3224 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Debbie Osburn of the Seattle Reign basketball team, December 30, 1996
The Seattle Reign were the first professional women’s basketball team in Seattle, playing from 1996 to 1998 in the American Basketball League (ABL). The ABL was founded in 1996, with Seattle as one of eight founding teams. The league collapsed partway through the 1998 season under the financial pressure of competing with the rival Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), which…
ID Number:2000.107.19961230.19.18
Date:1996
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Seattle Reign players during game vs. San Jose Lasers, Seattle, January 19, 1997
The Seattle Reign were the first professional women’s basketball team in Seattle, playing from 1996 to 1998 in the American Basketball League (ABL). The ABL was founded in 1996, with Seattle as one of eight founding teams. The league collapsed partway through the 1998 season under the financial pressure of competing with the rival Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), which…
ID Number:2000.107.19970119.6.05
Date:1997
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Seattle Reign players during game vs. San Jose Lasers, Seattle, January 19, 1997
The Seattle Reign were the first professional women’s basketball team in Seattle, playing from 1996 to 1998 in the American Basketball League (ABL). The ABL was founded in 1996, with Seattle as one of eight founding teams. The league collapsed partway through the 1998 season under the financial pressure of competing with the rival Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), which…
ID Number:2000.107.19970119.6.12
Date:1997
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Children in Martin Luther King Day march, Seattle, January 20, 1997
Approximately 1000 people participated in the 1997 march to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 20, 1997. That year, MLK Day fell the day after Bill Clinton's inauguration for his second term as US President, and the march began at Garfield High School with speakers condemning Clinton's recently announced welfare cuts. Rather than limiting aid to those most…
ID Number:2000.107.19970120.7.06
Date:1997
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Martin Luther King Day march, Seattle, January 20, 1997
Approximately 1000 people participated in the 1997 march to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 20, 1997. That year, MLK Day fell the day after Bill Clinton's inauguration for his second term as US President, and the march began at Garfield High School with speakers condemning Clinton's recently announced welfare cuts. Rather than limiting aid to those most…
ID Number:2000.107.19970120.8.04
Date:1997
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Artists at the Street Life Gallery, Seattle, March 10, 1997
In March 1991, Catholic Community Services opened the Street Life Gallery, a co-op for unhoused artists in Seattle’s Belltown district. The artists ran the gallery and found it to be a friendly and supportive space. They paid nothing for materials and were able to keep 100% of their sales. Artworks were regularly featured in Real Change, a newspaper produced by…
ID Number:2000.107.19970124.15.20
Date:1997
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Bronka Serebrin at boutique closing party, Seattle, January 29, 1997
Bronislawa "Bronka" Kohn Serebrin (1925-2008) was a fashion expert, the longtime owner of a clothing boutique, and a survivor of the Holocaust. Born in Lodz, Poland, Serebrin survived six years in various camps before being liberated from Mauthausen in May 1945 at age 18. Serebrin moved to the US after World War II and became involved in fashion retailing. In…
ID Number:2000.107.19970129.7.08
Date:1997
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People on bicycles at Critical Mass event, Seattle, February 7, 1997
“Critical Mass” bicycle demonstrations began in San Francisco in 1992 to protest the challenges of bike riders in car traffic. In Seattle, monthly protests began to take place during rush hour. This photo shows Critical Mass cyclists pausing to chat during an event in downtown Seattle. Cyclists had tangled with police near Westlake Center a week earlier, but this rally…
ID Number:2000.107.19970207.10.03
Date:1997
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Critical Mass demonstration, Seattle, February 7, 1997
“Critical Mass” bicycle demonstrations began in San Francisco in 1992 to protest the challenges of bike riders in car traffic. In Seattle, monthly protests began to take place during rush hour. This overhead view of a Critical Mass rally at Fourth Avenue and Pine Street was taken from the balcony of Westlake Center. Cyclists had tangled with police near Westlake…
ID Number:2000.107.19970207.11.15
Date:1997
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Ssi Yun being sworn in at naturalization ceremony, Seattle, February 12, 1997
In the 1990s, federal welfare reform eliminated food stamps and disability payments for legal immigrants who had previously been covered. An estimated 11,000 Washingtonians lost disability payments, and about 38,000 lost access to food stamps. In response, many immigrants hurried to gain US citizenship in order to keep their benefits. In 1997, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) office in…
ID Number:2000.107.19970212.1.05
Date:1997