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Image of Two people working on mosaics for the Handicapped Center Christmas Bazaar, Seattle, November 8, 1962
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Two people working on mosaics for the Handicapped Center Christmas Bazaar, Seattle, November 8, 1962

In September 1957, the Seattle Parks Department opened the Handicapped Center, a cooperative program in the Mount Baker area that provided adults and children with arts, crafts, and social activities. The Center was supported by the city funds and outside donors. Here, Charles Moreton and Mrs. William Hoffman work on mosaics to be sold at the upcoming Handicapped Center bazaar.…
ID Number:1986.5.9093.1
Date:1962
Image of Two women making jewelry for the Handicapped Center Christmas Bazaar, Seattle, November 8, 1962
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Two women making jewelry for the Handicapped Center Christmas Bazaar, Seattle, November 8, 1962

In September 1957, the Seattle Parks Department opened the Handicapped Center, a cooperative program in the Mount Baker area that provided adults and children with arts, crafts, and social activities. The Center was supported by the city funds and outside donors. Here, Naomi Priddy and Cora Schwieterman work on jewelry to be sold at the Handicapped Center’s Christmas Bazaar. Shelves…
ID Number:1986.5.9093.2
Date:1962
Image of Ida May Daly, director of the Handicapped Center, Seattle, November 1962
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Ida May Daly, director of the Handicapped Center, Seattle, November 1962

Ida May Daly, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, developed muscular dystrophy at age three. While this progressive disease weakened her muscles and confined her to a wheelchair in her thirties, it challenged her to become a tireless advocate for people with disabilities. In the 1950s, she worked with the Seattle Parks Department to found the Seattle Handicapped Center, 2525 Hill…
ID Number:1986.5.9093.3
Date:1962
Image of Visitors tour new Ballard General Hospital, Seattle, November 1954
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Visitors tour new Ballard General Hospital, Seattle, November 1954

In 1952, residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:1986.5.9359.2
Date:1954
Image of Visitors lined up outside new Ballard General Hospital, Seattle, November 28, 1954
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Visitors lined up outside new Ballard General Hospital, Seattle, November 28, 1954

In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:1986.5.9359.3
Date:1954
Image of Visitors tour new Ballard General Hospital, Seattle, November 28, 1954
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Visitors tour new Ballard General Hospital, Seattle, November 28, 1954

In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:1986.5.9359.8
Date:1954
Image of Groundbreaking for addition to Ballard Hospital, Seattle, 1967
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Groundbreaking for addition to Ballard Hospital, Seattle, 1967

In 1952 residents of Seattle's thriving Ballard neighborhood began raising money for a new hospital to replace the aging Ballard Accident and General Hospital, which had opened in 1928 with 21 beds on the third floor of the Ballard Building on Market Street. Ballard General Hospital (later Ballard Community Hospital) opened in 1954 at 5300 Tallman Avenue with 100 beds…
ID Number:1986.5.9362.1
Date:1966
Image of Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (SOIC) open house, 1967
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Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (SOIC) open house, 1967

The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see"), was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:1986.5.10043.1
Date:1967
Image of Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (SOIC) open house, 1967
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Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center (SOIC) open house, 1967

The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see"), was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:1986.5.10043.2
Date:1967
Image of Opening of Pacific Science Center, Seattle, October 22, 1962
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Opening of Pacific Science Center, Seattle, October 22, 1962

Many of the buildings at the Seattle World's Fair were intended to be permanent. The day after the World's Fair closed, the U.S. Science Pavilion reopened as the Pacific Science Center. President John F. Kennedy had been scheduled to make the official transfer to the City of Seattle, but was detained in Washington by the Cuban missile crisis.Here, Senator Warren…
ID Number:1986.5.10058.1
Date:1962
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