185 results for: Webber, Phil H.
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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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TV weathermen on tandem bike, Seattle, October 13, 1971
This image of longtime KIRO-TV weatherman Harry Wappler (1936-2010), left, and KING-TV weatherman Bob Cram (1926-2017), was taken to promote the First International Bike-a-Thon, sponsored by the Variety Club and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The event held on October 16 raised $29,000 for various area medical services, including Children's Orthopedic Hospital (now Seattle Children's). Caption information source: The Seattle Times, April…
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.08
Date:1971
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Sign for Bike Lane on East Green Lake Way North, Seattle, May 1976
In the 1970s, Seattle began to pay more attention to bicycle safety by increasing the number of signs and protected bike lanes. The intersection of East Green Lake Way N. and the two one-way branches of NE Ravenna Boulevard is a complicated one. Located near ballfields and playfields in Green Lake Park, as well as a beach, businesses, and settled…
ID Number:2000.107.021.21.03
Date:1976
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Cris Bruch with artwork "Burden of Proof" at CoCA, Seattle, August 16, 1991
Cris Bruch is a artist who lives and works on Vashon Island. His work has been shown across the United States and he has been commissioned to build public art sculptures for the University of Washington, North Seattle College, and Sound Transit, among others. Bruch has received several awards for his work, including Northwest Major Works Award, the Betty Bowen…
ID Number:2000.107.028.20.02
Date:1991
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Charlie Brydon speaking at debate on Initiative 13, Seattle, June 4, 1978
Charlie Brydon (1940-2021) was a longtime activist for LGBTQ rights. Born and raised in New Jersey, he moved to Seattle in 1974 after leaving the US Army. In the mid-1970s, Brydon co-founded the Dorian Group, an organization of LGBTQ professionals who gathered for public luncheons, often with city officials, to discuss ways to make Seattle more LGBTQ-friendly. The relationships built…
ID Number:2000.107.028.32.01
Date:1978
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Priscilla Bullitt Collins and Harriet Stimson Bullitt, Seattle, July 8, 1991
The child of wealthy Seattle pioneers, Dorothy Stimson Bullitt (1892-1989), bought a small Seattle radio station in 1947 and expanded into a broadcasting empire, King Broadcasting Company. She was a Seattle civic leader who entered the business world at a time when women were not welcome. All three of her children have donated substantial amounts of money and time to…
ID Number:2000.107.029.03.02
Date:1991
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Cell Therapeutics technician at work in lab, October 6, 1992
Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) incorporated in September 1991 as part of Seattle's biotech boom. Using the motto "Making Cancer More Treatable," James A. Bianco, Jack Singer, and George Todaro, who met working at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute, spearheaded the company's work to improve cancer treatment drugs. With headquarters next to the Olympic Sculpture Park on the Seattle waterfront, the company…
ID Number:2000.107.033.30.01
Date:1992
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Yueh-Chun Chang lifting weights, June 29, 1993
Yueh-Chun Chang (b. 1970) was a competitive powerlifter from 1989 to 1998. During her powerlifting career, Chang won five national and three world championships and set five world records. In 1995, the U.S. Powerlifting Federation named her Best Lifter. As a child, Chang participated in the SCATS program, Seattle Public School’s child acrobatic demonstration team developed by Sue and Bud…
ID Number:2000.107.034.15.01
Date:1993
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Yueh-Chun Chang and Willie Austin, June 29, 1993
Yueh-Chun Chang (b. 1970) was a competitive powerlifter from 1989 to 1998. During her powerlifting career, Chang won five national and three world championships and set five world records. In 1995, the U.S. Powerlifting Federation named her Best Lifter. As a child, Chang participated in the SCATS program, Seattle Public School’s child acrobatic demonstration team, developed by Sue and Bud…
ID Number:2000.107.034.15.02
Date:1993
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Delegates attending the Eng Family Convention pose together, Seattle, September 25, 1962
Here, a group of Chinese American men pose together in a building at 420 Eighth Avenue South in Seattle's Chinatown International District. The men were in town to attend the fourth annual convention of the Eng Family Association, hosted by Lock Tin Eng, president of the Seattle chapter. The convention drew 37 Eng family members from all over the country…
ID Number:2000.107.036.09.02
Date:1962