56 results for: Clark
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Covered sculpture in downtown Seattle on "Day Without Art," December 1, 1989
"Day Without Art," a project of the arts organization Visual AIDS, launched on December 1, 1989 as "a day of action and mourning" in which thousands of arts institutions and organizations around the world joined together to demonstrate the power of art to raise awareness of the ongoing AIDS pandemic. In this image Luis Clark, groundskeeper for the 1001 Building…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.11
Date:1989
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Central Area representatives at press conference, July 3, 1968
On July 3, 1968, representatives from a number of Central District organizations held a press conference to address rock-throwing incidents in the area. They urged the youths involved to air their grievances in a more positive and effective way, and to join Central Area organizations to help bring about the change they seek.This photo shows five of the Central Area…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.19
Date:1968
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Central Area Cooperative supermarket at 23rd and Madison, Seattle, March 29, 1969
The first Central Area Cooperative supermarket opened in Seattle on Empire Way South (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) near South Dearborn Street. Formerly a chain store, the market opened on September 7, 1968 as a cooperative. The private corporation sold stock to the public for $5 a share, with each member having one vote. A large percentage of the…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.25
Date:1969
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Prudential Mutual Savings Bank after robbery, Seattle, November 24, 1954
In this image taken outside of the Prudential Mutual Savings Bank at Third Avenue and Spring Street in downtown Seattle, spectators gather after a robber escaped from the bank with $2,500. Signs in image: Fern Hotel; Texan Hotel; Tavern; Toy's Cafe, Good Food; Ewing and Clark Real Estate ServiceCaption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, November 24, 1954, page 2
ID Number:2000.107.165.15.02
Date:1954
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Malmo Seed and Nursery Company, Seattle, circa 1931
Norwegian immigrant Charles Malmo (1862-1938) established the Malmo Seed and Nursery Company in Seattle in 1893. Malmo propagated nursery stock of ornamental shrubs, which previously had to be imported from Japan, Holland, and England. In the 1920s, Malmo sold seeds and nursery stock from a store at 6th Avenue and Stewart Street at Westlake, and at his Georgetown rhododendron fields…
ID Number:2000.107.176.33.01
Date:Circa 1931
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Malmo Seed and Nursery Company, Seattle, circa 1931
Norwegian immigrant Charles Malmo (1862-1938) established the Malmo Seed and Nursery Company in Seattle in 1893. Malmo propagated nursery stock of ornamental shrubs, which previously had to be imported from Japan, Holland, and England. In the 1920s, Malmo sold seeds and nursery stock from a store at 6th Avenue and Stewart Street at Westlake, and at his Georgetown rhododendron fields…
ID Number:2000.107.176.33.02
Date:Circa 1931
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Exterior of Clark's Top-Notch Restaurant, Seattle, June 29, 1939
Michigan-born Walter Clark (1897-1990) first came to Seattle after WWI to open a restaurant for an employer. By 1930 he was able to buy a restaurant for himself, Marie's Barbecue, in the University District. Together with his wife, Eugenia Power Clark (1918-1998), Mr. Clark presided over an empire that included 22 restaurants in Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, and Yakima, and received…
ID Number:2000.107.185.19.01
Date:1939
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Chef serving diners at Rosellini's, Seattle, December 5, 1975
The Tacoma-born son of Italian immigrants, Victor Rosellini (1915-2003) founded a string of acclaimed and successful restaurants in downtown Seattle, beginning with Rosellini's 610 in 1950, and Rosellini's Four-10 in 1956. Well-known as Seattle's premiere host, Mr. Rosellini maintained a reputation for treating all diners with equal elegance and non-partisanship despite his relation to cousin Albert Dean Rosellini (1910-2011), the…
ID Number:2000.107.185.25.01
Date:1975
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Christmas traffic in downtown Seattle, December 22, 1955
In this image pedestrians literally battle their way across Westlake Avenue at Pine Street. Cars headed north (toward top of image) on Westlake are attempting to turn left (west) onto Pine Street, thus clogging the intersection for westbound cars on Pine Street. Signs in image: Packard; Clark's Restaurant; Moss; Hart's Jewelers; Rhodes of Seattle; Frederick & Nelson; Best'sCaption information derived…
ID Number:2000.107.190.06.01
Date:1955
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Demonstration of punch-card voting machine, Seattle, March 25, 1969
On March 29, 1969 over 4,500 Seattle residents went to the polls to elect the 16-member Central Area School Council. This was the first community council elected to help the Seattle School Board run an attendance area’s schools. It was also the city’s first computer-assisted election, and it used IBM Votomatic machines, on loan from Clark County, WA. After the…
ID Number:2000.107.220.41.01
Date:1969