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Princesa Drill Team at the Seattle World's Fair, August 5, 1962
Among the many groups that performed at the Seattle World's Fair (Century 21) in 1962 was the Princesa Drill Team, shown here, a part of Filipino Youth Activities of Seattle. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.172.14.01
Date:1962
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Fremont "Mayor" Bert Williams, Seattle, March 14, 1954
Each year, the Fremont Old Timers' Association elected an honorary "Mayor" of their Seattle neighborhood. In 1954, Albert Paul "Bert" Williams (1876-1955), who had come to Seattle in 1888, accepted the honor. He remembered the Great Seattle Fire and also went to Alaska during the Gold Rush. The retired machinist recalled that when he moved to Fremont in 1901, it…
ID Number:2000.107.173.03.02
Date:1954
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Georgetown Service Center, Seattle, January 18, 1971
This image of the Georgetown Service Center, located at 659 South Lucile Street, was taken to illustrate the small size of the center, which was struggling to meet the food, clothing, and medical needs of the community. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.173.08.02
Date:1971
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Chong Wa Benevolent Association building on 7th Ave. S., Seattle, January 21, 1973
This image of Seventh Avenue in Seattle's Chinatown - International District neighborhood features the Chong Wa Benevolent Association at 522 Seventh Avenue South at the corner of Weller Street. The building, built in 1929, serves as a meeting place on matters of import to the community, as well as a home base for the Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team,…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.05
Date:1973
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Youth performing Chinese lion dance, Seattle, January 1, 1959
Seattle's vibrant Chinatown - International District neighborhood hosts an annual celebration of the Chinese, or Lunar, New Year, featuring traditional dragon and lion dances, Japanese Taiko Drumming, martial arts, and other cultural performances. The Chinese lion dance is performed in costume on big occasions to bring good luck, and is accompanied by beating drums, clashing cymbals, and resounding gongs.In this…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.21
Date:1959
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Ethel Mitchell announcing the formation of the Black Alliance of Educators, Seattle, March 4, 1972
In the 1960s, after decades of discrimination in housing had created an increasingly segregated school system in Seattle, civil rights activists wanted the School Board to promote integration and, with it, intercultural empathy and understanding. After various attempts to promote voluntary integration, and faced with the threat of legal action from advocates of integration, in 1972 the School District launched…
ID Number:2000.107.185.38.01
Date:1972
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Helen Beck Stafford, June 30, 1987
Helen Beck Stafford (1899-2002) was a community and civil rights activist in Tacoma. Stafford attended Kansas State University, where she was not allowed live in the dorms, swim in the campus pool, or use other facilities required by her course work because she was Black. Despite a college experience rife with discrimination and racial insults, she excelled and graduated in…
ID Number:2000.107.204.01.01
Date:1987
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Elma Villanueva at the Fremont Public Association Food Bank, August 2, 1989
In the summer of 1989, neighborhood food banks in Seattle experienced a severe shortage of supplies. Food donations usually lessen in the summer, and that year was especially bad because of an 81-day strike by grocery workers that ended on July 30. Grocery stores were less willing to donate, and striking workers began going to food banks themselves, which placed…
ID Number:2000.107.220.23.01
Date:1989
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Young Voter Registration Coordinating Committee staffers, Seattle, July 1, 1971
On July 1, 1971, when the 26th Amendment gave the vote to US citizens as young as 18, work immediately started on registering new, younger voters. In Washington state, representatives from a variety of national, state and local groups had recently formed the Young Voter Registration Coordinating Committee. Its mission was to become familiar with voting regulations and to plan…
ID Number:2000.107.220.41.02
Date:1971
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League of Women Voters voter registration booth at Westlake Mall, Seattle, August 21, 1971
In 1971, after the 26th Amendment gave the vote to US citizens as young as 18, many younger Washingtonians registered to vote in the September 21 primary elections. The League of Women Voters (LWV) set up registration tables throughout the community, including this one at the Westlake Mall in downtown Seattle. Here, on the last day of registration before the…
ID Number:2000.107.220.41.03
Date:1971