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Goodwill Auxiliary members working at bazaar, Seattle, November 23, 1967
Seattle Goodwill was founded in 1923 by a group of local businessmen, and provides employment training and basic education to individuals experiencing significant barriers to economic opportunity. Today a significant portion of its operating funds are derived from its nine thrift stores in the area.In this image Goodwill Women's Auxiliary members dress in old-fashioned clothing and set up a "country…
ID Number:2000.107.173.09.02
Date:1967
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Clock maker repairing clocks at Goodwill, Seattle, November 19, 1933
Seattle Goodwill was founded in 1923 by a group of local businessmen, and provides employment training and basic education to individuals experiencing significant barriers to economic opportunity. Today a significant portion of its operating funds are derived from its nine thrift stores in the area.In this image a clock maker repairs clocks, one phase of the reclamation work carried on…
ID Number:2000.107.173.09.03
Date:1933
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Goodwill Auxiliary members displaying dolls for sale, Seattle, November 2, 1958
Seattle Goodwill was founded in 1923 by a group of local businessmen, and provides employment training and basic education to individuals experiencing significant barriers to economic opportunity. Today a significant portion of its operating funds are derived from its nine thrift stores in the area.In this image, Mrs. E. P. Pamment and Mrs. J. R. Hawley display the many dolls…
ID Number:2000.107.173.09.04
Date:1958
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K. C. Curry sorting Sonics souvenirs at Goodwill, Seattle, February 6, 1987
Seattle Goodwill was founded in 1923 by a group of local businessmen, and provides employment training and basic education to individuals experiencing significant barriers to economic opportunity. Today a significant portion of its operating funds are derived from its nine thrift stores in the area.In this image K.C. Curry, a pricer for Goodwill, examines memorabilia from the Seattle SuperSonics to…
ID Number:2000.107.173.09.05
Date:1987
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Seamstresses mending garments at Goodwill, Seattle, November 21, 1934
Seattle Goodwill was founded in 1923 by a group of local businessmen, and provides employment training and basic education to individuals experiencing significant barriers to economic opportunity. Today a significant portion of its operating funds are derived from its nine thrift stores in the area.In this image, seamstresses uses electric sewing machines to repair items of clothing donated to Goodwill…
ID Number:2000.107.173.10.01
Date:1934
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Civilian workers moving into Denny Regrade Transient Camp, Seattle, April 13, 1943
In the spring of 1943, new barracks were built in the Denny Regrade area to house civilian men awaiting transport to Alaska to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sometimes called the Denny Regrade Transient Camp, the fifteen barracks had a total capacity of 600, and were built because of the difficulty of finding hotel accommodations for non-military…
ID Number:2000.107.176.17.02
Date:1943
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Civilian workers lying in beds at Denny Regrade Transient Camp, Seattle, April 13, 1943
In the spring of 1943, new barracks were built in the Denny Regrade area to house civilian men awaiting transport to Alaska to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sometimes called the Denny Regrade Transient Camp, the fifteen barracks had a total capacity of 600, and were built because of the difficulty of finding hotel accommodations for non-military…
ID Number:2000.107.176.17.03
Date:1943
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Chinatown - International District restaurant worker taking a break, Seattle, July 8, 1988
In this image, Nariano Chachero, a Filipino dishwasher at the Tai Tung restaurant in Seattle's vibrant and multi-cultural Chinatown - International District, takes a rest from his work for a breath of fresh air. In the distance behind Mr. Chachero the King Street Station clock tower is visible. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.17
Date:1988
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Florence Donley sitting in lobby of new SOIC building, Seattle, January 17, 1975
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see"), was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:2000.107.177.26.01
Date:1979
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Man learning to weld at SOIC, August 1975
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see"), was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:2000.107.177.26.02
Date:1975