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Garfield High School football team after winning game, November 28, 1957
In this photo, the Garfield High School football team celebrates their victory in the 1957 Turkey Day game at Memorial Stadium. The Bulldogs defeated the favored Clover Park Warriors with a last minute touchdown to win the game 6-0. Here, the Garfield players hoist coach John Boitano, at rear, to celebrate an undefeated season, Boitano's first as Garfield's coach. John…
ID Number:2000.107.251.08.01
Date:1957
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Seattle Bombers hockey team, 1953
The Seattle Bombers were a minor league professional ice hockey team in Seattle from 1952 to 1954, playing at the Civic Ice Arena. The team was founded during World War II as a company team for the Isaacson Steel plant and was called the Seattle Isaacson Iron Workers. In 1944, the team joined the semi-professional Pacific Coast Hockey League and…
ID Number:2000.107.257.09.01
Date:1953
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Seattle Totems team photograph, Seattle, February 1960
The Seattle Totems were a minor league professional ice hockey team in Seattle from 1944 to 1975, playing at the Civic Ice Arena and later the Seattle Center Coliseum. The team had several names in its first years – the Seattle Ironmen (1944-52), the Seattle Bombers (1952-54), and the Seattle Americans (1955-58) – before settling on the name Seattle Totems…
ID Number:2000.107.257.10.01
Date:1960
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Boxers Boone Kirkman and Ron Lyle, Seattle, August 26, 1974
Heavyweight boxer Daniel Victor "Boone" Kirkman (1945-) earned his nickname from his father during his childhood in Washington State, where he liked to hike, fish, hunt, and observe plants and animals. Kirkman grew up in Renton, and at age 14 began commuting to Seattle's Cherry Street gym to train in boxing. Kirkman slowly built a reputation at local events, and…
ID Number:2000.107.260.01.03
Date:1974
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Kearney Kozai with curling stone at the Granite Curling Club, Seattle, January 1960
Born in Oahu, Hawaii, to Japanese-immigrant parents, Kearney Kozai (1925-1990), moved to Seattle with his wife, Betty, in the 1950s, after having served in the Army during World War II. An engineer at the Boeing Co., Mr. Kozai became fascinated by the sport of curling shortly after his arrival in the city. In 1961, Mr. Kozai helped build the Granite…
ID Number:2000.107.260.08.01
Date:1960
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UW women basketball players posing on bleachers, Seattle, March 14, 1991
In this image, forward Karen Deden, left, and guard Laurie Merlino, senior starters on the University of Washington women's basketball team, pose together in the bleachers at Hec Edmundson Pavilion on the UW Seattle campus. The women were preparing for their final game of the season, after having lost to Stanford in the regional semifinals (or Sweet 16) of the…
ID Number:2000.107.264.03.02
Date:1991
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Seattle Hungarians' Brian Franklin with Boeing Employees opponent in the rain on a West Seattle field, December 15, 1968
The Seattle Hungarians soccer team first formed in 1956 after the arrival of Hungarian refugees to Seattle in the aftermath of the failed 1956 revolt against Communism. The Hungarians team was a hit with fans from the start, being skillful as well as entertaining players. In 1959, Balint Ducz, owner of a successful Burien bakery, took over sponsorship and management…
ID Number:2000.107.286.02.02
Date:1968
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Tacoma Stars player Preki surrounded by fans during a parade to honor the team, Seattle June 22, 1987
Preki (Predrag Radosavljevic) played on the Tacoma Stars soccer team in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) for five seasons, beginning in 1985. Preki was a "First Team All Star" three times, All Star Game MVP twice, and won the MISL MVP award in 1989. As of 2026, Preki is an assistant coach with the Seattle Sounders FC in Major…
ID Number:2000.107.286.02.03
Date:1987
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West Seattle High School's Conrad Creasy slipping on artificial turf during soccer game against Franklin High, February 12, 1972
In this photo, West Seattle High School's Conrad Creasy slips on Memorial Stadium's synthetic turf field while attempting to kick the ball past the Franklin High School goaltender during a Metro League soccer game. Creasy missed, but his team still won the game. Franklin players in pursuit are, left to right, Calvin Kubota (18), Neil Henry (11), Mike Davis (7),…
ID Number:2000.107.286.02.04
Date:1972
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Ichiro Suzuki trying to catch a baseball behind his back at training camp, Peoria, AZ, February 26, 2002
Ichiro Suzuki (known as Ichiro) played right field for the Seattle Mariners from 2001 to 2012, and again from 2018 to 2019, with the intervening years spent playing for the New York Yankees and the Miami Marlins. He was the first Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball to play a position other than pitcher, and started after playing nine years…
ID Number:2000.107.2002.CD01.02.03.002
Date:2002