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Pearl Jam performing at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, July 22, 1998
In July 1998, hometown band Pearl Jam held two concerts in Seattle’s Memorial Stadium to raise $500,000 for 10 local charities. The concert opened with sets by the Wallflowers and Seattle punk band Zeke, before Pearl Jam took the stage, with Eddie Vedder’s shout of “We’re home!” Among the causes benefitting from the concert proceeds were the John Stanford Book…
ID Number:2000.107.19980722.1.17
Date:1998
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Eddie Vedder performing at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, July 22, 1998
In July 1998, hometown band Pearl Jam held two concerts in Seattle’s Memorial Stadium to raise $500,000 for 10 local charities. The concert opened with sets by the Wallflowers and Seattle punk band Zeke, before Pearl Jam took the stage, with Eddie Vedder’s shout of “We’re home!” Among the causes benefitting from the concert proceeds were the John Stanford Book…
ID Number:2000.107.19980722.2.10
Date:1998
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WTO protest group walking north toward downtown Seattle, November 29, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.CD04.001
Date:1999
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Police and protesters, Seattle, November 29, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.CD04.002
Date:1999
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WTO protesters at Pike Place Market, Seattle, November 30, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991130.CD02.001
Date:1999
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Dumpster fire at WTO protest, Seattle, November 30, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991130.CD02.002
Date:1999
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WTO protesters blocking conference delegates, Seattle, November 30, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991130.CD02.003
Date:1999
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WTO protester leaning on police van with hands tied, Seattle, November 30, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991130.CD02.004
Date:1999
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Nelson Mandela with student Denis Leclech, Seattle, December 8, 1999
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013) became South Africa’s first Black president in 1994, in the country’s first fully democratic election. His election came after a long struggle against the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa, in which Mandela played a key role and during which he was imprisoned for 27 years.In December 1999, Nelson Mandela and his wife Graça…
ID Number:2000.107.19991208.CD01.001
Date:1999
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Sue Bird in her first WNBA game at Key Arena, Seattle, May 30, 2002
This 2002 photo shows Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird playing in her first WBNA game at Key Arena, against the New York Liberty. Bird led the team with 18 points, but the Storm lost to New York, 78-61.Bird retired from the Storm in 2022 after 20 years with the team, which included winning four WNBA championships. She is the league's…
ID Number:2000.107.20020531.CD1.001
Date:2002