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Image of Gordon Bradbury in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947
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Gordon Bradbury in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947

The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.2
Date:1947
Image of Child receiving tuberculosis test, Seattle, December 2, 1957
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Child receiving tuberculosis test, Seattle, December 2, 1957

In December 1957, the Seattle and Highline school districts offered free tuberculosis screening tests to first-grade students, sponsored by the Anti-Tuberculosis League. Children with parental permission were given the Mantoux tuberculin test, a skin test which reveals the presence of tuberculosis bateria in the body.In this image White Center Heights Elementary School student Carlton J. York, center, receives a tuberculin…
ID Number:1986.5.15131.1
Date:1957
Image of Aerial view of the University of Washington looking north, Seattle, 1955
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Aerial view of the University of Washington looking north, Seattle, 1955

This aerial view shows the Showboat Theatre, the UW Fisheries Department, and the UW Medical Center along the shores of Portage Bay. The University of Washington campus is visible in the center of the photo. Handwritten on sleeve: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, (U.W), Campus, airview. Date photograph was filed by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by…
ID Number:1986.5.15838.1
Date:1955
Image of Woman serving dessert to international students, November 1962
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Woman serving dessert to international students, November 1962

In this photo, Kathy Flynn, center, serves dessert to Rachel Chipeco and Rajwant Singh, who are sitting at a table in a large dining room. This is probably an event for international students at the University of Washington, as Ms. Chipeco and Mr. Singh are wearing tags with their names and home countries, the Philippines and India, respectively. Date photograph…
ID Number:1986.5.21469.1
Date:1962
Image of William Cumming with Anna Gerber and Ina Willner, Seattle, 1961
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William Cumming with Anna Gerber and Ina Willner, Seattle, 1961

William Cumming (1917-2010) was a painter and a member of the Northwest School of artists. A figurative painter, Cumming was more interested in conveying a sense of bodies in motion rather than capturing realistic details. His paintings make extensive use of outline and pattern to define shapes and spaces, and the faces of his figures are often obscured or featureless.…
ID Number:1986.5.22661.1
Date:1961
Image of Ida May Daly, director of the Handicapped Center, in her office, Seattle, November 1963
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Ida May Daly, director of the Handicapped Center, in her office, Seattle, November 1963

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 and run the Handicapped Center, which…
ID Number:1986.5.22836.1
Date:1963
Image of Marie Edwards receiving certificate at King County Youth Services Center, March 1960
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Marie Edwards receiving certificate at King County Youth Services Center, March 1960

Marie and Isaiah Edwards arrived in Seattle from Kansas in 1942 to work at Boeing. While working the swing shift, Marie Edwards decided use her mornings to study the beauty business, and she apprenticed with Ruth Whiteside, who had a beauty school at Seventh Avenue and Jackson Street. Edwards bought the school from Whiteside in 1946, and the Marie Edwards…
ID Number:1986.5.24280.1
Date:1960
Image of Guyle Fielder and Clarence McGlothlin with hockey sticks, Seattle, January 1965
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Guyle Fielder and Clarence McGlothlin with hockey sticks, Seattle, January 1965

Guyle Fielder (b. 1930) is a former professional ice hockey player best known for his time in the minor Western Hockey League (WHL). In his 22 seasons with the WHL, he played primarily for the Seattle Totems, but also played for teams in New Westminster, BC, Salt Lake City, and Portland, Oregon. Fielder also played 15 major league games for…
ID Number:1986.5.25027.1
Date:1965
Image of Battery Street Tunnel tenders at manhole, February 2, 1960
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Battery Street Tunnel tenders at manhole, February 2, 1960

Groundhogs, also known as woodchucks, are not native to Washington State, so on Groundhog Day in 1960, a reporter for the Seattle PI checked in with a different sort of subterranean creature. Shown here are Seattle Engineering Department employees George Gregory and Bruce Gordon, who briefly emerged from the underground control chamber in the Battery Street tunnel to speak to…
ID Number:1986.5.26496.2
Date:1960
Image of Janet McCloud, Lillian Gregory, and Jack Tanner at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968
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Janet McCloud, Lillian Gregory, and Jack Tanner at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968

Janet Joy "Yet-Si-Blue" (Renecker) McCloud (1934-2003) was a Tulalip tribe member and an Indigenous activist who was prominent in the "fish wars" that led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Janet McCloud, left, and Jack Tanner, right, listen to Lillian Gregory, center, speak at a press…
ID Number:1986.5.26914.23
Date:1964
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