469 results for: Home and Family
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Norm Rice, Constance Williams Rice, and Mian Rice, after Mayoral swearing-in, Seattle, January 2, 1990
Seattle politician Norman Blann Rice (1943-) was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1978. Rice served eleven years, participating as chairs of the Energy, Finance, and Budget committees, and was Council President for one term. From 1989 to 1997 Rice served two terms as the 49th mayor, becoming Seattle's first African-American mayor. Rice has remained a civic leader…
ID Number:2000.107.152.12.06
Date:1990
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Tom Robbins in his home office, LaConner, April 16, 1978
Author Tom Robbins (1932-2025) was known for his novels, articles, essays, and support for progressive causes. He and his family lived in LaConner, Washington. Here, Robbins stands in his home office. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.153.38.05
Date:1978
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Kiyo Sakahara, Seattle, March 27, 1974
This image shows Kiyoshi (Kiyo) Sakahara (1920-2013), a leader in Seattle’s Japanese American community. She attended the University of Washington majoring in chemistry, but shortly before graduation her studies were interrupted by the forced removal of Japanese Americans. Sakahara was incarcerated in the Puyallup Assembly Center, then the Minidoka concentration camp. Sakahara and her family obtained early release and she…
ID Number:2000.107.159.13.01
Date:1974
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Baker at Gai's Seattle French Baking Company, May 1981
Italian immigrant Giglio Gai opened New Home bakery at 20th Avenue South and South Jackson Street in 1931, selling French bread baked in a brick oven. The family business became Gai's Seattle French Baking in 1941, and was the top specialty-bread baker in the state. After brothers Phil and Henry Gai took charge in the 1970s and 80s, Gai's diversified…
ID Number:2000.107.165.07.02
Date:1981
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Child and mother eating pretzels at Folklife Festival, Seattle Center, May 27, 1978
In this image Adam Pessl, 2, sits on his mother Liese Pessl's shoulders while both eat pretzels during Seattle's annual Northwest Folklife Festival. The festival has been held each Memorial Day weekend since 1972 at Seattle Center as a free celebration of folk and ethnic music, dance, and arts. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached…
ID Number:2000.107.172.37.03
Date:1978
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Myra Sohappy, Cook's Landing, June 12, 1990
Myra Sohappy (1926-2005) was the wife of David Sohappy (1925-1991), a Wanapum fisher and activist for Indigenous fishing rights. In the mid-1960s, the Sohappy family moved to Cook’s Landing in Skamania County at the mouth of the Little White Salmon River. There, David became a fisher full-time and took only as many fish as needed for his community, in line…
ID Number:2000.107.202.11.01
Date:1990
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George Tsutakawa sitting in his living room, Seattle, January 4, 1994
Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.09
Date:1994
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Lê Quốc Thân playing outside with his foster brother, Renton, April 8, 1975
In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. Many found foster families in the greater Seattle area.Some of the children in the program were biracial, with one American parent. This was the case for Lê Quốc Thân, whose Vietnamese mother took him to the Holt…
ID Number:2000.107.220.18.04
Date:1975
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Foster parents John and Lana Mitsules with baby Thi Dung Hanh at SeaTac Airport, SeaTac, April 6, 1975
Shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. In early April 1975, over 400 children, most under the age of two, were met at Sea-Tac airport by a crowd of adoptive parents. About half of the children were adopted by parents who lived in or traveled to Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.220.19.04
Date:1975
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Lê Quốc Thân leaping off the porch of his foster home, Renton, April 8, 1975
In April 1975, shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. Many found foster families in the greater Seattle area.Some of the children in the program were biracial, with one American parent. This was the case for Lê Quốc Thân, whose Vietnamese mother took him to the Holt…
ID Number:2000.107.220.19.05
Date:1975