55 results for: Holmberg, John
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Contractors excavating for Metro Transit tunnel, Seattle, March 17, 1987
In this image construction workers from Frontier Foundations, Inc., a subcontractor for Atkinson/Dillingham Construction Co., drill the first hold for the first piling for the excavation of the Pioneer Square tunnel station at Third Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle. Work on Metro Transit's $455 million, 1.3-mile-long bus tunnel began in 1987 amid concerns from local business owners that…
ID Number:2000.107.124.34.02
Date:1987
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Michael Ramos and Rafael at the Salvadoran-Guatemalan Refugee Program, Seattle, February 28, 1985
This photo was taken at the Salvadoran-Guatemalan Refugee Program office in Seattle. The program supported refugees from El Salvador and Guatemala with legal aid, assistance with getting political asylum, and paying bail bonds for refugees who were arrested. If bail was not posted within a specified time period, refugees were sent to camps in California or Arizona. On the occasion…
ID Number:2000.107.151.03.01
Date:1985
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Tom Robbins and Karl Krogstad, Seattle, June 27, 1985
Author Tom Robbins (1932-2025) was known for his novels, articles, essays, and support for progressive causes. Here, Robbins consults with Seattle filmmaker Karl Krogstad on the set of a video they were working on for the MTV cable channel. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.153.38.07
Date:1985
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Seattle City Council President Norm Rice listening to Mayor Charles Royer at Seattle City Hall, May 1, 1985
Charles "Charley" Royer (1939-2024) was mayor of Seattle from 1978 to 1990, and is the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. Born in Medford, Oregon, Royer worked in TV news in Oregon in the 1960s and became known for his political coverage. He moved to Seattle in 1970 to work for KING-TV, then ran for mayor in 1977 and defeated…
ID Number:2000.107.157.29.01
Date:1985
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Millie Russell speaking at hearing on discrimination in schools , February 18, 1986
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:2000.107.158.25.01
Date:1986
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Bob Santos speaking at microphone, Seattle, August 1983
Robert Nicholas "Bob" Santos (1934-2016), was a Filipino American born and raised in Seattle's Chinatown - International District. He spent most of his life as an activist in his old neighborhood -- saving it, nurturing it, defending it against outside threats, whether environmental, cultural, or political. Mr. Santos developed a close relationship with other activists for racial justice, in particular…
ID Number:2000.107.160.07.02
Date:1983
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Car passing vacant houses on Capitol Hill, Seattle, April 13, 1982
This image of the exterior of turn-of-the-century houses on the 1200 block of 15th Avenue East on Captiol Hill shows their derelict state. Nine houses across from Volunteer Park were purchased by Parkridge Development eight years prior with the intention of tearing them down and building a 50-unit apartment building at the site. The plans were delayed by a zoning…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.03
Date:1982
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Boarding up a vacant house on Capitol Hill, Seattle, April 13, 1982
This image shows Dennis Lehtinsen, an employee of the owners, boarding up one of nine turn-of-the-century houses on the 1200 block of 15th Avenue East on Capitol Hill. The houses across from Volunteer Park were purchased by Parkridge Development eight years prior with the intention of tearing them down and building a 50-unit apartment building at the site. The plans…
ID Number:2000.107.168.11.04
Date:1982
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Dancer clogging at Folklife Festival, Seattle Center, May 23, 1981
In this image Pam Christenson of Portland, Oregon, a member of the Stumptown Cloggers, kicks up her heels in an impromptu "clog" to fiddle music during Seattle's annual Northwest Folklife Festival. The festival has been held each Memorial Day weekend since 1972 at Seattle Center as a free celebration of folk and ethnic music, dance, and arts. Caption information derived…
ID Number:2000.107.172.37.01
Date:1981
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Dancers performing at Folklife Festival, Seattle Center, May 24, 1981
In this image two dancers in what appears to be traditional Scandinavian dress perform during Seattle's annual Northwest Folklife Festival. The festival has been held each Memorial Day weekend since 1972 at Seattle Center as a free celebration of folk and ethnic music, dance, and arts.
ID Number:2000.107.172.37.02
Date:1981