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Image of Group building Tent City near Kingdome, Seattle, November 21, 1990
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Group building Tent City near Kingdome, Seattle, November 21, 1990

This image was taken as people experiencing homelessness construct what became known as "Tent City" in an attempt to alleviate a shortage of emergency shelter in downtown Seattle. By the following week about 50 people were camped at the site near the Kingdome, drawing attention to the loss of emergency shelter space from the previous year and a growing homeless…
ID Number:2000.107.257.11.01
Date:1990
Image of Man removing belongings from Tent City, Seattle, December 10, 1990
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Man removing belongings from Tent City, Seattle, December 10, 1990

This image was taken as Doug Castle, an unemployed fisherman from Dallas, collects some of his belongings from Seattle's Tent City. The site near the Kingdome had provided emergency shelter for some of the homeless population since November 21. Mr. Castle, a leader of the group Share (Seattle Housing and Resource Effort), and the other inhabitants were moving to a…
ID Number:2000.107.257.11.02
Date:1990
Image of Man cleaning camp under Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, August 21, 1984
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Man cleaning camp under Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, August 21, 1984

In this image Keith Ganyo, a former Marine, tidies up around the shelter that he and eight other people experiencing homelessness created under the Alaska Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle. Caption information written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.257.11.03
Date:1984
Image of Couple sitting under freeway overpass, Seattle, April 14, 1987
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Couple sitting under freeway overpass, Seattle, April 14, 1987

In this image Joe Minish and his companion Jody huddle in blankets in their camp under the Pine Street overpass in downtown Seattle. Keith Roy Ganyo, left, a former Marine, crawls out of a hole under the bridge abutment where the group stores their belongings. This camp was one of about 30 around the city where people experiencing homelessness were…
ID Number:2000.107.257.11.04
Date:1987
Image of Men boarding bus to homeless shelter, Seattle, November 11, 1985
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Men boarding bus to homeless shelter, Seattle, November 11, 1985

In this image a few of an estimated 100 hungry and cold men experiencing homelessness board a bus under the Alaskan Way Viaduct at King Street in downtown Seattle to go to a shelter on Pier 36. Caption information written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.257.11.05
Date:1985
Image of Man sitting in temporary shelter, Seattle, April 16, 1987
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Man sitting in temporary shelter, Seattle, April 16, 1987

In this image, Robert McCloud Menzemer sits looking out from his new "home" in a hedge near Interstate 5 in downtown Seattle. Earlier in the week the state Department of Transportation had evicted Mr. Menzemer and others from their makeshift shelters underneath freeway overpasses. Caption information written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.257.11.06
Date:1987
Image of Man sitting in temporary shelter, Seattle, May 1, 1991
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Man sitting in temporary shelter, Seattle, May 1, 1991

In this image Tony, a resident of "The Ranch," a tent city temporarily located on Beacon Hill in Seattle, sits in the doorway of his makeshift home. The Ranch was made up of seven huts constructed of scavenged wood and plastic built in a wooded area near South Dearborn Street and 12th Avenue South. Caption information written by Post-Intelligencer staff…
ID Number:2000.107.257.11.07
Date:1991
Image of Participants sing at service honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Seattle, January 15, 1985
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Participants sing at service honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Seattle, January 15, 1985

In this image, hundreds of people attending a service in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. join hands as they sing "We Shall Overcome" at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle, on what would have been Dr. King's 56th birthday. Caption information written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.260.01.01
Date:1985
Image of Marchers walking in tribute on Martin Luther King. Jr. Day , Seattle, January 21, 1991
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Marchers walking in tribute on Martin Luther King. Jr. Day , Seattle, January 21, 1991

In this image marchers in Seattle walk down Martin Luther King Jr. Way from Garfield High School to Rainier Valley on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Caption information written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.260.01.02
Date:1991
Image of Boxers Boone Kirkman and Ron Lyle, Seattle, August 26, 1974
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Boxers Boone Kirkman and Ron Lyle, Seattle, August 26, 1974

Heavyweight boxer Daniel Victor "Boone" Kirkman (1945-) earned his nickname from his father during his childhood in Washington State, where he liked to hike, fish, hunt, and observe plants and animals. Kirkman grew up in Renton, and at age 14 began commuting to Seattle's Cherry Street gym to train in boxing. Kirkman slowly built a reputation at local events, and…
ID Number:2000.107.260.01.03
Date:1974
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