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Image of Tom Robbins in his home office, LaConner, April 16, 1978
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Tom Robbins in his home office, LaConner, April 16, 1978

Author Tom Robbins (1932-2025) was known for his novels, articles, essays, and support for progressive causes. He and his family lived in LaConner, Washington. Here, Robbins stands in his home office. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.153.38.05
Date:1978
Image of Tom Robbins signing a book for Stacy McNamara, Seattle, October 2, 1980
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Tom Robbins signing a book for Stacy McNamara, Seattle, October 2, 1980

Author Tom Robbins (1932-2025) was known for his novels, articles, essays, and support for progressive causes. Here, in a Seattle bookstore, Robbins signs a copy of his third novel, "Still Life With Woodpecker," as four-year-old Stacy McNamara looks on. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.153.38.06
Date:1980
Image of Tom Robbins and Karl Krogstad, Seattle, June 27, 1985
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Tom Robbins and Karl Krogstad, Seattle, June 27, 1985

Author Tom Robbins (1932-2025) was known for his novels, articles, essays, and support for progressive causes. Here, Robbins consults with Seattle filmmaker Karl Krogstad on the set of a video they were working on for the MTV cable channel. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.153.38.07
Date:1985
Image of Tom Robbins reading at an anti-censorship event, Seattle, October 3, 1991
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Tom Robbins reading at an anti-censorship event, Seattle, October 3, 1991

Author Tom Robbins (1932-2025) was known for his novels, articles, essays, and support for progressive causes. Here in Seattle's Westlake Park, Robbins reads from "Catcher in the Rye" at a program put on by the Washington Coalition Against Censorship. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.153.38.08
Date:1991
Image of Mayumi Tsutakawa, Seattle, November 5, 1990
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Mayumi Tsutakawa, Seattle, November 5, 1990

Internationally recognized artist George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) and his wife, Ayame Iwasa Tsutakawa (1924-), raised their four children with great appreciation for the arts. Gerard Tsutakawa (1947-) apprenticed under his father and is himself an accomplished sculptor; Mayumi Tsutakawa (1949-) is an author and editor who has worked for the Washington State Arts Commission and the Wing Luke Museum; Deems Tsutakawa…
ID Number:2000.107.214.29.01
Date:1990
Image of Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, founders of Daughters of Bilitis, Seattle, April 5, 1973
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Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin, founders of Daughters of Bilitis, Seattle, April 5, 1973

Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin were nationally known journalists, authors and activists. In 1955, they founded Daughters of Bilitis (DOB), the oldest American lesbian organization. Founded as a social and advocacy group in San Francisco, DOB worked hard to combat harassment and laws that criminalized gay behavior. Martin’s efforts helped lead to the American Psychiatric Association’s late 1973 decision that…
ID Number:2000.107.19730405.1.35A
Date:1973
Image of Poet-composer Jody Aliesan and playwright Gloria Albee, Seattle, January 14, 1974
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Poet-composer Jody Aliesan and playwright Gloria Albee, Seattle, January 14, 1974

In January and February 1974, the Women Studies program at the University of Washington presented a seven-part winter series. Some 200–250 local and out-of-state attendees were expected. The weekly series kicked off with a play reading, music, and poetry before moving on to presentations on sociology, anthropology, and other academic topics.The first program featured Jody Aliesan and Gloria Albee. Albee,…
ID Number:2000.107.19740114.1.13
Date:1974
Image of Prudence Penny's Centennial Cookbook, 1963
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Prudence Penny's Centennial Cookbook, 1963

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper published recipes and home economics advice in the Prudence Penny column, which ran from the 1930s to the 1970s. Prudence Penny was a pseudonym created by Hearst newspapers, and each local paper employed a person writing under her name. The column was written by as many as thirty authors around the country.This cookbook includes 100 recipes…
ID Number:2014.3.2.5
Date:1963
Image of Black Pages, Seattle, Summer 2020
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Black Pages, Seattle, Summer 2020

The economic component of racial inequity has inspired many to look for new opportunities to support Black-owned businesses. In 2019, Justice Jones started the Seattle Black Pages, a directory of Black-owed businesses in the Seattle area, with a digital-only launch of the first guide. Increased interest and support led the publishing of the first printed edition in 2020. The pocket-sized,…
ID Number:2020.48.2
Date:2020
Image of Journalist Emmett Watson, Seattle, 1970
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Journalist Emmett Watson, Seattle, 1970

Emmett Watson (1918-2001) was a Seattle journalist who covered sports for the Seattle Star and then wrote as a columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and the Seattle Times. This portrait was taken by photographer Josef Scaylea (1913-2004), worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.232
Date:1970
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