3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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Tiger Inn Restaurant exterior with employees, 1947
According to the 1935 Seattle City Directory, the Tiger Inn was located at 2556 Aurora Avenue, also known as Highway 99. The owners were Allen E. and Portia White. Handwritten on image: Tiger Inn. Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, RESTAURANTS, Tiger Inn. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month…
ID Number:1986.5.11401.1
Date:1947
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Seamstresses sewing skiwear at Roffe, Inc., Seattle, circa 1960
Seattle ski wear company Roffe, Inc., was founded by Sam Roffe (1909-1994) in 1953. Until 1996 it operated as one of the largest stretch ski-pants manufacturing factories in the United States, even outfitting the 1960 U.S. Olympic Alpine Ski Team. In this image seamstresses work on garments at the Roffe manufacturing site at 419 First Avenue South in downtown Seattle.…
ID Number:1986.5.11420.1
Date:Circa 1960
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Seamstresses sewing skiwear at Roffe, Inc., Seattle, circa 1960
Seattle ski wear company Roffe, Inc., was founded by Sam Roffe (1909-1994) in 1953. Until 1996 it operated as one of the largest stretch ski-pants-manufacturing factories in the United States, even outfitting the 1960 U.S. Olympic Alpine Ski Team. In this image seamstresses work on garments at the Roffe manufacturing site at 419 First Avenue South in downtown Seattle. Handwritten…
ID Number:1986.5.11420.2
Date:circa 1960
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Aaron Dixon and Trolice Flavors at court hearing for Franklin High School sit-in, Seattle, April 5, 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:1986.5.11579.11
Date:1968
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants leaving prison, Seattle, April 5, 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:1986.5.11580.6
Date:1968
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Aaron Dixon with his mother at courthouse, April 5, 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:1986.5.11580.13
Date:1968
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Three Garfield High School cheerleaders and their bulldog mascot, November 20, 1962
In this photo, three Garfield High cheerleaders, or "Song Queens," gather around the football team's mascot "Garbull" during preparations for the upcoming Turkey Day game. From left to right are Carol Knudson, Cari Murotani, and Linda Emery. Caption information source: Photo caption, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 21, 1962, p. 20.
ID Number:1986.5.11583.1
Date:1962
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Rev. Ralph Mero and students at Mount Zion Freedom School, Seattle, March 31, 1966
The Seattle school boycott of 1966 was a protest against racial segregation in Seattle Public Schools. After years of frustration with city officials, a coalition of organizations led by the Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) organized a boycott, requesting that all Seattle…
ID Number:1986.5.11603.8
Date:1966
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Ruth Geissmar and students at TT Minor Elementary School, Seattle, March 31, 1966
The Seattle school boycott of 1966 was a protest against racial segregation in Seattle Public Schools. After years of frustration with city officials, a coalition of organizations led by the Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) organized a boycott, requesting that all Seattle…
ID Number:1986.5.11603.12
Date:1966
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Tunnel driller for Metro sewer project, Seattle, 1967
Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, SEWERS, Metro tunnel project.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 9, 1967.
ID Number:1986.5.11781.1
Date:1967