 1988. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.264.03.01
Date:1988
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UW women basketball players posing on bleachers, Seattle, March 14, 1991
In this image, forward Karen Deden, left, and guard Laurie Merlino, senior starters on the University of Washington women's basketball team, pose together in the bleachers at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on the UW Seattle campus. The women were preparing for their final game of the season, after having lost to Stanford in the regional semifinals (or Sweet 16) of the…
ID Number:2000.107.264.03.02
Date:1991
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Don Chin talking with city officials after Wah Mee Club massacre, Seattle, February 20, 1983
In this image Don Chin, a resident of Seattle's Chinatown - International District, asks Mayor Charles Royer and Seattle Police Chief Patrick Fitzsimons what is being done to protect his community in the wake of the murder of 13 patrons in the Wah Mee gambling club two days previously, on February 18, 1983. Caption information source: "Three robbers raid Wah…
ID Number:2000.107.265.07.01
Date:1983
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Family seeking information on victims of Wah Mee Club massacre, Seattle, February 20, 1983
In this image Cerisse Jatabutr, center, accompanied by her mother and brother, knock at the door of the King County Medical Examiner at Harborview Hospital in Seattle. The family members received confirmation that Cerisse's father, Hung Fat Gee, was among the 13 people killed the previous day at the Wah Mee gambling club in the Chinatown - International District. Caption…
ID Number:2000.107.265.07.02
Date:1983
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Dedication ceremony at Naval Reserve Armory on Lake Union, Seattle, July 4, 1942
In 1942 the Works Progress Administration built the Naval Reserve Armory on Lake Union as an Advanced Naval Training School during World War II. Designed by Seattle architects William R. Grant and B. Marcus Priteca, the building was decommissioned after the war, and disestablished in 1994. The building was renovated in 2012 to become the new home for the Museum…
ID Number:2000.107.270.09.01
Date:1942
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Map of Seattle, 1889, with Great Fire area drawn on top, circa 1990s
This map of Seattle, prepared by Llewellyn, Dodge and Co. om 1889, presents a bird's-eye view of the city before the June 6, 1889 fire, facing northeast from Elliott Bay towards the Cascade Mountain Range. Here, a photograph of the map was created by Seattle Post-Intelligencer staff, and the area of the city affected by the fire indicated with an…
ID Number:2000.107.273.03.01
Date:Circa 1990s