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Ron Sims after election to King County Executive, November 4, 1997
In 1985, Ronald Cordell "Ron" Sims (1948-) became the first African American elected to county government in Washington state, winning a seat on the King County Council. He served on the council for three terms and in 1996 was appointed to fill King County Executive Gary Locke's position when he became Washington State Governor; he was re-elected in 1997, 2001…
ID Number:2000.107.19971104.1.31
Date:1997
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Ron Sims after election to King County Executive, November 4, 1997
In 1985, Ronald Cordell "Ron" Sims (1948-) became the first African American elected to county government in Washington state, winning a seat on the King County Council. He served on the council for three terms and in 1996 was appointed to fill King County Executive Gary Locke's position when he became Washington State Governor; he was re-elected in 1997, 2001…
ID Number:2000.107.19971104.3.05
Date:1997
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Harinder "Paul" Bains, with his son, Ikjot Bains, Seattle, June 21, 2002
Harinder "Paul" Bains and his two brothers Gurinder and Gagandeep immigrated to Washington from India in 1987, seeking freedom from religious persecution. The brothers settled in Okanogan, became US citizens, and started a gas station and gasoline transport business called Flying B. In 2000, they complained to oil company Arco alleging racial and religious discrimination while contracting with Arco. The…
ID Number:2000.107.20020621.CD02.001
Date:2002
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Martell Webster with family at home, Edmonds, January 13, 2003
Martell Webster (b. 1986) is a former professional basketball player who played 10 seasons in the NBA (National Basketball Association). Born in Edmonds and raised in Seattle, the 6’6” tall Webster was a high school basketball star for Seattle Prep, and was the first freshman to lead Prep in scoring and rebounding. Webster was recruited from high school directly into…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD02.01.001
Date:2003
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Youth Advocates poster, Seattle, 1979
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, problems with teen runaways and drug use in Seattle and King County led to the formation of Youth Advocates. The group advocated setting up counseling and training centers, modernizing the juvenile justice system, and dealing with family problems before young people ran away from home. By 1980, it had become part of United…
ID Number:2002.23.8.7.2
Date:1979
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Lou Whittaker at his home in Ashford, Washington, April 1975
Lou Whittaker (1929-2024) and his identical twin brother Jim are often referred to as "the first family of mountaineering." The twins first started climbing at age 12 and began mountain rescue work in the Washington Cascades in 1948. In 1969, Lou went on to co-found Rainier Mountaineering, Inc., now known as RMI Expeditions, and spent decades guiding thousands of people…
ID Number:2002.46.6756.12
Date:1975
Poster
"My Soldier - Buy United States Government Bonds - Third Liberty Loan" poster, 1918
This poster was created by artist H.H. Green in 1918 to encourage Americans to buy war bonds for the Third Liberty Loan. It features a US flag design with biplanes in the upper corners and an illustration in the center showing a mother and child praying for the safety of a soldier in their family, whose portrait is behind them.…
ID Number:2008.3.8
Date:1918
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Interior of Bagdad Theatre, Seattle, circa 1927
Seattle's Bagdad Theatre operated from 1927-1947 at one of the Ballard neighborhood's most significant buildings, located on the northwest corner of Market Street and 22nd Avenue NW. The building was designed by local architect Frederick J. Peters as the home of the Ballard chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.), an international non-profit organization founded in 1898 in Seattle.…
ID Number:2008.47.2
Date:Circa 1927
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View from First Hill toward Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1885
This view from First Hill looking west and north toward Elliott Bay was taken before the Great Seattle Fire in 1889. The large white building in the center of the frame is the Central School, built in 1883 at Sixth Avenue and Madison Street, and destroyed in an 1888 fire; just behind and to the right of Central School is…
ID Number:2008.54.16
Date:Circa 1885
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Native American couple posing outside of wooden shack, Seattle, circa 1900
Anders Beer Wilse (1865-1949) emigrated from Norway in 1884, arriving in Seattle in 1890 to work for the United States Geological Survey. Photography was an important part of his job, and in 1897 he decided to become a full time outdoor photographer. Until his return to Norway in 1900, Wilse took many photographs in and around Seattle, documenting the bustle…
ID Number:2011.1.156
Date:Circa 1900