408 results for: Seattle High School
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Get Peaced Off! poster, January 14, 1991
After Iraq invaded and annexed Kuwait in August 1990, the United Nations Security Council and the Arab League passed resolutions giving Iraq a deadline of January 15, 1991 to leave Kuwait and authorizing military intervention if this did not occur. When Iraq did not withdraw, the United States and coalition forces from other countries began a heavy bombing campaign, codenamed…
ID Number:2002.23.9.20.1
Date:1991
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Roy Sinclair at Seattle Sounders' first practice, May 1, 1974
The Seattle Sounders were a soccer team playing in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1974 to 1983. They were the first professional soccer team in Seattle, and were popular from the beginning; in their first season they hosted NASL's first sell-out game, filling Memorial Stadium with 13,876 fans. In its early seasons, most players were foreign-born and brought…
ID Number:2002.46.1014.27
Date:1974
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Franklin High School sit-in defendant Carl Miller at King County jail, April 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, were suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2002.68.9.5
Date:1968
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants at King County jail, April 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, were suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2002.68.9.9
Date:1968
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants speaking with the press at King County jail, April 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, were suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2002.68.9.10
Date:1968
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Players leaving the WSWSA women's soccer jamboree at Marymoor Park, Redmond, March 8, 1980
Women's soccer in Washington State grew and flourished from the 1970s through the 1990s, with the development of multiple high school and college programs, and women's leagues. The Washington State Women's Soccer Association (WSWSA) was formed in 1974 with nine teams, and had already expanded to around 20 teams by the start of the 1975 season. The WSWSA soccer season…
ID Number:2002.68.3129.39
Date:1980
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Players shaking hands after a game at the WSWSA women's soccer jamboree at Marymoor Park, Redmond, March 8, 1980
Women's soccer in Washington State grew and flourished from the 1970s through the 1990s, with the development of multiple high school and college programs, and women's leagues. The Washington State Women's Soccer Association (WSWSA) was formed in 1974 with nine teams, and had already expanded to around 20 teams by the start of the 1975 season. The WSWSA soccer season…
ID Number:2002.68.3129.40
Date:1980
Poster
The Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, May 27, 1984
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the gay and lesbian community. Three popular annual events were the Queen City Cruise, an "unofficial Seafair" event on Elliott Bay and beloved by many;…
ID Number:2007.9.25
Date:1984
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Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, April 27, 1996
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the local LGBTQ community. "The Prom You Never Went To" was first held in 1983 and became an institution in the local gay and lesbian…
ID Number:2007.25.58
Date:1996
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Prom You Never Went To poster, Seattle, May 13, 1995
The nonprofit Tacky Tourist Clubs of America was founded in Seattle in the early 1980s, and incorporated in 1988. The organization sponsored annual parties and events to raise money for other nonprofits, mostly those benefiting the local LGBTQ community. "The Prom You Never Went To" was first held in 1983 and became an institution in the local gay and lesbian…
ID Number:2007.25.63
Date:1995