472 results for: Celebrations
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Traditional Indigenous ceremony honoring first salmon of the season, Seattle, November 9, 2002
In November of 2002 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer completed a six-month investigation into the ecological health of the Puget Sound. They published their findings in a series of articles from November 18-22, outlining the ways in which recent efforts to curtail dumping and pollution had failed to negate decades of human-caused damage to sea life and the marine environment.In this image,…
ID Number:2000.107.20021101.CD01.011
Date:2002
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New Year's fireworks show at Space Needle, Seattle, January 1, 2003
Seattle's Space Needle has hosted a fireworks show annually since 1982, with the pyrotechnics mounted along the entire Space Needle structure. This image captures the January 2003 New Year's Space Needle fireworks display at Seattle Center, with the iconic structure transformed into a huge fireworks show. Caption information source: "At the needle, grins from year to year - Air of…
ID Number:2000.107.20021231.CD04.02.001
Date:2002
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Apolo Ohno signing autograph for a fan at P-I Sports Star banquet, Seattle, January 27, 2003
Apolo Ohno (b. 1982) is a retired short-track speed skating competitor. Ohno won eight Olympic medals, was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame in 2017 and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2019. Born and raised in Seattle, Ohno began swimming and quad-speed rolling skating at age 6, and committed to short-track speed skating at age 13.…
ID Number:2000.107.200301.CD01.41.001
Date:2003
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Hope Solo at P-I Sports Star banquet, Seattle, January 27, 2003
Hope Solo (b. 1981) is a retired American soccer goalkeeper. Born in Richmond, Washington, Solo attended the University of Washington, where she played with the Husky team from 1999-2002, and was named Pac-10 Player of the Year in her sophomore year. After college, she played professionally for teams in the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) and Women's Professional Soccer (WPS)…
ID Number:2000.107.200301.CD01.41.002
Date:2003
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Spectators watch Lion Dance performers at Tet festival at Seattle Center, January 25, 2003
Tet, or Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is celebrated annually at the Seattle Center where festivities begin with a lion dance and continue with cooking demonstrations, music workshops, photo exhibits, martial arts, arts and crafts for kids, and Vietnamese Opera performances. In traditional Vietnamese culture, the first three days of the new year represent what will happen the rest of the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030126.CD02.01.001
Date:2003
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Spectators watch Lion Dance performers during Tet festival at Seattle Center, January 25, 2003
Tet, or Vietnamese Lunar New Year, is celebrated annually at the Seattle Center where festivities begin with a lion dance and continue with cooking demonstrations, music workshops, photo exhibits, martial arts, arts and crafts for kids, and Vietnamese Opera performances. In traditional Vietnamese culture, the first three days of the new year represent what will happen the rest of the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030126.CD02.01.002
Date:2003
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May Day family picnic flier, Seattle, May 4, 1975
On May 4, 1975, Seattle area Asian and Pacific Island workers were invited to a potluck picnic at Seward Park that included a pig roast, recreation, cultural presentations and speakers. May Day, also known as International Workers Day, aims to build international working class unity.The flier for the event is printed in Tagalog (Filipino), Chinese and English. Sponsors included groups…
ID Number:2002.23.1.32.2
Date:1975
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March for Women's Rights flier, Seattle, August 26, 1978
Women's Equality Day, celebrated in the U.S. on August 26, commemorates the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote. First celebrated in 1973, the day is proclaimed each year by the United States President, and marked by celebrations, as well as protests and marches.This flier advertises the August 26, 1978 Women's Rights March in Seattle,…
ID Number:2002.23.3.99.1
Date:1978
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South African Women's Day poster, August 12, 1978
The poster pictured here advertises the South Africa Women's Day celebration, an event that featured a talk by Joyce Messenheimer of Cape Town, entertainment by the July 26 Choreopoets and Gwiny'ai on M'bira, as well as African drumming and dancing. Caption information source: http://africanactivist.msu.edu/document_metadata.php?objectid=32-130-1AA6Caption information source: http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv10271Caption information source: http://www.historylink.org/File/4173
ID Number:2002.23.8.1.1
Date:1978
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30th Annual Black Community Festival poster, 1982
For over 70 years, Seattle’s Black community has a held a summer festival that was part of Seattle's International Festival, now Seafair. The first, in 1952, was called the East Madison/East Union Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras later transformed into the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, and in 1997 it became the Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival.This poster advertises the 30th…
ID Number:2002.23.8.1.3
Date:1982