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Image of Elise and Roy Olmstead, Seattle, 1925
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Elise and Roy Olmstead, Seattle, 1925

During Seattle's Prohibition years in the 1920s, Roy Olmstead became one of the largest and most successful bootleggers in King County. Learning how the trade operated from involvement in raids and arrests while serving as a Seattle Police Lieutenant, Olmstead noted the lack of organization of many bootleggers and began his own operation His operation eventually grew to include many…
ID Number:1986.5G.2261.1
Date:1925
Image of Olmstead residence, Seattle, circa 1925
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Olmstead residence, Seattle, circa 1925

During Seattle's Prohibition years in the 1920s, Roy Olmstead became one of the largest and most successful bootleggers in King County. Learning how the trade operated from involvement in raids and arrests while serving as a Seattle Police Lieutenant, Olmstead noted the lack of organization of many bootleggers and began his own operation. After an arrest and dismissal from the…
ID Number:1986.5G.2263.1
Date:Circa 1925
Image of Federal grand jury in Roy Olmstead bootlegging case, Seattle, 1926
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Federal grand jury in Roy Olmstead bootlegging case, Seattle, 1926

During Seattle's Prohibition years in the 1920s, Roy Olmstead became one of the largest and most successful bootleggers in King County. Learning how the trade operated from involvement in raids and arrests while serving as a Seattle Police Lieutenant, Olmstead noted the lack of organization of many bootleggers and began his own operation. After an arrest and dismissal from the…
ID Number:1986.5G.2266.1
Date:1926
Image of Roy and Elise Olmstead with Roy's mother Sarah at courthouse, Seattle, 1926
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Roy and Elise Olmstead with Roy's mother Sarah at courthouse, Seattle, 1926

During Seattle's Prohibition years in the 1920s, Roy Olmstead became one of the largest and most successful bootleggers in King County. Learning how the trade operated from involvement in raids and arrests while serving as a Seattle Police Lieutenant, Olmstead noted the lack of organization of many bootleggers and began his own operation. After an arrest and dismissal from the…
ID Number:1986.5G.2267.1
Date:1926
Image of Roy Olmstead in a boat arriving at a dock, Steilacoom, 1931
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Roy Olmstead in a boat arriving at a dock, Steilacoom, 1931

During Seattle's Prohibition years in the 1920s, Roy Olmstead became one of the largest and most successful bootleggers in King County. Learning how the trade operated from involvement in raids and arrests while serving as a Seattle Police Lieutenant, Olmstead noted the lack of organization of many bootleggers and began his own operation. After an arrest and dismissal from the…
ID Number:1986.5G.2269.1
Date:1931
Image of Portrait of Fabienne Brooks, Seattle, 1998
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Portrait of Fabienne Brooks, Seattle, 1998

Fabienne Brooks was the first Black woman to work as a police detective in the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO). She graduated second in her class at the police academy in 1978, both the only Black person and the only woman in the class. Brooks was hired by the KCSO as a detective and worked in the sex crimes unit,…
ID Number:2000.107.027.22.01
Date:1998
Image of Demonstrators protesting inquest verdict on Robert Baldwin's death, Seattle, July 12, 1984
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Demonstrators protesting inquest verdict on Robert Baldwin's death, Seattle, July 12, 1984

On March 27, 1984, Robert Baldwin killed King County Police Officer Michael Raeburn with a sword when he was being served a notice evicting him from a Yesler Terrace apartment. After a 17-hour standoff, the emergency-response team stormed the unit. Baldwin died of 21 bullet wounds in his back. Despite considerable evidence to the contrary, the jury found the police…
ID Number:2000.107.047.32.03
Date:1984
Image of Franklin High School sit-in defendants arriving at court, April 5, 1968
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants arriving at court, April 5, 1968

In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where 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:2000.107.049.31.01
Date:1968
Image of Elaine Ko and Cindy Domingo speaking at press conference, Seattle, January 25, 1983
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Elaine Ko and Cindy Domingo speaking at press conference, Seattle, January 25, 1983

Cindy Domingo (b. 1953) is a longtime community activist in Seattle. She was active in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), the Washington State Rainbow Coalition, the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes, the Center for Social Justice, and organized Seattle International Women’s Day events. Domingo also created the U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration after attending the 1995 World…
ID Number:2000.107.050.32.01
Date:1983
Image of Cindy Domingo and supporter after verdict in Marcos trial, Seattle,  December 15, 1989
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Cindy Domingo and supporter after verdict in Marcos trial, Seattle, December 15, 1989

Cindy Domingo (b. 1953) is a longtime community activist in Seattle. She was active in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), the Washington State Rainbow Coalition, the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes (CJDV), the Center for Social Justice, and organized Seattle International Women’s Day events. Domingo also created the U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration after attending the 1995…
ID Number:2000.107.050.32.03
Date:1989
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