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James Washington Jr. explaining his work to Lee Carnett, Seattle, April 1972
James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.227.20.02
Date:1972
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James Washington Jr. presenting sculpture "Flame of Enlightenment", Seattle, December 3, 1973
James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.227.20.03
Date:1973
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James Washington Jr. sculpture "Oracle of Truth" outside Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, December 8, 1987
James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.227.21.01
Date:1987
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James Washington Jr. with his sculpture "Falcon with Egg on Obelisk", February 1983
James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.227.21.02
Date:1983
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James Washington Jr. with his sculpture "Falcon with Egg on Obelisk", February 1983
James Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a sculptor and painter who became associated with the Northwest School of artists in Seattle. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Seattle in 1944 to work for the Navy during World War II. Washington was largely self-taught and he believed this lack of formal training was essential to his artistic success. In the…
ID Number:2000.107.227.21.03
Date:1983
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Second Liberty Loan poster outside The Bon Marche, Seattle, October 14, 1917
In 1917, during World War I, the U.S. government borrowed money to pay for the war effort by selling war bonds, known as Liberty Bonds. The Second Liberty Loan aimed to raise $3 billion. During the Second Liberty Loan campaign, a huge replica of a James Montgomery Flagg recruiting poster stood outside the Bon Marche in downtown Seattle. The image…
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.02
Date:1917
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Celebration at Liberty Loan headquarters, Seattle, October 28, 1917
In 1917, during World War I, the U.S. government borrowed money to pay for the war effort by selling war bonds, known as Liberty Bonds. The Second Liberty Loan aimed to raise $3 billion. During the Second Liberty Loan campaign, a 40-foot replica of a James Montgomery Flagg recruiting poster stood in downtown Seattle. The image was gradually completed as…
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.05
Date:1917
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Peggy Maze, director of Neighbors in Need, announcing run for State Senate, Seattle, June 27, 1974
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Boeing Bust and national economic problems caused severe unemployment and poverty in Seattle and elsewhere. Peggy Maze of Seattle volunteered with an emergency assistance group, Neighbors in Need, and later became its director. NIN grew into a network of 80 food banks in 20 Washington counties. The project was so successful that…
ID Number:2000.107.19740628.1.22A
Date:1974
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Police escorting three protesters from the South African consulate, Seattle, June 14, 1986
When South Africa’s National Party came to power in 1948, the white leadership put extreme laws in place forcing the country’s racial groups to live and develop separately. These “apartheid” laws caused much hardship and resentment. The growth of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950s brought attention to apartheid, and in the 1970s and 80s,…
ID Number:2000.107.19860614.1.33
Date:1986
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Ras Bongo protesting in front of the South African Consulate's home, Seattle, July 17, 1988
When South Africa’s National Party came to power in 1948, the white leadership put extreme laws in place forcing the country’s racial groups to live and develop separately. These “apartheid” laws caused much hardship and resentment. The growth of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States in the 1950s brought attention to apartheid, and in the 1970s and 80s,…
ID Number:2000.107.19880717.1.37
Date:1988