3251 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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Maggie Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panthers, Seattle, March 1, 1976
Margaret Elizabeth (“Maggie”) Kuhn (1905-1995) was a lifelong activist for human rights, economic justice, and more. In 1970, at age 65, she was forced out of her position with the United Presbyterian Church (USA) due to the church’s mandatory retirement policy. Kuhn and several other women who had retired under similar circumstances founded a group to advocate against ageism and…
ID Number:2000.107.19760301.1.11
Date:1976
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Maggie Kuhn, founder of the Gray Panthers, Seattle, March 1, 1976
Margaret Elizabeth (“Maggie”) Kuhn (1905-1995) was a lifelong activist for human rights, economic justice, and more. In 1970, at age 65, she was forced out of her position with the United Presbyterian Church (USA) due to the church’s mandatory retirement policy. Kuhn and several other women who had retired under similar circumstances founded a group to advocate against ageism and…
ID Number:2000.107.19760301.1.13
Date:1976
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Dancers rehearsing for the opening of the Kingdome, Seattle, March 21, 1976
Seattle’s covered Kingdome stadium opened March 27, 1976, with a grand celebration featuring some 7,000 participants. Twenty-one of the region’s ethnic organizations participated in the event, including the Seattle Chinese Girls’ Drill Team, and the Seattle Chinese Community Dragon. In this image, costumed members of the Girls’ Drill Team stand in lines as they watch the Community Dragon dancers rehearse.…
ID Number:2000.107.19760321.1.11
Date:1976
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Japanese group Tokiwa-Kai practicing for the opening of the Kingdome, Seattle, March 21, 1976
Seattle’s covered Kingdome stadium opened March 27, 1976, with a grand celebration featuring some 7,000 participants. Twenty-one of the region’s ethnic organizations participated in the event, including the Tokiwa-kai Japanese classical and folk dance group of Seattle. Here, with their parasols and whirling fabric, members of Tokiwa-kai rehearse for their big performance at the Kingdome. Caption information source: “Kingdome Spotlights…
ID Number:2000.107.19760321.1.22
Date:1976
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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