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Crowd of voters at the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, November 3, 1948
On November 3, 1948, Seattle voters crowded polling places, including one at the Seattle Art Museum. Here, voters at the museum wait patiently in line to enter voting booths to vote for President, Governor and state office holders. Voting time was limited to two minutes. Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times: November 3, p. 1.Caption information also derived from…
ID Number:2000.107.220.40.01
Date:1948
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Demonstration of punch-card voting machine, Seattle, March 25, 1969
On March 29, 1969 over 4,500 Seattle residents went to the polls to elect the 16-member Central Area School Council. This was the first community council elected to help the Seattle School Board run an attendance area’s schools. It was also the city’s first computer-assisted election, and it used IBM Votomatic machines, on loan from Clark County, WA. After the…
ID Number:2000.107.220.41.01
Date:1969
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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
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Voters at Madrona Middle School, Seattle, January 5, 1974
A $55.9 million special school levy for general education went before Seattle voters on February 5, 1974. The levy figure was an all-time high, influenced by a decrease in federal school funding and changes in state funding formulas. Here, late in the day of the election, a family arrives while citizens vote at the Madrona Middle School polling place. The…
ID Number:2000.107.221.02.01
Date:1974
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Martin J. Weideman using a curb ramp, Seattle, February 1981
In an effort to cut government spending and regulations, President Ronald Reagan’s 1982 budget proposed the elimination of Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (now the U.S. Access Board). The board’s near decade of setting standards, plus federal funding, had helped American cities begin to build curb cuts, provide bus lifts, and make other improvements to help people with disabilities…
ID Number:2000.107.228.26.01
Date:1981
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Leo Whiteford at Puyallup tribal substance-abuse treatment center, March 19, 1990
This photo shows Leo Whiteford, who was in charge of the Puyallup Indian substance abuse treatment center, sitting at the center. The Serenity Prayer, written by Reinhold Niebuhr and adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in 1942, is painted on the wall behind him. As of 2019, the Puyallup Tribe's Community/Family Services Program continues to provide drug and alcohol screening, assessments…
ID Number:2000.107.230.07.01
Date:1990
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Harold Whitehead at Seattle Veterans Action Center, March 25, 1991
The Seattle Veterans Action Center (or Sea-VAC) was founded by Joseph Garcia in 1971 to provide readjustment assistance to veterans, especially minority, disadvantaged and disabled Vietnam war veterans. Services included family counseling, job-placement help, post-traumatic-stress-disorder therapy, substance-abuse counseling and housing aid, among others. In April 1991, Harold Whitehead, director of the Seattle Veterans Action Center, nine staff members, and heads…
ID Number:2000.107.230.07.02
Date:1991
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Roz Woodhouse at her Senate Higher Education Committee confirmation hearing , February 19, 1992
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:2000.107.232.37.01
Date:1992
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Roz Woodhouse, Seattle Urban League President, 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:2000.107.232.37.02
Date:1988