61 results for: Davis, Harvey
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Guy Anderson and Mrs. Ray Collins at the Otto Seligman Gallery, March 7, 1965
Painter Guy Anderson (1906-1998) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style that was different from traditional Northwest Native American art forms, which had been long recognized as "northwest art."Seattle's Otto Seligman Gallery mounted…
ID Number:2000.107.007.28.03
Date:1965
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Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team at Marysville Strawberry Festival, June 19, 1965
In 1952, Seattle restaurateur, Chinese community pioneer, and civic activist Ruby Chow helped a group of Chinese girls called the Chi-ettes form the Chinese Community Girls Drill Team. Ruby wanted to encourage girls from 11 to 21 to develop social skills and self-esteem and give the girls an opportunity for a supervised activity outside their homes. The drill team became…
ID Number:2000.107.036.10.03
Date:1965
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Baba Jeanne Mangaoang speaking at Congressional hearing, Washington, D.C., June 16, 1954
Baba Jeanne "B.J." (Sears) Mangaoang (1915-2007) was a Seattle woman who remained active in Communist Party (CP) politics, the fight against the Red Scare, and advocated for peace and social justice throughout her life. She was introduced to the CP as a student at the University of Washington in the early 1930s, formally joining the Party in 1938. She worked…
ID Number:2000.107.046.27.01
Date:1954
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Group from the Alki PTA march to support levy, West Seattle, May 25, 1953
In a May 1953 special election, Seattle voters approved a 2-mill property tax levy to fund kindergartens for another year. The levy passed by a majority of 54,965 to 18,537. Earlier that year, the state legislature had voted to limit the amount of money for education to $141 million, leaving each school district to fund its own kindergarten classes.Here, a…
ID Number:2000.107.055.27.02
Date:1953
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"Little Royalty" court receiving dinner at Seafair Fiesta Filipina, Seattle, August 2, 1964
Fiesta Filipina (also Philippine Festival) began as an annual event commemorating the anniversary of Philippine Independence. The event was held at Seward Park and became part of Seafair, Seattle's ten-week-long summer festival. In 1987 the event was moved to the Seattle Center, where by 1997 it had been renamed Pagdiriwang and become one of the five ethnic and cultural festivals…
ID Number:2000.107.062.03.07
Date:1964
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Last Guns with headdress, Seattle, November 2, 1961
In this image, Last Guns (James White Calf, Sr.), the oldest man in the Blackfeet Nation at 103, holds a traditional headdress. He traveled from Browing, Montana, to Seattle to present the headdress to President John F. Kennedy, who was in Seattle on November 16 to deliver a speech at the University of Washington's 100th anniversary program. Last Guns had…
ID Number:2000.107.095.27.04
Date:1961
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Last Guns and Eagle Plume, Seattle, November 2, 1961
In this image, Last Guns (James White Calf, Sr.), the oldest man in the Blackfeet Nation at 103, holds a traditional headdress while sitting next to his son, Eagle Plume (James White Calf, Jr.). He traveled from Browing, Montana, to Seattle to present the headdress to President John F. Kennedy, who was in Seattle on November 16 to deliver a…
ID Number:2000.107.095.27.05
Date:1961
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Sallie Onishi cutting cake for her young students, Japanese Baptist Church, Seattle, July 1, 1948
Here, teacher Sallie Onishi cuts a huge cake to celebrate the end of classes for her 4-, 5- and 6- year old students at the Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle. The children had staged a pageant in Japanese costumes before donning caps and gowns for their "commencement" ceremony. Caption information source: Seattle Post Intelligencer photo caption, July 3, 1948, p.3
ID Number:2000.107.098.17.03
Date:1948
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International Festival Queen Jo Anne Squires and her princesses, July 6, 1951
In July 1951, Jo Anne Squires was chosen Queen of Seattle's Black community for the International Festival, a part of Seafair, to be held August 9-11. There, she would represent Chinatown - International District as a Seattle Seafair Princess, along with "royalty" from the Filipino, Japanese, and Chinese communities.This photos shows Jo Anne Squires, left, with her "princesses," left to…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.20
Date:1951
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Central Area youth with Ed Devine at Mayor's office, August 19, 1965
On August 19 and 20th, 1965, a group of nine youths from the Central Area Youth Action Council occupied the reception area outside Mayor Dorm Braman's office in attempt to speak with the mayor. On both days, the mayor's administrative assistant, Ed Devine, told the group the mayor was expected to be out all day. The group made several requests…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.24
Date:1965