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Image of Employee edging lumber at Barbee Mill Co., Renton, March 9, 1993
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Employee edging lumber at Barbee Mill Co., Renton, March 9, 1993

The Barbee Mill Co. started around 1930 as a small lumber mill and then a combined lumber mill/shipyard operation. Barbee Marine Yards, Inc., operated in the May Creek section of Renton from 1943-1945, thereafter it closed and the lumber mill expanded. First located at the south end of Lake Washington, Barbee Mill Co. moved in the 1940s to its new…
ID Number:2000.107.19930309.3.07
Date:1993
Image of Bill Culliton charging electric car, Orcas Island, March 6, 1997
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Bill Culliton charging electric car, Orcas Island, March 6, 1997

In 1991, Orcas Island was chosen as one of 13 sites in the US to participate in a Department of Energy study to see how electric vehicles (EVs) performed in real use. At the time, EVs were limited in speed and range, but neither was a concern with Orcas Island's small size and narrow roads. Several Orcas residents bought EVs…
ID Number:2000.107.19970306.22.19
Date:1997
Image of Rainforest Action Network WTO protest banner, Seattle, November 29, 1999
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Rainforest Action Network WTO protest banner, Seattle, November 29, 1999

The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.5.14
Date:1999
Image of Demonstrators in turtle costumes at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999
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Demonstrators in turtle costumes at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999

The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.14.02
Date:1999
Image of Demonstrators in turtle costumes at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999
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Demonstrators in turtle costumes at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999

The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.16.22
Date:1999
Image of Demonstrators in turtle costumes at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999
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Demonstrators in turtle costumes at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999

The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.17.08
Date:1999
Image of Erin O'Connell facing line of police officers at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999
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Erin O'Connell facing line of police officers at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999

The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.18.32
Date:1999
Image of People in turtle costumes dancing at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999
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People in turtle costumes dancing at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999

The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.22.33
Date:1999
Image of Strips of steelhead hanging in drying shed, July 26, 2002
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Strips of steelhead hanging in drying shed, July 26, 2002

In 1989, the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began studying health risks for four Indigenous tribes living in the Columbia River basin: the Yakama Nation in Washington, the Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs in Oregon.…
ID Number:2000.107.20020726.CD01.01.001
Date:2002
Image of Sandra and Roger Crabtree watching steelhead on Bonneville Dam fish ladder, July 26, 2002
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Sandra and Roger Crabtree watching steelhead on Bonneville Dam fish ladder, July 26, 2002

In 1989, the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began studying health risks for four Indigenous tribes living in the Columbia River basin - the Yakama Nation in Washington, the Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs in…
ID Number:2000.107.20020726.CD01.02.001
Date:2002
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