538 results for: Clubs and Organizations
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Two Seattle Junior League members with art works, Seattle, April 1971
For more than a century, Junior League members have confronted society’s most pressing issues and tackled its toughest problems, leaving an unrivaled legacy of reform. Since its inception in 1923, members of the Junior League of Seattle (JLS) have worked to improve our community through mission-driven projects and hands-on work with many community partners.Over the years, the Northwest Art Project…
ID Number:2000.107.101.36.04
Date:1971
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Norleen Koponen, state director of N.O.W., Seattle, October 24, 1990
This photo shows Norleen Koponen, Washington state director of the National Organization for Women (N.O.W.) and executive director of the Seattle chapter, in her office the day before N.O.W. leaders celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Seattle chapter. Over those 20 years, the chapter had brought big changes to the rights of women, including giving married women the legal right…
ID Number:2000.107.107.28.01
Date:1990
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Korean senior citizens at Lakewood Community Center, January 1990
In the early 1970s, a group of Korean wives of American servicemen at what is now Joint Base Lewis-McChord began to gather to share meals, support, and cultural fellowship. By 1979, the group had incorporated as the Tacoma Korean Women’s Association, and in 1990, they became the Korean Women’s Association of Washington State. Over the years, the KWA has run…
ID Number:2000.107.107.32.05
Date:1990
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Hua Ok Pak eating lunch at Lakewood Community Center, January 1990
In the early 1970s, a group of Korean wives of American servicemen at what is now Joint Base Lewis-McChord began to gather to share meals, support, and cultural fellowship. By 1979, the group had incorporated as the Tacoma Korean Women’s Association, and in 1990, they became the Korean Women’s Association of Washington State. Over the years, the KWA has run…
ID Number:2000.107.107.32.06
Date:1990
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Three Washington state Klansmen at rally, Seattle, circa 1923
A resurgence of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) movement between 1915 and the mid-1920s, in what historians call the "Second Klan," reached all 48 states, with membership over four million in the mid-1920s. Although the Klan's core belief in white supremacy, at least with regard to African Americans, had less resonance in Washington State, by 1921 there was a ready audience…
ID Number:2000.107.108.16.01
Date:Circa 1923
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Luther Powell sitting at desk in Klan robes, circa 1923
A resurgence of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) movement between 1915 and the mid-1920s, in what historians call the "Second Klan," reached all 48 states, with membership over four million in the mid-1920s. Although the Klan's core belief in white supremacy, at least with regard to African Americans, had less resonance in Washington State, by 1921 there was a ready audience…
ID Number:2000.107.108.16.02
Date:1923
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Klansmen at event at Crystal Pool, Seattle, March 23, 1923
A resurgence of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) movement between 1915 and the mid-1920s, in what historians call the "Second Klan," reached all 48 states, with membership over four million in the mid-1920s. Although the Klan's core belief in white supremacy, at least with regard to African Americans, had less resonance in Washington State, by 1921 there was a ready audience…
ID Number:2000.107.108.16.03
Date:1923
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Klansmen at event at Crystal Pool, Seattle, March 23, 1923
A resurgence of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) movement between 1915 and the mid-1920s, in what historians call the "Second Klan," reached all 48 states, with membership over four million in the mid-1920s. Although the Klan's core belief in white supremacy, at least with regard to African Americans, had less resonance in Washington State, by 1921 there was a ready audience…
ID Number:2000.107.108.16.04
Date:1923
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Klansmen at initiation ceremony at Wilson Station, Renton, July 14, 1923
A resurgence of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) movement between 1915 and the mid-1920s, in what historians call the "Second Klan," reached all 48 states, with membership over four million in the mid-1920s. Although the Klan's core belief in white supremacy, at least with regard to African Americans, had less resonance in Washington State, by 1921 there was a ready audience…
ID Number:2000.107.108.16.05
Date:1923
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Klansmen at initiation ceremony at Wilson Station, Renton, July 14, 1923
A resurgence of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) movement between 1915 and the mid-1920s, in what historians call the "Second Klan," reached all 48 states, with membership over four million in the mid-1920s. Although the Klan's core belief in white supremacy, at least with regard to African Americans, had less resonance in Washington State, by 1921 there was a ready audience…
ID Number:2000.107.108.16.06
Date:1923