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Image of Millie Russell campaigning for Seattle School Board position, Seattle, September 19, 1989
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Millie Russell campaigning for Seattle School Board position, Seattle, September 19, 1989

Millie Bown Russell (1926-2021) was born and raised in Seattle’s Central Area, and graduated from Seattle University (SU) in 1948, the first African American to graduate from the school’s medical technology program. She worked at Puget Sound Blood Center for over 25 years, and returned to SU in 1971 to receive a secondary science-teaching certificate. She received an M.S. in…
ID Number:2000.107.158.25.02
Date:1989
Image of Norie Sato with unfinished artwork, Seattle, June 26, 1991
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Norie Sato with unfinished artwork, Seattle, June 26, 1991

Norie Sato (b. 1949) was born in northern Japan and moved to the United States at age four with her family. She moved to Seattle in 1972 and studied at the University of Washington, receiving a Master of Fine Arts in printmaking in 1974. Sato’s early work focused on printmaking, and she later incorporated glass and video elements as well.…
ID Number:2000.107.160.17.01
Date:1991
Image of First place winner in sandcastle competition, Alki beach, Seattle, August 10, 1986
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First place winner in sandcastle competition, Alki beach, Seattle, August 10, 1986

This photograph shows members of the team ACME Sandblasters putting finishing touches on their creation during competition at the 2nd Annual Sand Blast '86, held at Alki Beach in West Seattle. Their construction won first place in the Sandcastle category. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.164.08.01
Date:1986
Image of Sandcastle in progress at Alki Beach, August 10, 1986
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Sandcastle in progress at Alki Beach, August 10, 1986

This photograph shows team CB Construction from Mountlake Terrace, Washington, finishing their elaboration sand creation during the 2nd annual Sand Blast '86 competition held at Alki Beach in West Seattle. Their piece took second place in the Sandcastle category. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.164.08.02
Date:1986
Image of Fishing and industry in Ballard, July 12, 1976
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Fishing and industry in Ballard, July 12, 1976

Seattle's Ballard neighborhood was a city in its own right between 1890 and 1906. The first claim in the future city and neighborhood of Ballard was filed in 1852, the same year settlers arrived in Seattle itself. Development proceeded slowly until the influx of immigrants escaping famine and tensions in Scandinavia provided a skilled work force for local mills and…
ID Number:2000.107.165.09.02
Date:1976
Image of Peoples Bank and Trust Company building, Seattle, March 24, 1934
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Peoples Bank and Trust Company building, Seattle, March 24, 1934

This image shows the opening of the new building of the Peoples Bank and Trust Company, which took over the building from the defunct Puget Sound Savings and Loan Association. Built in the early 1920s at 300 Pike Street in downtown Seattle, the building was later demolished and the site has been occupied since 1985 by the Century Square Office…
ID Number:2000.107.165.15.01
Date:1934
Image of Cars and passengers waiting at Fauntleroy ferry dock, Seattle, June 17, 1937
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Cars and passengers waiting at Fauntleroy ferry dock, Seattle, June 17, 1937

On May 28, 1937 passenger and automobile ferry service ceased on Puget Sound due to a union strike over labor disputes with the Washington Shipowners' Association. Twenty-five ferries were tied up during the 28-day strike, which ended after Washington State Governor Clarence D. Martin interceded.In this image cars lining the dock at the Fauntleroy Terminal in West Seattle wait for…
ID Number:2000.107.171.30.01
Date:1937
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Colman clock tower in water, Seattle, December 21, 1936

The Colman Dock has held a prominent place on Seattle's waterfront since it was built by Scottish engineer James Colman in 1882. It was rebuilt in 1889 after the Great Seattle Fire, then expanded in 1908 to include a domed waiting room and a 72-foot clock tower. Struck by the steamship Alameda in 1912, the clock tower fell into Puget…
ID Number:2000.107.171.30.02
Date:1936
Image of View of Grand Trunk dock from Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1912
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View of Grand Trunk dock from Elliott Bay, Seattle, circa 1912

The Grand Trunk Pacific dock was a shipping pier located on the Seattle waterfront at the foot of Marion Street. The largest wooden pier on the West Coast when it opened in 1910, the dock was built atop 5,000 creosote-soaked piles, and constructed using 3,700,000 board feet of lumber. In 1914 the dock was destroyed in a deadly fire, then…
ID Number:2000.107.171.32.01
Date:Circa 1912
Image of Piers 62 and 63, Seattle, May 23, 1988
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Piers 62 and 63, Seattle, May 23, 1988

Built in 1901 and 1905, respectively, Pier 62 and Pier 63 (originally Pier 10, also Holden Dock, Virginia Dock, or Virginia Street Dock) join together to span nearly two acres on the Seattle waterfront. A thriving ocean terminal before World War II, by the mid-1980s the piers were in disrepair and became part of city plans to revive the central…
ID Number:2000.107.171.34.01
Date:1988
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