3224 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Protesters at the South African consulate, Seattle, December 9, 1984
Beginning in October 1984, demonstrations were held outside the home of the honorary South African consul in Seattle’s Madison Park neighborhood to protest the South African government's polices of racial segregation known as apartheid. When South Africa’s National Party came to power in 1948, the white leadership put extreme laws in place forcing the country’s racial groups to live and…
ID Number:2014.49.033.059.04
Date:1984
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Gus Williams and others at Sonics event, February 11, 1985
On February 11, 1985, a roast for retired Seattle SuperSonics basketball player Fred Brown (aka "Downtown Freddie Brown") was held at the Sea-Tac Red Lion as a fundraiser for the American Heart Association. Several of Brown's former Sonics teammates and other Sonics personnel attended the event. This photo shows former Sonics player Gus Williams at center, with other unidentified men…
ID Number:2014.49.054.029.0002
Date:1985
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Crowning of Miss International Center, July 23, 1952
Seafair Royalty have been a part of Seattle's annual ten-day-long celebration since the festival's beginnings in 1950. Young women are chosen for the court to represent their neighborhood and/or ethnic community and are awarded academic scholarships. Throughout the summer, Seafair Royalty participate in festival events and perform knighting ceremonies recognizing outsltanding citizens in the Seattle area.The Chinatown - International District…
ID Number:2014.49.092.017.02
Date:1952
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Ceremony honoring early Black schoolteachers, Seattle, March 20, 1988
Marita Harris, Edith Johnson, Orie Greene, and Virginia Galloway were among the first Black teachers in Washington state schools. The women were hired between 1946 and 1948, the first years that school districts in the Seattle area began hiring Black teachers. This image shows a ceremony honoring the four for their service to the community and their pioneering legacy. The…
ID Number:2014.49.097.010.12
Date:3/20/1988
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Ceremony honoring early Black schoolteachers, Seattle, March 20, 1988
Marita Harris, Edith Johnson, Orie Greene, and Virginia Galloway were among the first Black teachers in Washington state schools. The women were hired between 1946 and 1948, the first years that school districts in the Seattle area began hiring Black teachers. This image shows a ceremony honoring the four for their service to the community and their pioneering legacy. The…
ID Number:2014.49.097.010.16
Date:3/20/1988
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View of old South Park Bridge, Seattle, 2008
The 14th Avenue South Bridge, later renamed the South Park Bridge, connected Seattle with the nearby South Park neighborhood. Spanning the Duwamish River, it was a double-leaf bascule bridge, meaning that the two halves of the road deck opened from the middle. The bridge, shown here, opened in 1931, and by 2009 carried some 20,000 vehicles per day. It was…
ID Number:2017.14.1
Date:2008
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer needle book, circa 1905
One type of advertising often distributed by newspapers and other companies during the 20th century was the needle book. Needle books kept the name of the company in full view during mending projects. This Seattle Post-Intelligencer needle book contains a variety of sizes of needles as well as hooks and eyes. The pink section in the center once held straight…
ID Number:2018.3.3.3
Date:Circa 1905
Program
Silver Skis program, 1936
The first Silver Skis downhill race was held in 1934, organized by a group of Seattle-area ski boosters in order to put the Northwest on the nation's winter sports map. The race began with a mass start at Camp Muir at 10,000 feet on Mount Rainier, and ended when the first skier crossed the finish line 3.6 ungroomed miles later…
ID Number:2018.3.3.49
Date:1936
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Golden Gloves program, February 1958
The program pictured here is from the 23rd annual Golden Gloves Northwest Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championships, a boxing competition held February 21-22, 1958, at the Civic Auditorium in Seattle. The event was sponsored by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper, and featured former heavyweight champion of the world Jack Dempsey as guest of honor.
ID Number:2018.3.3.53
Date:1958
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Crawford & Conover business card, circa 1900
The real estate investment firm of Crawford & Conover was founded in Seattle in 1888 by Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper reporters turned business partners Samuel Leroy Crawford (1855-1916) and Charles Tallmadge Conover (1862-1961). C.T. Conover is credited with coining Washington State's nickname, "The Evergreen State," during an 1890 national campaign to advertise Seattle and Washington State. After Conover's retirement in 1941,…
ID Number:2018.3.3.58
Date:Circa 1900