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James Kelly standing outside building, Seattle, November 8, 1991
James Kelly came to Seattle from his native Illinois in 1976, and received a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Washington in 1980. Kelly worked as an investigator for Washington State Child Protective Services, and in the Seattle City Attorney’s Office, before being appointed by Governor Booth Gardner to head the newly created Commission on African-American Affairs…
ID Number:2000.107.103.19.02
Date:1991
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Cherry Kinoshita holding symbol of Japanese American incarceration, Seattle, July 22, 1988
Born in Seattle, Cherry Tanaka Kinoshita (1923-2008) was incarcerated at Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. She married, returned to Seattle in 1950, and raised a family. Kinoshita was particularly active in efforts to obtain an apology and reparations from the United States government for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1980, Kinoshita became a founder of the…
ID Number:2000.107.105.35.01
Date:1988
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Cherry Kinoshita, Seattle, July 22, 1988
Born in Seattle, Cherry Tanaka Kinoshita (1923-2008) was interned at Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. She married, returned to Seattle in 1950, and raised a family. Kinoshita was particularly active in efforts obtain an apology and reparations from the United States government for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1980, Kinoshita became a founder of the Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.105.35.02
Date:1988
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Roberto Maestas, Larry Gossett and others celebrating in restaurant , Seattle, December 26, 1972
Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 75-day…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.01
Date:1972
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Roberto Maestas being escorted out of mayor's office, Seattle, April 5, 1973
Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 75-day…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.02
Date:1973
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Roberto Maestas speaking to city council members, Seattle, June 11, 1974
Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 75-day…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.03
Date:1974
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Amanda Van Orden protesting Metro pollution, Seattle, May 18, 1989
In this image Yelm resident Amanda Van Orden was one of 400 protesting outside the Metro Council chambers at 720 Third Avenue in downtown Seattle. The demonstration was in support of salmon in the Nisqually River rather than the proposed runoff from a Metro plan to spray sewage sludge on 2,200 acres of Thurston County forest land near the river.…
ID Number:2000.107.124.28.01
Date:1989
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Metro drivers inspecting prototype kneeling bus, Seattle, March, 1975
In this image, the Rohn Industries Transbus, one of three prototype transit buses built by U. S. firms for possible production in the 1980s, gets the once-over from Metro drivers as it "knelt" on its air suspension system, allowing near-level entry up a front door wheelchair ramp. At the time Metro, was planning to replace its fleet of buses and…
ID Number:2000.107.124.28.02
Date:1975
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Sam Mason coordinating Metro traffic communications, Seattle, December 14, 1987
In this image, Sam Mason, traffic coordinator for Metro Transit, operates one of the communication consoles that connects headquarters with metro drivers, mechanics, and the police. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph
ID Number:2000.107.124.31.01
Date:1987
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Artists posing with their political ad campaign on Metro bus, Seattle, October 23, 1984
In this image, members of Working Artists for a Democratic Alternative (WADA) stand near “Take the Mask Off,” their campaign to support the Mondale/Ferraro presidential campaign, featuring a graphic of President Reagan removing a smiley-face mask to reveal a monster. The ad campaign was carried by more than two dozen Metro Transit buses in King County and was available as…
ID Number:2000.107.124.31.02
Date:1984