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Image of Last Guns and Eagle Plume, Seattle, November 2, 1961
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Last Guns and Eagle Plume, Seattle, November 2, 1961

In this image, Last Guns (James White Calf, Sr.), the oldest man in the Blackfeet Nation at 103, holds a traditional headdress while sitting next to his son, Eagle Plume (James White Calf, Jr.). He traveled from Browing, Montana, to Seattle to present the headdress to President John F. Kennedy, who was in Seattle on November 16 to deliver a…
ID Number:2000.107.095.27.05
Date:1961
Image of Sbeebayoo (Billy) and Ellen Phillips, Seattle, January 8, 1910
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Sbeebayoo (Billy) and Ellen Phillips, Seattle, January 8, 1910

In 1910 Chief Si'ahl's (Chief Seattle) nephew, Sbeebayoo (known as "Indian Billy" Phillips) and his wife Ellen (1812-1910), members of the Duwamish Tribe, were struggling to survive in their home at the foot of Stacy Street, just south of the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporters seized the story, describing how Sbeebayoo's camping places along the Puget Sound shoreline had…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.04
Date:1910
Image of Ellen Phillips in doorway of her home, Seattle, May 10, 1910
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Ellen Phillips in doorway of her home, Seattle, May 10, 1910

In 1910 Chief Si'ahl's (Chief Seattle) nephew, Sbeebayoo (known as "Indian Billy" Phillips) and his wife Ellen (1812-1910), members of the Duwamish Tribe, were struggling to survive in their home at the foot of Stacy Street, just south of the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporters seized the story, describing how Sbeebayoo's camping places along the Puget Sound shoreline had…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.05
Date:1910
Image of Dick Gregory on Nisqually River, March 1, 1966
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Dick Gregory on Nisqually River, March 1, 1966

Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory (1932-2017) was an American comedian and civil rights activist who helped call attention to Washington State laws restricting Native American rights. The "fish wars" as they were known at the time, led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Dick Gregory, foreground, sits…
ID Number:2000.107.095.30.02
Date:1966
Image of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island in back of military truck, March 31, 1942
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Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island in back of military truck, March 31, 1942

In this image Seijiro Nakamura, second from left, and his children are shown seated in an army truck with Private Tony Bova. The elderly man on the right is Kihachi Hirakawa, pastor of the Japanese church at Winslow. The minister had held his final services three days before in the church he built with is own labor more than forty…
ID Number:2000.107.098.21.01
Date:1942
Image of Young girl performing Crown Dance at Sand Point Community Church, Seattle, January 23, 1977
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Young girl performing Crown Dance at Sand Point Community Church, Seattle, January 23, 1977

In late January 1977, Seattle's Sand Point Community Church celebrated Korea Day. Korean families entertained attendees with dances, a fashion show of traditional costumes, movies, and language lessons. Here, Young-Mi Song performs the Crown Dance. Sand Point Community Church, in northeast Seattle, was founded sometime around 1944. It is now known as Sand Point Community United Methodist Church. Caption information…
ID Number:2000.107.107.32.04
Date:1977
Image of Janet McCloud, Lillian Gregory, and Jack Tanner at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968
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Janet McCloud, Lillian Gregory, and Jack Tanner at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968

Janet Joy "Yet-Si-Blue" (Renecker) McCloud (1934-2003) was a Tulalip tribe member and an Indigenous activist who was prominent in the "fish wars" that led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Janet McCloud, left, and Jack Tanner, right, and Lillian Gregory, center, speak at a press conference…
ID Number:2000.107.121.09.02
Date:1968
Image of Bystanders heckling UW Student Peace Union picketers, Seattle, October 23, 1962
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Bystanders heckling UW Student Peace Union picketers, Seattle, October 23, 1962

The Student Peace Union (SPU) was a nationwide student organization active on college campuses in the United States from 1959 to 1964. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, chapters across the country held protests against the nuclear testing they felt would lead to war. After the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1963 the SPU, whose identity was bound up…
ID Number:2000.107.141.13.01
Date:1962
Image of Supporters for clemency for Don White holding picket signs, Olympia, March 23, 1964
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Supporters for clemency for Don White holding picket signs, Olympia, March 23, 1964

Don Anthony White, a Black man convicted of murdering two people in Seattle in 1959, was sentenced to death on July 18, 1960, by the King County Superior Court. A series of demonstrations supporting clemency for Mr. White led to a retrial in 1966 where he was again found guilty as charged and was sentenced to serve two concurrent terms…
ID Number:2000.107.141.13.02
Date:1964
Image of Worker oiling motor for Hammering Man sculpture, Seattle, May 10, 1993
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Worker oiling motor for Hammering Man sculpture, Seattle, May 10, 1993

Hammering Man is a series of monumental kinetic sculptures designed by Jonathan Borofsky which have been installed in various cities around the world. Seattle's Hammering Man is a 48-foot-tall metal sculpture created for the entrance to the new Seattle Art Museum (SAM) at University Street and 1st Avenue. The piece features a motorized left arm which hammers four times a…
ID Number:2000.107.164.37.01
Date:1993
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