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Image of Jim Whittaker embraces Nawang Gombu, Seattle, 1963
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Jim Whittaker embraces Nawang Gombu, Seattle, 1963

In 1963, guided by Sherpa Nowang Gombu, Jim Whittaker became the first American to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. The first Everest team returned to the United States to much acclaim and was presented with an award at the White House by President Kennedy. In this photo, Whittaker and Gombu embrace during a reunion at Whittaker's home.
ID Number:1986.5.44668.1
Date:1963
Image of Sam Smith at voting machine, September 16, 1969
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Sam Smith at voting machine, September 16, 1969

Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-199 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:1986.5.51173.6
Date:1969
Image of Native Americans demonstrating at Fort Lawton, Seattle, 1970
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Native Americans demonstrating at Fort Lawton, Seattle, 1970

On March 8, 1970, about 100 members and sympathizers of United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupied Fort Lawton, a 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. They were inspired by the passage of a bill signed by President Richard Nixon, which granted non-federal entities the ability to obtain surplus federal lands for…
ID Number:1986.5.51939.1
Date:1970
Image of Native American student demonstration against Bureau of Indian Affairs, Seattle, 1971
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Native American student demonstration against Bureau of Indian Affairs, Seattle, 1971

On February 16, 1971, one hundred Native students at the University of Washington marched from the university's main campus to the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Eastlake, in support of the United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupation of Fort Lawton. The protest at the 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood…
ID Number:1986.5.53853.1
Date:1971
Image of Bernie Whitebear, Seattle, 1971
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Bernie Whitebear, Seattle, 1971

Bernie Whitebear was born in the town of Nespelem on the Colville Reservation in 1937. After growing up in poverty on the reservation, he moved to Western Washington in 1955 and shortly became a fisherman on the Puyallup River. In the late 1950s, Bernie Whitebear joined a campaign of activism to protect Native fishing rights, which had been guaranteed by…
ID Number:1986.5.55140.1
Date:1971
Image of Bishop John Hurst Adams discussing education, Seattle, November 19, 1987
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Bishop John Hurst Adams discussing education, Seattle, November 19, 1987

Rev. Dr. John Hurst Adams (1927-2018) was the pastor at Seattle’s First African Methodist Episcopal (FAME) Church from 1962 to 1968 and a leader in the city’s civil rights struggle. He chaired the Central Area Civil Rights Committee, made up of the heads of the local civil rights organizations Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), NAACP, and Seattle Urban League. The…
ID Number:2000.107.002.26.01
Date:1987
Image of Glen Alps & Edwin Essex with model for City Hall fountain, Seattle, September 1961
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Glen Alps & Edwin Essex with model for City Hall fountain, Seattle, September 1961

Glen Alps (1914-1996) was an artist and art professor. He was born in Colorado and moved to Seattle to attend graduate school at the University of Washington (UW), graduating in 1947. He began teaching at UW while a student, became a full professor in 1962, and stayed at UW until his retirement in 1984. Alps’ primary artistic medium was printmaking,…
ID Number:2000.107.006.31.01
Date:1961
Image of Ramona Bennett and Hank Adams during trial on Native fishing rights, Tacoma, September 1970
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Ramona Bennett and Hank Adams during trial on Native fishing rights, Tacoma, September 1970

Ramona Bennett (b. 1938) is a prominent Puyallup Tribe leader and activist. She was elected to the Puyallup Tribal Council in 1968, and served as Tribal Chairwoman in from 1971 to 1978. Hank Adams (Assiniboine-Sioux, 1943-2020) fought for Indian civil rights and sovereignty beginning in the 1960s and throughout his life. Both Bennett and Adams were involved with the National…
ID Number:2000.107.020.10.03
Date:1970
Image of Chilly Hilly bicyclists disembarking ferry, Bainbridge Island, March 1, 1982
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Chilly Hilly bicyclists disembarking ferry, Bainbridge Island, March 1, 1982

In this image bicyclists ride off the ferry from Seattle at Winslow on Bainbridge Island for the annual Chilly Hilly, a 33-mile bike ride around the island begun in 1972 by the Cascade Bicycle Club. Caption information source: https://www.cascade.org/rides-major-rides/chilly-hilly Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.09
Date:1982
Image of Bush Cycle Club bicyclists returning to Seattle, September 1, 1976
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Bush Cycle Club bicyclists returning to Seattle, September 1, 1976

In this image four members of the Bush Cycle Club pose in Seattle after returning from a 14-month, 15,000-mile trip in an attempt to be the first group in modern times to complete circumnavigation of the earth via bicycle. The individuals are identified from left as Mark Boyar (now a noted conservationist), Matt Rice, Steve Ellis, and group leader Bob…
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.11
Date:1976
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