3246 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Children in employee daycare at Blazes Broiler, Redmond, May 1976
As more women joined the workforce, child care and after-school programs became increasingly important. In Redmond, Washington, Blazes Broiler owner Glen Jensen created a nursery in the daylight basement of his new restaurant so employees could bring their young children to work. Staffed by a trained nurse and several assistants, the nursery was, according to Jensen, the first arrangement of…
ID Number:2000.107.19760500.11.14
Date:1976
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Cindi Grube with her son Bryan at Blazers Broiler daycare, Redmond, May 1976
As more women joined the workforce, child care and after-school programs became increasingly important. In Redmond, Washington, Blazes Broiler owner Glen Jensen created a nursery in the daylight basement of his new restaurant so employees could bring their young children to work. Staffed by a nurse and several assistants, the nursery was, according to Jensen, the first arrangement of its…
ID Number:2000.107.19760500.11.32
Date:1976
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Garfield principal Roscoe Bass at Central Area School Council meeting, Seattle, June 13, 1976
Roscoe Bass was an longtime educator and civil rights activist. He graduated from the Kansas State Teachers College and came to Seattle in 1958 as a substitute teacher. Bass served as the principal of Garfield High School for six years and is credited with helping turn it into one of the best schools in Washington. Bass also worked in the…
ID Number:2000.107.19760613.1.11
Date:1976
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People attending Central Area school council meeting at Garfield High School, Seattle, June 13, 1976
This image shows students and community members at a public meeting of the Central Area School Council, held at Garfield High School on June 13, 1976. The meeting's purpose was to update Central Area residents about a school district plan to move racial minority teachers and staff from schools in the Central Area and reassign them to majority white schools,…
ID Number:2000.107.19760613.1.13
Date:1976
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Nita Huber of Kings Drive-In, selling 5-cent cup of coffee, Tacoma, January 12, 1977
Here, Nita Huber stands smiling in front of the sign for her business, the King's Drive In in Tacoma. The sign advertises the restaurant's coffee, selling for only 5 cents a cup. In 1977, when this photo was taken, the price of coffee had risen to $3 per pound and most restaurants in the region charged 30 cents or more…
ID Number:2000.107.19770113.1.15
Date:1977
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Jeanette Woldseth, first female career firefighter in Washington State, February 1977
Twenty-three-year-old Jeanette Woldseth badly wanted to be a professional firefighter. Daughter and granddaughter of fire fighters, she volunteered with the Bellevue Fire Department while managing a drive-in theater. Two years of persistence finally paid off, and she graduated from the department’s training course in February 1977, becoming the first full-time female career fire fighter in a major Washington fire department.…
ID Number:2000.107.19770200.11.33
Date:1977
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Mardi Gras parade, Seattle, February 19, 1977
In 1977, Seattle held its first Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) celebration in Occidental Park, Pioneer Square. The event lasted for five days and was peaceful during the day but got unruly at night. This image shows revelers on a street in Pioneer Square, including one wearing a patterned onesie and another sporting a white suit, cape, face paint, and a…
ID Number:2000.107.19770219.1.22
Date:1977
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Mardi Gras parade, Seattle, February 19, 1977
In 1977, Seattle held its first Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) celebration in Occidental Park, Pioneer Square. The event lasted for five days and was peaceful during the day but got unruly at night. This image shows revelers on a street in Pioneer Square, including a man with a dummy in a wagon pulled by a child. Caption information source: The…
ID Number:2000.107.19770219.1.26
Date:1977
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Mardi Gras parade, Seattle, February 19, 1977
In 1977, Seattle held its first Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) celebration in Occidental Park, Pioneer Square. The event lasted for five days and was peaceful during the day but got unruly at night. This image shows revelers on a street in Pioneer Square, including a man playing a euphonium, possibly as part of a band. Behind the euphonium player are…
ID Number:2000.107.19770219.1.28
Date:1977
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Judge Kathleen Bishop outside the Nisqually Tribe Community Church where she holds court, 1977
Kathleen L. Bishop Turner (1915-1978), a member of the Snohomish Tribe, was active in Native American affairs throughout her life, following in the footsteps of her father, Senator William Bishop, who was the first Native American to serve in the Washington State Legislature. She devoted most of her live to the preservation and promotion of Native American traditions and culture.…
ID Number:2000.107.19770420.1.38
Date:1977