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Children watching rabbi light menorah candle, December 3, 1961
Hanukkah (or Chanukah) is the Jewish winter celebration known as the "festival of lights," marked by the nightly lighting of the menorah, prayers, and special foods. In this photo, three children stand on chairs to get a good view of Rabbi Abba Abrams lighting the far right candle on a menorah for the first night of Hanukkah in December 1961.…
ID Number:1986.5.4597.1
Date:1961
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Children playing games at Purim carnival, Congregation Herzl, Seattle, March 18, 1962
The Jewish holiday Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jews of the ancient Persian Empire from a plot by the king’s advisor, Haman, to exterminate them all on a single day. His plan is foiled by Queen Esther and her cousin Mordechai, who ultimately save the Jews of Persia from destruction. The holiday is also called the “Feast of Lots,”…
ID Number:1986.5.4598.1
Date:1962
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Children playing games at Purim carnival, Congregation Herzl, Seattle, March 18, 1962
The Jewish holiday Purim commemorates the salvation of the Jews of the ancient Persian Empire from a plot by the king’s advisor, Haman, to exterminate them all on a single day. His plan is foiled by Queen Esther and her cousin Mordechai, who ultimately save the Jews of Persia from destruction. The holiday is also called the “Feast of Lots,”…
ID Number:1986.5.4598.2
Date:1962
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Women workers standing in front of the Kirkland Cooperative Cannery, Kirkland, July 1939
In 1939, during the Great Depression, Washington State operated four cooperative canneries, all funded by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Canneries at Kirkland and Kent served families from as far as away Everett and Tacoma. Any family with an income of less than $100 a month could bring fruit, vegetables, and meat to the cannery to preserve them for…
ID Number:1986.5.4890.1
Date:1939
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Women working at the Kirkland Cooperative Cannery, Kirkland, July 13, 1939
In 1939, during the Great Depression, Washington State operated four cooperative canneries, all funded by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). Canneries at Kirkland and Kent served families from as far as away Everett and Tacoma. Any family with an income of less than $100 a month could bring fruit, vegetables, and meat to the cannery to preserve them for…
ID Number:1986.5.4890.2
Date:1939
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Coliseum Theater at night in deep snow, Seattle, 1916
This image of the Coliseum Theatre on Pike Street and 5th Avenue was taken shortly after the building's opening on January 8, 1916, during the second-deepest blizzard in Seattle's history. The Big Snow of 1916 came after an exceptionally cold January during which about 2 feet of snow had already accumulated. In early February a storm hit which added an…
ID Number:1991.64.1
Date:1916
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Cheholtz family in front of fishing shack, near Castle Rock, Washington, circa 1885
The Cowlitz People are a Coast Salish group whose historic lands are along the Cowlitz and Lewis Rivers, in what is now southwestern Washington. Traditionally, the annual cycle of resource gathering determined where the Cowlitz People traveled and at what time of year – from river fishing in the spring, gathering roots and berries in summer and fall, and making…
ID Number:1991.79.49
Date:Circa 1885
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Portrait of Dale Hayes, a man experiencing homelessness in Seattle, November 14, 1979
This image of Dale Hayes, 61, was taken under the Alaskan Way Viaduct, where he had been sleeping. Concerns for Hayes and many others living under the city's bridges and the approaching winter prompted Mayor Charles Royer and others to make promises of aid and calls for the help from the middle class. Caption information derived from captions written by…
ID Number:2000.107.005.32.01
Date:1979
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Model posing in Roffe ski wear, Seattle, January 23, 1979
Until the 1990s, Seattle was a thriving apparel-manufacturing center, and enjoyed a reputation as the nation's leader in outerwear, eventually losing business and jobs to cheap overseas labor.In this promotional image from Roffe, Inc., a model poses in the Seattle ski wear company's latest designs, the "Ron" overalls, and the "Harley" parka. From 1953-1996 the company founded by Sam Roffe…
ID Number:2000.107.061.03.01
Date:1979
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Model posing in Roffe ski wear, Seattle, November 23, 1978
Until the 1990s, Seattle was a thriving apparel-manufacturing center, and enjoyed a reputation as the nation's leader in outerwear, eventually losing business and jobs to cheap overseas labor.In this promotional image from Roffe, Inc., a model poses in the Seattle ski wear company's latest designs, the "Cindy" overalls, and the "Abby" parka. From 1953-1996 the company founded by Sam Roffe…
ID Number:2000.107.061.03.03
Date:1978