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The Mouse King, Gloria Neils, Sasha Mielke, and Angelique Mielke, Seattle, December 4, 1977
Pacific Northwest Ballet, one of the largest and most highly regarded ballet companies in the United States, was founded in 1972. In July 2005, Peter Boal became artistic director, succeeding Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, artistic directors since 1977. The company is especially known for its performance of the Stowell/Maurice Sendak adaptation of the "The Nutcracker," which it presented from…
ID Number:2000.107.013.11.02
Date:1977
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Powell Barnett accepting Jackson Street Community Council Man of the Year award, Seattle, April 1964
Powell S. Barnett (1883-1971) was a Seattle-based musician, baseball player, civil rights activist, and African American community leader. Born in Indiana, Barnett moved with his family to Roslyn, Washington, in 1889. His father, an ex-slave, was one of many black miners recruited to work in Washington coal mines. As a teenager, Powell also worked in the Roslyn coal mines, and…
ID Number:2000.107.014.21.02
Date:1964
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Powell Barnett and Katherine Conna Barnett on their golden wedding anniversary, Seattle, August 23, 1956
Powell S. Barnett (1883-1971) was a Seattle-based musician, baseball player, civil rights activist, and African American community leader. Barnett married Katherine Conna (1890-1971) of the pioneering John N. Conna family in 1906, and the couple settled in Seattle. Powell Barnett organized the Leschi Improvement Council and became its first president in 1967, led in organizing the East Madison YMCA and…
ID Number:2000.107.014.21.03
Date:1956
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Roberta Byrd Barr and her son Robert, May 4, 1967
Roberta Byrd Barr (1919-1993) was a civil rights leader, educator, and journalist. Born in Tacoma, Barr returned to Seattle in 1959, attending University of Washington and working as a teacher at Jefferson Elementary School, and then as librarian at John Muir Elementary. When Seattle teachers and parents boycotted the city’s public schools and demanded desegregation in 1966, Barr headed the…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.03
Date:1967
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Portrait of Fabienne Brooks, Seattle, 1998
Fabienne Brooks was the first Black woman to work as a police detective in the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO). She graduated second in her class at the police academy in 1978, both the only Black person and the only woman in the class. Brooks was hired by the KCSO as a detective and worked in the sex crimes unit,…
ID Number:2000.107.027.22.01
Date:1998
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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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Priscilla Bullitt Collins and Harriet Stimson Bullitt, Seattle, August 22, 1990
The child of wealthy Seattle pioneers, Dorothy Stimson Bullitt (1892-1989), bought a small Seattle radio station in 1947 and expanded into 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 the…
ID Number:2000.107.029.03.05
Date:1990
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Hay Srey and Voeuk Soth praying for fellow Cambodians, Seattle, January 6, 1985
During and after the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, an estimated one million Cambodians sought refuge in other countries. Over 130,000 eventually settled in the United States between 1975 and 1985, often after long periods spent in refugee camps in Thailand. Many Cambodians settled in Washington state, with the majority of those living in King County. As…
ID Number:2000.107.031.02.01
Date:1985
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Sarun Kong in science class at Rainier Beach High School, Seattle, April 25, 1985
During and after the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, an estimated one million Cambodians sought refuge in other countries. Over 130,000 eventually settled in the United States between 1975 and 1985, often after long periods spent in refugee camps in Thailand. Many Cambodians settled in Washington state, with the majority of those living in King County. As…
ID Number:2000.107.031.02.02
Date:1985
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Sinina Moeun and Phalkun Tep, Seattle, May 31, 1989
During and after the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, an estimated one million Cambodians sought refuge in other countries. Over 130,000 eventually settled in the United States between 1975 and 1985, often after long periods spent in refugee camps in Thailand. Many Cambodians settled in Washington state, with the majority of those living in King County. As…
ID Number:2000.107.031.02.03
Date:1989