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Bob Santos in office, Seattle, August 29, 1985
Robert Nicholas "Bob" Santos (1934-2016), was a Filipino American born and raised in Seattle's Chinatown - International District. He spent most of his life as an activist in his old neighborhood -- saving it, nurturing it, defending it against outside threats, whether environmental, cultural, or political. Mr. Santos developed a close relationship with other activists for racial justice, in particular…
ID Number:2000.107.160.07.03
Date:1985
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Bob Santos standing on sidewalk in Chinatown - International District, Seattle, July 18, 1986
Robert Nicholas "Bob" Santos (1934-2016), was a Filipino American born and raised in Seattle's Chinatown - International District. He spent most of his life as an activist in his old neighborhood -- saving it, nurturing it, defending it against outside threats, whether environmental, cultural, or political. Mr. Santos developed a close relationship with other activists for racial justice, in particular…
ID Number:2000.107.160.07.04
Date:1986
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Bob Satiacum at protester's encampment outside Fort Lawton, Seattle, March 18, 1970
On March 8, 1970, about 100 members and sympathizers of United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupied Fort Lawton, a 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. They were inspired by the passage of a bill signed by President Richard Nixon, which granted non-federal entities the ability to obtain surplus federal lands for…
ID Number:2000.107.160.15.01
Date:1970
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Norie Sato with unfinished artwork, Seattle, June 26, 1991
Norie Sato (b. 1949) was born in northern Japan and moved to the United States at age four with her family. She moved to Seattle in 1972 and studied at the University of Washington, receiving a Master of Fine Arts in printmaking in 1974. Sato’s early work focused on printmaking, and she later incorporated glass and video elements as well.…
ID Number:2000.107.160.17.01
Date:1991
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View of Atlantic Street neighborhood, Seattle, 1983
Seattle's Atlantic neighborhood (which has also been referred to as Yesler/Atlantic and Judkins Park) is a triangular community in the Central District area, between Mount Baker Ridge and Beacon Hill. One of Seattle's oldest residential neighborhoods, it was home to Seattle's largest Italian enclaves during the early years of the twentieth century. Like other neighborhoods in central and southeast Seattle,…
ID Number:2000.107.165.05.01
Date:1983
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Federal Reserve Bank branch under construction, Seattle, July 21, 1949
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco opened a branch in Seattle in 1917. After some years in leased space, the Seattle Branch moved into its own, purpose-built building on Second Avenue and Madison Street in 1951. The new bank had a two-story vault with 30-inch steel-reinforced concrete walls and an inner steel shell. This 1949 image shows the bank…
ID Number:2000.107.165.11.04
Date:1949
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Vaudeville performer at Bumbershoot, Seattle, September 5, 1981
Begun in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot is one of North America’s largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.In this image a member of the One Reel Vaudeville Show enters the audience to collect items to test the skills of his partner, a mystic who needed quite a few clues to guess the items. Caption…
ID Number:2000.107.168.06.01
Date:1981
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Child wearing mask at Bumbershoot, Seattle, September 4, 1981
Begun in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot is one of North America’s largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.In this image, 7-year-old Noah Ward captures the fun-loving spirit of Bumbershoot by wearing an elaborate mask. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.168.06.02
Date:1981
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Clown making bubbles at Bumbershoot, Seattle, September 2, 1984
Begun in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot is one of North America’s largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.In this image Geoff Beebe, as B. More the Clown, entertains children on the opening day of Bumbershoot by creating unusual large bubbles. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back…
ID Number:2000.107.168.06.03
Date:1984
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Mime performing at Bumbershoot, Seattle, August 31, 1984
Begun in 1971, Seattle's Bumbershoot is one of North America’s largest urban arts festivals, held annually over Labor Day weekend at the Seattle Center.In this image mime Susan Whitting draws a crowd as she mimics a passerby on the opening day of Bumbershoot. Caption information source: "Bumbershoot," by Paul Dorpat, HistoryLink.org Essay 10027Caption information also derived from captions written by…
ID Number:2000.107.168.06.04
Date:1984