72 results for: Seattle Police Department
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Seattle police women and police van, 1919
The Seattle Police Department hired women to look after female prisoners in the city jail and to work with women and children in cases of crime or domestic violence. As early as 1901, a police matron was assigned to King Street Station to protect women traveling alone. Another early police matron cared for runaway children in her home, because the…
ID Number:1983.10.12318
Date:1919
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Oral history interview with Maurice Carlson, January 8, 1985
Interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy with Maurice Carlson for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on January 8, 1985. Carlson was born in Seattle on February 16, 1915. He spent his career as a clerk and later secretary in the Seattle police department.During World War II, Maurice Carlson worked as a night shift clerk for the Seattle police…
ID Number:1985.134.3
Date:1985
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Seattle Police Department motorcycle corps, Seattle, 1941
On March 17, 1941, the Seattle Police Department received eight new motorcycles for speed enforcement and the parking work. The motorcycles joined five others already in use by the department. Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, POLICE DEPARTMENT, Motorcycle Corps. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): March…
ID Number:1986.5.10539.1
Date:1941
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Marion Diedricks demonstrating for Seattle Police Department motorcycle corps, Seattle, March 17, 1941
On March 17, 1941, the Seattle Police Department received eight new motorcycles for traffic and parking enforcement. The new motorcycles were rated for up to 105 mph, but were unable to sustain this speed until reaching 2,000 miles on their odometers. The new bikes joined five others already in use by the department. In this image, Marion Diedricks skids on…
ID Number:1986.5.10539.2
Date:1941
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Central Area youth with Ed Devine at Mayor's office, August 20, 1965
On August 19 and 20, 1965, a group of nine youths from the Central Area Youth Action Council occupied the reception area outside Mayor Dorm Braman's office in attempt to speak with the mayor. On both days, the mayor's administrative assistant, Ed Devine, told the group the mayor was expected to be out all day. The group made several requests…
ID Number:1986.5.18799.9
Date:1965
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Motorcycle policeman J.K. Weedin, Seattle, March 1928
In early 1910, the Seattle police department invested $1,329 in its first three motorcycles, with seven patrolman selected as the first members of the "motor cops" squad. At the time, speeding fines were paid to King County rather than the city of Seattle, and the city hoped to pass a traffic ordinance which would allow it to keep fines for…
ID Number:1986.5G.3172.1
Date:1928
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Richard Nixon signing his book at Frederick & Nelson, Seattle, August 10, 1962
Frederick & Nelson department store in downtown Seattle was a popular stopping point for authors and celebrities on book tours. On August 10, 1962, Richard Nixon appeared at Frederick & Nelson in conjunction with his book tour for "Six Crises," which examined six crises he'd experienced thus far in his political career as congressman, senator, and vice president. Both police…
ID Number:1993.43.21.39.1
Date:1962
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Duane Glaesman being stopped by police officer during protest, November 18, 1993
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.009.35.04
Date:1993
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Ramona Bennett during meeting with church officials, September 17, 1970
Ramona Bennett (b. 1938) is a prominent Puyallap Tribe leader and activist. She was elected to the Puyallup Tribal Council in 1968, and served as Tribal Chairwoman from 1971 to 1978.Much of Bennett’s work focuses on social welfare issues, mainly fighting for the rights of women, children, and families. She began her social service work in the 1950s, with the…
ID Number:2000.107.020.10.01
Date:1970
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Elmer Dixon speaking against Youth Patrol proposal, Seattle, March 1, 1968
Elmer Dixon (b. 1950) is a longtime Seattle activist for racial justice and was one of the founders of Seattle’s chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). The Seattle chapter was founded in the spring of 1968, after Elmer and his brother Aaron Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens, and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco…
ID Number:2000.107.049.32.10
Date:1968