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Roz Woodhouse, April 20, 1985
Dr. R.Y (Roz) Woodhouse became the first woman executive in the history of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle (formerly Seattle Urban League) when she was appointed its President & Chief Executive Officer in 1984. She served in the position until 1998. Immediately prior to joining the Urban League, Dr. Woodhouse was Vice President and Manager of Employee Relations for…
ID Number:2000.107.232.37.04
Date:1985
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Roz Woodhouse, May 23, 1988
Dr. R.Y (Roz) Woodhouse became the first woman executive in the history of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle (formerly Seattle Urban League) when she was appointed its President & Chief Executive Officer in 1984. She served in the position until 1998. Immediately prior to joining the Urban League, Dr. Woodhouse was Vice President and Manager of Employee Relations for…
ID Number:2000.107.232.37.06
Date:1988
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Man cleaning camp under Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, August 21, 1984
In this image Keith Ganyo, a former Marine, tidies up around the shelter that he and eight other people experiencing homelessness created under the Alaska Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle. Caption information written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.257.11.03
Date:1984
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Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, taking a sample for testing at the Monsanto plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973
Juanita Jean Collins Neitling (b. 1936), an enrolled member of the Yakama tribe, was the first woman to be hired as a chemical engineer by the Seattle branch of the Monsanto Corporation. Neitling (at the time going by Collins) had spent ten years raising children and working in the home before returning to college to study chemical engineering at the…
ID Number:2000.107.19731216.1.22
Date:1973
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Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, checking production at the Monsanto Corporation plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973
Juanita Jean Collins Neitling (b. 1936), an enrolled member of the Yakama tribe, was the first woman to be hired as a chemical engineer by the Seattle branch of the Monsanto Corporation. Neitling (at the time going by Collins) had spent ten years raising children and working in the home before returning to college to study chemical engineering at the…
ID Number:2000.107.19731216.1.23
Date:1973
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Juanita Collins, chemical engineer, at a desk at the Monsanto Corporation plant, Seattle, December 16, 1973
Juanita Jean Collins Neitling (b. 1936), an enrolled member of the Yakama tribe, was the first woman to be hired as a chemical engineer by the Seattle branch of the Monsanto Corporation. Neitling (at the time going by Collins) had spent ten years raising children and working in the home before returning to college to study chemical engineering at the…
ID Number:2000.107.19731216.1.30
Date:1973
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Ku-Tee Yah Dancers, Redmond, May 16, 1997
In May 1997, the Ku-Tee Yah Dancers performed at the Microsoft campus to thank the company for its tutoring program at Seattle’s American Indian Heritage High School and the Seattle Indian Health Board’s Healthy Nations youth programs. Also known as the Alaska Kuteeyaa Dancers, the group is based in Seattle and has members from many tribes.Here, seven-year-old Keli Smith of…
ID Number:2000.107.19970516.6.17
Date:1997
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May Day family picnic flier, Seattle, May 4, 1975
On May 4, 1975, Seattle area Asian and Pacific Island workers were invited to a potluck picnic at Seward Park that included a pig roast, recreation, cultural presentations and speakers. May Day, also known as International Workers Day, aims to build international working class unity.The flier for the event is printed in Tagalog (Filipino), Chinese and English. Sponsors included groups…
ID Number:2002.23.1.32.2
Date:1975
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Students’ Army Training Corps group on steps of Washington State Museum, University of Washington campus, 1918
The establishment of Students' Army Training Corps (SATC) units during World War I was authorized by the Selective Service Act of 1917, and implemented by the newly created Committee on Education and Special Training of the US War Department. The short-lived SATC program utilized the facilities, equipment, and faculty of colleges and universities to select and train officer candidates and…
ID Number:2009.32.1
Date:1918
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Arctic Club parade float, Seattle, 1912
The Tilikums of Elttaes were a fraternal, civic organization composed primarily of influential white Seattle area businessmen, who used Native American imagery to promote tourism and the economic development of the city. In July 1911 the Tilikums ("Friends" in Chinook Jargon; Elttaes is Seattle spelled backward) organized the first Golden Potlatch celebration. The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival held…
ID Number:2010.22.1
Date:1912