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Oral history interview with Lucile McDonald, April 6, 1985
Lucile Saunders McDonald was born in 1898 in Portland, Oregon. She worked as a journalist in Oregon, Argentina, and New York before an eleven-year hiatus while living in Europe. At the start of World War II, she joined the staff of the Seattle Times and stayed there for 23 years. In this interview with Lucile McDonald conducted by Lorraine McConaghy…
ID Number:1985.134.14
Date:1985
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Oral history interview with Frances Penrose Owen, April 1985
Frances Penrose Owen (1900-2002) was a civic leader in Seattle, Washington, and one of the most important women in Washington state in the field of education. Born in Walla Walla, Washington, Owen attended Whitman College, graduating with a degree in Greek. Afterwards, she studied politics at Bryn Mawr, taught economics at Whitman, and earned a master’s degree in education from…
ID Number:1985.135.20
Date:1985
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Black delegation meeting with officials at City Hall after Larry Ward shooting, Seattle, May 19, 1970
On May 15, 1970, a Seattle police officer shot and killed Larry Eugene Ward (1947-1970) as he fled from police after attempting to light a bomb fuse at Hardcastle Realty at 23rd Avenue and Union Street in the Central Area. Police were alerted to the attempt by the FBI, who had been watching the property, expecting Black Panther involvement in…
ID Number:1986.5.1066.4
Date:1970
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Protest march to City Hall after Larry Ward killing, May 19, 1970
On May 15, 1970, a Seattle police officer shot and killed Larry Eugene Ward (1947-1970) as he fled from police after attempting to light a bomb fuse at Hardcastle Realty at 23rd Avenue and Union Street in the Central Area. Police were alerted to the attempt by the FBI, who had been watching the property, expecting Black Panther involvement in…
ID Number:1986.5.1066.16
Date:1970
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Greenwood Boys' Club boxing team, December 1949
The Greenwood Boys' Club was founded in the spring of 1943 to give unsupervised neighborhood teen boys a safe place to hang out. The organizers rented an old empty nightspot at 8537 Greenwood Ave. for $1 a year to start the club, which had a pool table and ping pong, and a playground at Fremont Avenue north of 85th Street…
ID Number:1986.5.1195.1
Date:1949
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Bill Lasley at Dugdale Field, Seattle, circa 1928
Willard Almond "Bill" Lasley (1902-1990) was raised in Seattle and became a top pitcher in Northwest semi-professional baseball leagues in the 1920s and 1930s. He played briefly for the St. Louis Browns in 1924, and in a game with touring major-league all-stars, he played with Babe Ruth and against Ty Cobb. Lasley taught himself the business and manufacturing techniques he…
ID Number:1986.5.1438.1
Date:Circa 1928
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American Legion exposes Communist College in Burke Building, Seattle, 1936
The Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) steadily gained membership through the 1930s, largely because of its success in organizing labor unions and its early opposition to fascism.In early 1936, the American Legion exposed a burgeoning "Communist College" set up in an office in the Burke Building at Second Avenue and Marion Street. Upon discovery, the office was hastily…
ID Number:1986.5.1894.1
Date:1936
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Customs officials working at Foreign Trade Zone, Seattle, March 1950
Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) are duty-free, quota-free, secured areas in a designated customs “port of entry,” considered outside U. S. Customs territory and exempt from customs tariffs. The FTZ program was established in 1934 to stimulate economic growth and development in the United States by lowering the cost of international trade.In this image M. A. Holderby, deputy collector of customs, left,…
ID Number:1986.5.3508.1
Date:1950
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Imported goods at Foreign Trade Zone, Seattle, March 1950
Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) are duty-free, quota-free, secured areas in a designated customs “port of entry,” considered outside U. S. Customs territory and exempt from customs tariffs. The FTZ program was established in 1934 to stimulate economic growth and development in the United States by lowering the cost of international trade.In this image, stacked boxes of foreign goods at Seattle's FTZ…
ID Number:1986.5.3508.2
Date:1950
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Customs officials standing outside Foreign Trade Zone, Seattle, May 1950
Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZs) are duty-free, quota-free, secured areas in a designated customs “port of entry,” considered outside U. S. Customs territory and exempt from customs tariffs. The FTZ program was established in 1934 to stimulate economic growth and development in the United States by lowering the cost of international trade.In this image Captain Ben Potter and Port Patrol Officer R.…
ID Number:1986.5.3510.1
Date:1950