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Image of Exterior of Alexander Hamilton Intermediate School, Seattle, circa 1927
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Exterior of Alexander Hamilton Intermediate School, Seattle, circa 1927

This image of Alexander Hamilton Intermediate School, at 1610 N 41st Street in Seattle, was taken upon or near completion of construction in January 1927. Hamilton was the first school building in Seattle to be designed specifically for intermediate (grades 7-8) education. Hamilton continues to operate as a middle school (grades 6-8), and has changed little in its exterior appearance.…
ID Number:1991.22.2.22
Date:Circa 1927
Image of Coliseum Theater at night in deep snow,  Seattle, 1916
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Coliseum Theater at night in deep snow, Seattle, 1916

This image of the Coliseum Theatre on Pike Street and 5th Avenue was taken shortly after the building's opening on January 8, 1916, during the second-deepest blizzard in Seattle's history. The Big Snow of 1916 came after an exceptionally cold January during which about 2 feet of snow had already accumulated. In early February a storm hit which added an…
ID Number:1991.64.1
Date:1916
Image of Moran-Lakeside School mailer, Seattle, 1921
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Moran-Lakeside School mailer, Seattle, 1921

In 1919, Frank G. Moran, founder of the Moran School for Boys on Bainbridge Island, opened an additional boys’ school on Lake Washington in Seattle’s Denny-Blaine district. Named Moran-Lakeside School, it lasted for four years before a series of changes in ownership, name, and location. Today, as Lakeside School, it serves both boys and girls at its campus in North…
ID Number:1996.55.4
Date:1921
Image of Seattle General Hospital nurses on roof, circa 1915
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Seattle General Hospital nurses on roof, circa 1915

Seattle General Hospital was located at 909 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle from 1900-1971, later merging with two other local hospitals to become the Swedish Medical Center. Considered one of the best teaching hospitals in the region, 598 student nurses were trained at the hospital's School for Nurses between 1897-1938. In this image four nurses or nursing students pose on…
ID Number:1998.41.12.1
Date:Circa 1915
Image of Clara B. White and two children on porch of house, Seattle, circa 1975
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Clara B. White and two children on porch of house, Seattle, circa 1975

Clara B. White owned and lived in the duplex at 729-731 22nd Avenue in the Central District of Seattle. She was a seamstress and was one of the first African-American women to own property in Seattle. The education wing at the First African Metodist Episcopal Church is named after her, as she was a Sunday School teacher there for 60…
ID Number:2000.30.2
Date:Circa 1975
Image of Northwest AIDS Walk in Myrtle Edwards Park, Seattle, September 22, 1991
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Northwest AIDS Walk in Myrtle Edwards Park, Seattle, September 22, 1991

In this photo Eiric Ovrid, a member of the gay pride group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, offers vitamin C tablets to participants in Myrtle Edwards Park during the 10-kilometer Northwest AIDS Walk. An estimated 13,000 walkers and runners participated, raising $1.1 million for 30 AIDS service and education organizations in the state. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.18
Date:1991
Image of Clarence Acox directing Jazz Ensemble at Garfield High School, Seattle, May 11, 1991
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Clarence Acox directing Jazz Ensemble at Garfield High School, Seattle, May 11, 1991

In this image director Clarence Acox leads the Garfield High School Jazz Ensemble in some swinging music of the '30s and '40s in the high school gymnasium. A native of New Orleans, Clarence Acox Jr. is a well-known jazz drummer and band director who has been teaching at Garfield since 1971. Acox has led the Garfield Jazz Ensemble to win…
ID Number:2000.107.002.17.01
Date:1991
Image of UW crew team members Gordon Adam and Norm Turay, Seattle, circa 1936
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UW crew team members Gordon Adam and Norm Turay, Seattle, circa 1936

In this image two members of the Husky men's rowing team sit outside what appears to be the crew house on the University of Washington campus. Both men were coached by the legendary Alvin M. Ulbrickson (1903-1980) and Thomas Bolles (1902-1978), racing in boats built by George Pocock (1891-1976). This famed period in UW rowing history was featured in Daniel…
ID Number:2000.107.002.18.01
Date:Circa 1936
Image of Bishop John Hurst Adams discussing education, Seattle, November 19, 1987
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Bishop John Hurst Adams discussing education, Seattle, November 19, 1987

Rev. Dr. John Hurst Adams (1927-2018) was the pastor at Seattle’s First African Methodist Episcopal (FAME) Church from 1962 to 1968 and a leader in the city’s civil rights struggle. He chaired the Central Area Civil Rights Committee, made up of the heads of the local civil rights organizations Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), NAACP, and Seattle Urban League. The…
ID Number:2000.107.002.26.01
Date:1987
Image of Ismail Ahmad and Wahab Almatar at the Islamic International House at UW, August 1990
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Ismail Ahmad and Wahab Almatar at the Islamic International House at UW, August 1990

At left in this photo is Ismail Ahmad, who came to Seattle from Iraq around 1970 to attend the University of Washington. In 1990, Ahmad was running the Islamic International House, housing in the University District for Muslim students. Wahab Almater, at right, from Kuwait, was a UW graduate student in business, living at the Islamic International House along with…
ID Number:2000.107.002.39.01
Date:1990
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