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Image of Candlelight March - No Police Station poster, September 1981
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Candlelight March - No Police Station poster, September 1981

In 1981, Mayor Charles Royer proposed a new police precinct station for Seattle's Central Area, and the recommendation was approved by the City Council. The plan for the site, located at East Yesler Way and 23rd Avenue South, drew controversy and criticism from local residents, who protested the demolition of a city-owned four-plex at the site, and advocated instead for…
ID Number:2006.42.7
Date:1981
Image of Sir Mix-A-Lot recording with PUSA at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, July 1999
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Sir Mix-A-Lot recording with PUSA at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, July 1999

In the late 1990s, two huge parts of Seattle’s music scene came together in an unexpected way. Famed hip-hop artist Sir Mix-a-Lot and alternative rock band The Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA) collaborated as Subset between 1998 and 1999. They played several shows in Seattle and worked on recording an album. However, the group disbanded in 2000…
ID Number:2007.45.Box146.03.19990728.01.01.10
Date:1999
Image of Chris Ballew of PUSU recording at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, July 1999
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Chris Ballew of PUSU recording at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, July 1999

In the late 1990s, two huge parts of Seattle’s music scene came together in an unexpected way. Famed hip-hop artist Sir Mix-a-Lot and alternative rock band The Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA) collaborated as Subset between 1998 and 1999. They played several shows in Seattle and worked on recording an album. However, the group disbanded in 2000…
ID Number:2007.45.Box146.03.19990728.01.03.09
Date:1999
Image of Sir Mix-A-Lot recording with PUSA at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, July 1999
Photograph

Sir Mix-A-Lot recording with PUSA at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, July 1999

In the late 1990s, two huge parts of Seattle’s music scene came together in an unexpected way. Famed hip-hop artist Sir Mix-a-Lot and alternative rock band The Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA) collaborated as Subset between 1998 and 1999. They played several shows in Seattle and worked on recording an album. However, the group disbanded in 2000…
ID Number:2007.45.Box146.03.19990728.01.04.02
Date:1999
Image of Sir Mix-A-Lot recording with PUSA at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, July 1999
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Sir Mix-A-Lot recording with PUSA at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, July 1999

In the late 1990s, two huge parts of Seattle’s music scene came together in an unexpected way. Famed hip-hop artist Sir Mix-a-Lot and alternative rock band The Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA) collaborated as Subset between 1998 and 1999. They played several shows in Seattle and worked on recording an album. However, the group disbanded in 2000…
ID Number:2007.45.Box146.03.19990728.01.04.07
Date:1999
Image of Sir Mix-A-Lot and PUSA at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, July 1999
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Sir Mix-A-Lot and PUSA at Jupiter Studios, Seattle, July 1999

In the late 1990s, two huge parts of Seattle’s music scene came together in an unexpected way. Famed hip-hop artist Sir Mix-a-Lot and alternative rock band The Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA) collaborated as Subset between 1998 and 1999. They played several shows in Seattle and worked on recording an album. However, the group disbanded in 2000…
ID Number:2007.45.Box146.03.19990728.01.04.28
Date:1999
Image of Sir Mix-A-Lot and PUSA outside Jupiter Studios, Seattle, July 1999
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Sir Mix-A-Lot and PUSA outside Jupiter Studios, Seattle, July 1999

In the late 1990s, two huge parts of Seattle’s music scene came together in an unexpected way. Famed hip-hop artist Sir Mix-a-Lot and alternative rock band The Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA) collaborated as Subset between 1998 and 1999. They played several shows in Seattle and worked on recording an album. However, the group disbanded in 2000…
ID Number:2007.45.Box146.03.19990728.01.05.15
Date:1999
Image of Central School's fifth grade class posing at annex, Seattle, circa 1898
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Central School's fifth grade class posing at annex, Seattle, circa 1898

In this image, 29 children pose together on the steps in front of the Washington Territorial University Building, vacated in 1895 after university's (now University of Washington) move to its current location north of downtown. The Seattle School Board leased the old university building from 1898-1899 due to overcrowding at Central School (now referred to as Central II). The university…
ID Number:2008.44.2
Date:Circa 1898
Image of Electric cars in the Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, July 1911
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Electric cars in the Golden Potlatch parade, Seattle, July 1911

The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:2011.79.1.150
Date:1911
Image of CORE jobs rally poster, October 4, 1964
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CORE jobs rally poster, October 4, 1964

CORE, the Congress of Racial Equality, was founded in Chicago in 1942. It played a key national role in the Civil Rights Movement, launching a variety of actions towards racial equality for African Americans. The Seattle CORE chapter, founded in the late 1950s, grew increasingly active by the early 1960s. Inspired by the sit-in movement and freedom rides in the…
ID Number:2014.9.2
Date:1964
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