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Reporter Jack Jarvis measuring distance from parking meter to crosswalk, Seattle, October 1961
In this image Seattle Post-Intelligencer veteran reporter and editor Jack Jarvis (1913-1972) holds a measuring tape, demonstrating that a parking meter placed at Ninth Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle had been illegally placed too close to the crosswalk. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, April 4, 1972, p. 44
ID Number:1986.5.10122.1
Date:1961
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Rev. Ralph Mero and students at Mount Zion Freedom School, Seattle, March 31, 1966
The Seattle school boycott of 1966 was a protest against racial segregation in Seattle Public Schools. After years of frustration with city officials, a coalition of organizations led by the Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) organized a boycott, requesting that all Seattle…
ID Number:1986.5.11603.8
Date:1966
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Ruth Geissmar and students at TT Minor Elementary School, Seattle, March 31, 1966
The Seattle school boycott of 1966 was a protest against racial segregation in Seattle Public Schools. After years of frustration with city officials, a coalition of organizations led by the Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) organized a boycott, requesting that all Seattle…
ID Number:1986.5.11603.12
Date:1966
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Mrs. Lew Fung Hai Luke and her son Wing Luke at Federal Courthouse, Seattle, October 21, 1963
Lew Fung Hai Luke moved from China to Seattle with her husband, Lung Sing Luke, in 1931. They operated a hand laundry in the University District and later ran a grocery store on First Hill. The couple had six children, the eldest of whom was Wing Luke, who became a Seattle City Councilmember in 1962.Once the last of her children…
ID Number:1986.5.33603.1
Date:1963
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Tip Toppers beauty queens posing with boys, Seattle, April 8, 1961
Begun as the Seattle Timberliners around 1947, the Seattle Tip Toppers' Club, a non-profit social organization for tall persons, has been part of Tall Clubs International (TCI) since 1954. Minimum height requirements for membership in the club are 5’10” for women and 6’2” for men.In this image the newly crowned "Queen of Height," Maureen Sims, center, stands with her two…
ID Number:1986.5.42073.1
Date:1961
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Reginald Alleyne speaking to crowd at Westlake Mall, Seattle, June 15, 1963
In this image Reginald Alleyne, president of the Seattle unit of CORE, speaks to the crowd at Westlake Mall during a demonstration. Reginald H. Alleyne (1932–2004) played a role in the founding of Seattle's chapter of CORE. At the time, he was working in the office of the State of Washington's attorney general, he later was a Professor of Law,…
ID Number:2000.107.006.25.02
Date:1963
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Bicycle riders demonstrating for bike paths, Mercer Island, April 22, 1961
The lack of cycling paths and bike lanes on Mercer Island led a large group of cyclists, mostly young people, to protest by taking their bicycles to the main streets. They started at the south end of the island. By the time they reached the business district, the group numbered over 200 cyclists. They urged bike lanes to be part…
ID Number:2000.107.021.21.01
Date:1961
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Elizabeth Engle and Patty Adams receiving awards at King County Science Fair, Seattle, March 18, 1961
The 1961 King County Science Fair was held over two-days in March at Seattle University (SU), with over 250 exhibits displayed. This photo shows Reverend Clair Marshall, assistant professor of chemistry at SU, awarding a Gold Cup to students Elizabeth Engel, 11 (left) and Patty Adams, 12 for their fair exhibit, a cloud chamber. Caption information source: "'Junk' Wins Gold…
ID Number:2000.107.059.24.01
Date:1961
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Peggy Dibble showing her exhibit at King County Science Fair, Seattle, March 18, 1961
In this image, thirteen-year-old Peggy Dibble shows her exhibit on "The Making and Use of a Telescope" at the 1961 King County Science Fair. Peggy lived in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood and attended Dimmitt Junior High School. The two-day fair was held at Seattle University, with over 250 exhibits displayed. Caption information source: "Science Fair," Seattle Times, March 20, 1961,…
ID Number:2000.107.059.24.02
Date:1961
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Herman K. Johns Jr. and Billy Frank Jr. lower U.S. flag at protest fishing site, Frank's Landing, Nisqually River, January 21, 1964
In the 1960s, Native Americans and their supporters began protesting Washington State laws restricting Native American fishing rights that had been granted in a series of treaties with the United States between 1854 and 1855. The Survival of the American Indian Society (SAIA), the NAACP, and the National Indian Youth Council (NIYC), coordinated a series of protests and demonstrations over…
ID Number:2000.107.096.01.01
Date:1964