46 results for: Potts, Dave
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Luis Gamboa discussing the Chicano Movement, Seattle, May 9, 1970
During the summer of 1970, Brown Berets from the University of Washington led a voter registration drive in the Yakima Valley and helped push the United States Supreme Court to hear the case against Yakima Valley registrars who refused to permit Spanish speaking Mexican-Americans to vote. The Brown Berets organized pickets, welfare protests, and interrupted community meetings to promote bills…
ID Number:2000.107.124.40.10
Date:1970
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Western Governors Conference demonstration, July 31, 1969
In July 1969, a group of Seattle Community College students protested outside the Washington Plaza Hotel, where the Western Governors' Conference was in session. The students, most members of the Black Student Union (BLU) or the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), objected to the appointment by Governor Dan Evans of Marvin Glass to the Board of Trustees of the…
ID Number:2000.107.131.22.02
Date:1969
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Garfield students performing "Walking Stereotypes" in C.A.M.P. class, July 11, 1967
Seattle's Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), co-sponsored by the Central Area Community Council and the Seattle Urban League, was founded in 1967, funded as part of President Johnson's War on Poverty program. Its mission has been to reduce the impact of poverty with all of its related problems. Renamed Centerstone in 2012, the organization has assisted, through many programs and…
ID Number:2000.107.131.22.06
Date:1967
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Paul Dorpat and Tom Robbins at City Council hearing, Seattle, April 4, 1967
Author Tom Robbins (1932-2025) was known for his novels, articles, essays, and support for progressive causes. In this image Tom Robbins, right, sits with historian Paul Dorpat (1938-) at an appeal hearing in front of the Seattle City Council License Committee. As the "only professional art critic in the Northwest," Robbins testified that Dorpat's permit application for a dance held…
ID Number:2000.107.153.38.01
Date:1967
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Bob Satiacum at protester's encampment outside Fort Lawton, Seattle, March 18, 1970
On March 8, 1970, about 100 members and sympathizers of United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupied Fort Lawton, a 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. They were inspired by the passage of a bill signed by President Richard Nixon, which granted non-federal entities the ability to obtain surplus federal lands for…
ID Number:2000.107.160.15.01
Date:1970
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Ray Seales and Eddie Cotton at annual PI sports banquet, January 9, 1973
"Sugar" Ray Seales was the only American boxer to win a gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Ray Seales (b. 1952) was born in the Virgin Islands, where his father, who boxed in the U.S. Army, was stationed. The family moved to Tacoma in 1965, where Seales was coached by Joe Clough at at the Tacoma Boys…
ID Number:2000.107.163.37.04
Date:1973
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Kids handing donation to J. P. Patches, Seattle, February 6, 1977
Julius Pierpont "J. P." Patches was a clown portrayed by entertainer Chris John Wedes (1928-2012) on the immensely popular " J.P. Patches Show" on Seattle's KIRO-TV from 1958 to 1981. In addition to the long-running TV show, J. P. Patches made frequent fundraising appearances for local charities. In this image Craig Annable, 14, Eric Otani, 2, Kristine Otani, 5, and…
ID Number:2000.107.171.09.06
Date:1977
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George Tsutakawa creating large metal sculpture, Seattle, February 27, 1972
Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.173.02.01
Date:1972
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Diners eating at Farrell's, Seattle, November 29, 1974
Popular restaurant chain Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour, famous for their free birthday sundaes, was begun in 1963 in Portland, Oregon, and featured early-1900s-style decor, with employees wearing period dress and straw boater hats. By 1975, there were 120 Farrell's nationwide, however sales dropped and most were sold off in the 1980s. As of 2017 there are two remaining Farrell's, both…
ID Number:2000.107.185.20.04
Date:1974
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Seattle Sounders and San Jose Earthquakes players in silhouette at Highline Stadium, Burien, April 11, 1975
In April 1975, the Seattle Sounders and San Jose Earthquakes soccer teams played an evening exhibition game at Highline Stadium in Burien. Here, a Seattle PI photographer captures the players as silhouettes as the sky darkens and the stadium lights turn on. Caption information source: Photo caption, Seattle Post Intelligencer, April 12, 1975, p. B1
ID Number:2000.107.201.38.01
Date:1975