3224 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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Shoppers in the International District, Seattle, April 5, 1997
Seattle's Chinatown - International District (CID) has been home to Asian American communities since the late 1800s. The original Chinatown was located directly south of Pioneer Square, but was pushed east to the CID's current location by construction on 2nd Avenue in the 1920s. At this time, the CID was home to flourishing communities of Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino immigrants…
ID Number:2000.107.19970405.2.28
Date:1997
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Ken Nakano, Jefferson Award Winner, Kirkland, April 7, 1997
In April 1997, a panel chose five Washingtonians to receive the state’s Jefferson Award. One of these was Ken Nakano, an American citizen who survived the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima. Among other things, Nakano was nominated for his work on behalf of Pacific Northwest residents harmed by radiation from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, his campaign for reparations for Japanese Americans…
ID Number:2000.107.19970407.7.13
Date:1997
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Rafael Carrabba in his Queen Anne shop, April 9, 1997
Rafael Carrabba Violins opened in 1985 on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. Carrabba, whose parents were musicians, had his first apprenticeship at age 12 when he worked at David Saunders' violin shop in Seattle, learning enough by age 13 to make himself a violin. Over the next 20 years, he continued to work with master violin makers in Chicago, Philadelphia,…
ID Number:2000.107.19970409.19.11
Date:1997
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David Van Zandt with a cello at his Ballard shop, April 9, 1997
David Van Zandt is a professional violin maker who works with the traditional methods, materials, and forms of the master violin makers of the 17th and 18th centuries. After graduating from the Violin Making School in Salt Lake City in 1983, Van Zandt worked with historical instruments in a New York City violin shop, developing his skills in repair and…
ID Number:2000.107.19970409.20.06
Date:1997
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Tyree Giles with "Goosebumps" books, Seattle, April 9, 1997
In the 1990s, the Goosebumps horror books by R.L. Stine were among the most popular children's books in the US. The series was praised for holding young readers' attention all the way through, and one school librarian credited this to their structure: "Every chapter is a cliffhanger, so the kids want to read that next chapter." However, some adults found…
ID Number:2000.107.19970409.22.06
Date:1997
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Gary Locke signing bill to make the dragonfly the state insect, April 10, 1997
In September 1996, students at Crestwood Elementary began a campaign for Washington to name an official state insect. They narrowed their choices to the dragonfly, the ladybug, or the green lacewing, then sent ballots to 500 other elementary schools across Washington. The dragonfly decisively won, taking 15,000 of the 25,000 votes cast. After the state's children decided on the dragonfly,…
ID Number:2000.107.19970410.15.25
Date:1997
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Skateboarder at the Seattle Center skateboard park, Seattle, April 11, 1997
Seattle Center’s skateboard park at Fifth Avenue and Republican Street opened on April 12th, 1997. The opening was scheduled to coincide with the start of Seattle’s spring school break. Here, a skateboarder tries out the new facility on the day before the official opening. Caption information source: “Head over wheels", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 12, 1997, page A3.
ID Number:2000.107.19970411.12.31
Date:1997
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Governor Gary Locke and health care program supporters, Olympia, April 22, 1997
The Washington state legislature established a pilot program in 1987 to provide health care insurance to low-income working families who didn’t qualify for Medicaid. In 1993, the Basic Health Program was expanded statewide and it grew a bit further in 1995. In 1997, the Republican legislature pushed to freeze the program at 1995 levels and to increase premiums and copayments.…
ID Number:2000.107.19970422.10.13
Date:1997
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Rick Murdock, CEO of CellPro Inc., Bothell, April 22, 1997
Rick Murdock founded CellPro Inc. to develop new cancer treatments. The company’s first project was a process to separate, purify, and concentrate stem cells from bone marrow that could then be transferred into patients to treat lymphoma, breast cancer, and multiple myeloma. Unexpectedly, Murdock developed a type of cancer that CellPro’s product could treat. At about the same time, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19970422.13.09
Date:1997
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Kate Starbird at her signing for the Seattle Reign, April 22, 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:2000.107.19970422.15.29a
Date:1997