3224 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Tap dance students in front of mirror TTAAPP Central, Seattle, January 2003
Darrlyn (Cook) Smith (1938-2002) and her husband Joseph Smith, both educators, relocated to Seattle from New Orleans in the early 1960s. In Seattle, Darrlyn Smith taught at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, where she kept a box of tap dance shoes in her classroom and taught tap to interested students during recess. Darrlyn and Joseph Smith later owned the…
ID Number:2000.107.20030114.CD07.004
Date:2003
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Haida drummers protesting salmon farming practices, Seattle, January 15, 2003
In this photo Haida drummers perform a song during a demonstration against the salmon farming industry in front of North American Pan Fish headquarters in Ballard. About 100 representatives of US and British Columbian fishing and conservation groups, along with Indigenous Alaskans and Northwest tribal peoples, participated in the protest. Opponents of salmon farms say they hurt sales of wild…
ID Number:2000.107.20030115.CD01.001
Date:2003
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De'Andra Charleston at the Magic Dragon fast-food restaurant, Seattle, January 16, 2003
The Urban Enterprise Center, a non-profit program of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce founded in 1933, worked with various organizations to create jobs, develop businesses, and improve racial understanding in south Seattle neighborhoods. By its 10-year anniversary in 2003, its successes included the placement of 7200 people in living wage jobs, $8 million in loans to small businesses, and…
ID Number:2000.107.20030116.CD02.01.001
Date:2003
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Owner Jae Oh waiting on customers at Magic Garden Chinese Eatery, Seattle, January 16, 2003
The Urban Enterprise Center, a non-profit program of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce founded in 1933, worked with various organizations to create jobs, develop businesses, and improve racial understanding in south Seattle neighborhoods. By its 10-year anniversary in 2003, its successes included the placement of 7200 people in living wage jobs, $8 million in loans to small businesses, and…
ID Number:2000.107.20030116.CD02.01.002
Date:2003
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Christian Wong serving customer at Chocolati Café, Seattle, January 17, 2003
Seattle entrepreneur Christian Wong bought Sutliff Candy and the former CBM Chocolate Co., creating Sutliff Candy & Promotions Co., a retail business specializing in confectionery treats. Wong expanded the business in 2003, opening the first Chocolati Cafe in the Green Lake neighborhood. As of 2025, the company has three additional cafes in Wallingford, Greenwood, and at the downtown public library…
ID Number:2000.107.20030117.CD01.02.001
Date:2003
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Customers sitting outside at Chocolati Cafe, Seattle, January 17, 2003
Seattle entrepreneur Christian Wong bought Sutliff Candy and the former CBM Chocolate Co., creating Sutliff Candy & Promotions Co., a retail business specializing in confectionery treats. Wong expanded the business in 2003, opening the first Chocolati Cafe in the Green Lake neighborhood. As of 2025, the company has three additional cafes in Wallingford, Greenwood, and at the downtown public library…
ID Number:2000.107.20030117.CD01.02.002
Date:2003
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Anti-war protesters marching on Broadway, Seattle, January 17, 2003
In early 2003, the U.S. intensified its military presence in the Persian Gulf in preparation for a potential invasion of Iraq. Throughout the weekend prior to the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial holiday, many communities around the nation planned memorials and peace marches to recognize both events.About 2,500 peace proponents in Seattle participated in a candlelight procession along Broadway in…
ID Number:2000.107.20030117.CD02.001
Date:2003
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Anti-war protesters marching on Broadway, Seattle, January 17, 2003
In early 2003, the U.S. intensified its military presence in the Persian Gulf in preparation for a potential invasion of Iraq. Throughout the weekend prior to the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial holiday, many communities around the nation planned memorials and peace marches to recognize both events.About 2,500 peace proponents in Seattle participated in a candlelight procession along Broadway in…
ID Number:2000.107.20030117.CD02.002
Date:2003
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Tim Kennedy at Tim's Cascade factory, Algona, Washington, January 22, 2003
Tim's Cascade Snacks was founded in 1986 by Tim Kennedy, along with members of his family and business partner Jeff Leichleiter. The group began working at a warehouse in Auburn, Washington to make thick-sliced chips, hand-stirring them with special rakes in kettles of oil and spicing them by hand in small batches. The brand quickly became a Northwest favorite and…
ID Number:2000.107.20030122.CD03.001
Date:2003
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People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 2003
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 3-month…
ID Number:2000.107.20030123.CD06.001
Date:2003