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Rainier Beach High School students celebrating football victory, September 26, 1980
On September 25, 1980, the Rainier Beach Vikings football team broke a 37-game losing streak when they defeated Seattle Prep 12-6 at Memorial Stadium. The following day, the school called a special assembly in the school gymnasium to celebrate the victory, with the cheerleading squad leading the crowd in spirited chants. This photo shows exultant Rainier Beach High School students…
ID Number:2000.107.043.28.01
Date:1980
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Joe Erautt in Seattle Rainiers' catcher's uniform, Palm Springs, March 12, 1954
Joseph Michael "Joe" Erautt (1921-1976), a major league baseball player, was a fan-favorite during the years he played for the Rainiers, Seattle's Pacific Coast League baseball team. Born in Saskatchewan and raised in Portland, his professional career extended for 14 total seasons between 1940 and 1956 (interrupted by his service with the Air Force during WWII), and included almost 1,100…
ID Number:2000.107.057.02.04
Date:1954
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Nordstrom models wearing Final four sweatshirts, Seattle, March 27, 1989
Two Nordstrom models on the playground at Pinehurst School show off Final Four sweat shirts in preparation for the final game of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament which was held at the Kingdome on April 3, 1989. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.060.34.01
Date:1989
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Guyle Fielder posing on ice in hockey uniform, Seattle, 1958
Guyle Fielder (b. 1930) is a former professional ice hockey player best known for his time in the minor Western Hockey League (WHL). In his 22 seasons with the WHL, he played primarily for the Seattle Totems, but also played for teams in New Westminster, BC, Salt Lake City, and Portland, Oregon. Fielder also played 15 major league games for…
ID Number:2000.107.061.36.01
Date:1958
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Rudy Filion in Seattle Totems hockey uniform, 1958
Rudy Filion (1927-2011) was a minor league professional ice hockey player in Seattle. After one season with the Tacoma Rockets of the Pacific Coast Hockey League (PCHL), Filion played fourteen seasons with the Seattle team in the PCHL and its successor, the Western Hockey League (WHL). He played with the Seattle Ironmen (1948-1952), the Seattle Bombers (1952-1954), the Seattle Americans…
ID Number:2000.107.062.02.01
Date:1958
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Rudy Filion and Bill MacFarland, Seattle Totems hockey players, March 29, 1962
Rudy Filion (1927-2011) was a minor league professional ice hockey player in Seattle. After one season with the Tacoma Rockets of the Pacific Coast Hockey League (PCHL), Filion played fourteen seasons with the Seattle team in the PCHL and its successor, the Western Hockey League (WHL). He played with the Seattle Ironmen (1948-1952), the Seattle Bombers (1952-1954), the Seattle Americans…
ID Number:2000.107.062.02.02
Date:1962
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Rudy Filion, Seattle Americans hockey player, October 1956
Rudy Filion (1927-2011) was a minor league professional ice hockey player in Seattle. After one season with the Tacoma Rockets of the Pacific Coast Hockey League (PCHL), Filion played fourteen seasons with the Seattle team in the PCHL and its successor, the Western Hockey League (WHL). He played with the Seattle Ironmen (1948-1952), the Seattle Bombers (1952-1954), the Seattle Americans…
ID Number:2000.107.062.02.03
Date:1956
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Princessa Drill Team performing at Seattle Center, circa 1965
In 1957, Dorothy (Laigo) Cordova (b. 1932) and Frederic Pilar “Fred” Cordova (1931-2013), both second-generation Filipino Americans, founded Filipino Youth Activities of Seattle (FYA) to engage young people in activities that instilled cultural awareness, such as sports, dance, drama, language, and job placement. Two years later FYA began a new drill team they hoped would participate in local parades and…
ID Number:2000.107.062.03.10
Date:Circa 1965
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Sports fishers picketing Boldt decision at Federal Building, Tacoma, March 5, 1974
Beginning with treaties in 1854 and 1855, Indigenous tribes of Washington ceded their land to the United States but had reserved the right to fish as they had always done, including fishing at traditional locations that were off the designated reservations. Over time, the state of Washington had infringed on the treaty rights of the tribes despite losing a series…
ID Number:2000.107.064.02.01
Date:1974
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Slade Gorton listening to testimony on bill to decommercialize steelhead trout, Seattle, June 29, 1981
In 1981, bills were introduced in the US Congress to make steelhead trout a game fish rather than one that could be fished commercially. At this time, non-Native fishers could not fish for steelhead commercially. Sports fishers hailed the bill, but Native fishers bitterly opposed it, fearing it could seriously affect their livelihood.A public hearing on the legislation, held on…
ID Number:2000.107.064.02.03
Date:1981