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Image of Civil rights supporters demonstrate at Westlake Plaza, Seattle, March 7, 1964
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Civil rights supporters demonstrate at Westlake Plaza, Seattle, March 7, 1964

This image was taken as more than 1,500 demonstrators attended a rally at Westlake Plaza in support of open-housing in Seattle. Several local clergy and representatives of the NAACP spoke to the crowd, encouraging everyone to vote for a local ordinance that would provide for criminal penalties for acts of housing discrimination on the basis of race, ethnic origin, or…
ID Number:1986.5.9654.1
Date:1964
Image of Boys participating in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947
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Boys participating in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947

The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.1
Date:1947
Image of Gordon Bradbury in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947
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Gordon Bradbury in pie eating contest, Seattle, August 3, 1947

The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.2
Date:1947
Image of Winners of pie eating contest with judges, Seattle, August 3, 1947
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Winners of pie eating contest with judges, Seattle, August 3, 1947

The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11290.3
Date:1947
Image of Pageant queen inviting mayor to Pow Wow, Seattle, July 21, 1948
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Pageant queen inviting mayor to Pow Wow, Seattle, July 21, 1948

The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:1986.5.11294.1
Date:1948
Image of Seattle Chinese Community Girls' Drill Team at Seafair Powwow during, Seattle, August 11, 1952
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Seattle Chinese Community Girls' Drill Team at Seafair Powwow during, Seattle, August 11, 1952

Seattle’s Chinese Community Girls’ Drill team had its roots in the early 1950s. A group of Chinese girls at Seattle’s Garfield High School were impressed with girls’ drill teams from San Francisco and Victoria, BC. They talked with local Chinese American leader Ruby Chow about the possibility of starting one in Seattle as a way to share Chinese culture in…
ID Number:1986.5.11299.1
Date:1952
Image of Daffodil princesses at Spring Festival of Fun, Seattle, March 14, 1964
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Daffodil princesses at Spring Festival of Fun, Seattle, March 14, 1964

Seattle's "Spring Festival of Fun" was held over nine days in March 1964, from March 13th -21st. Sponsored by the Central Association of Seattle, the festival was designed to promote the advantages of the downtown area. Daily events, such as art exhibits, performances, and retail events, were held in locations from the waterfront to First Hill, and from the central…
ID Number:1986.5.11906.1
Date:1964
Image of Washington Park Arboretum showing Japanese teahouse garden landscaping, Seattle, 1960
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Washington Park Arboretum showing Japanese teahouse garden landscaping, Seattle, 1960

Handwritten on sleeve: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, (U.W.) Arboretum, Teahouse, landscaping. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 26, 1960.
ID Number:1986.5.15756.1
Date:1960
Image of Aerial view of the University of Washington looking east, Seattle, 1949
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Aerial view of the University of Washington looking east, Seattle, 1949

This view towards Lake Washington shows the University of Washington campus, the University District and University Bridge. Handwritten on sleeve: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, (U.W.) Campus, airview. Date photograph was filed by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): December 21, 1949.
ID Number:1986.5.15832.1
Date:1949
Image of Fred Anderson, Paul Horiuchi, Alden Mason, and Ambrose Patterson, Seattle, October 14, 1955
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Fred Anderson, Paul Horiuchi, Alden Mason, and Ambrose Patterson, Seattle, October 14, 1955

In this image shows the winners of the four top prizes in Art on Pine Street, an annual Seattle sidewalk exhibition. From left: Fred Anderson won the Frederick & Nelson award for "Bon Bon;" Paul Horiuchi won the Seattle Post-Intelligencer award for "Antedeluvian;" Alden Mason received the Bon Marche award for "Grain Forest;" and Ambrose Patterson won the Norman Davis…
ID Number:1986.5.17489.1
Date:1955
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