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Bobby Seale at press conference, Seattle, May 16, 1972
Robert George "Bobby" Seale (b. 1936) is a political activist and was co-founder of the Black Panther Party (BPP) in 1966. The Seattle Chapter of the Black Panther Party was established in 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Gary Owens and several other future Panthers met BPP Chairman Bobby Seale in Oakland when they travelled there to attend…
ID Number:2000.107.163.37.01
Date:1972
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Variety Club Telethon stars visiting hospital patient, Seattle, February 10, 1973
The Variety Club (also Variety, the Children's Charity) is an organization founded as a social club for Pittsburgh entertainers in 1927. As the club grew and formed local chapters across the world, the club began raising funds for disadvantaged children, often through local telethons. KIRO-TV in Seattle held an annual Variety Club Telethon from 1969-1989 to benefit Children's Orthopedic Hospital…
ID Number:2000.107.171.09.02
Date:1973
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Interior of Trader Vic's restaurant at Washington Plaza Hotel, Seattle, July 6, 1969
Trader Vic's was a Polynesian-themed chain restaurant founded in 1934 by Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. (1902-1984) in California. The first franchised Trader Vic's opened in Seattle in 1940, and the chain expanded quickly during the Tiki culture fad of the 1950s and 1960s. The Seattle branch moved to the Washington Plaza Hotel (now the Westin) in 1969, however it closed…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.01
Date:1969
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Workman posing at Fremont townsite, Seattle, May 1888
Seattle's Fremont neighborhood is located at the northwest corner of Lake Union, and was originally part of the William A. Strickler homestead. On March 1, 1888 David Thomas Denny (1832-1903) and John Philo Hoyt (1841-1926) bought 240 acres from Strickler's estate, then sold the parcel to Carrie and Edward Blewett on March 20, 1888. With the help of their agents,…
ID Number:SHS1047B
Date:1888