100 results for: Rites and Ceremonies
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Jehovah's Witnesses being baptized, Seattle, September 8, 1952
In this image, a group of men baptize new Jehovah's Witnesses in a pool as part of a district convention held over three days in Seattle. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.098.36.02
Date:1952
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Jehovah's Witness being baptized, Seattle, July 18, 1981
In this image a young woman is baptized during ceremonies at the annual district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at the Seattle Center. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.098.36.04
Date:1981
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Bruce Lee's gravesite, Seattle, 1977
Legendary martial artist Lee Jun Fan (1940-1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was born in San Francisco, raised in Hong Kong, and attended college at the University of Washington in Seattle, before moving to back to California. During his time in Seattle Lee began teaching martial arts, and later his Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong…
ID Number:2000.107.111.30.01
Date:1977
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Tour group at Bruce Lee's grave, 1992
Legendary martial artist Lee Jun Fan (1940-1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was born in San Francisco, raised in Hong Kong, and attended college at the University of Washington in Seattle, before moving to back to California. During his time in Seattle Lee began teaching martial arts, and later his Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong…
ID Number:2000.107.111.30.02
Date:1992
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Roberto Maestas and Estela Ortega being married at Beacon Hill School, December 1972
Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. He became involved in civil rights and antiwar protests in the late 1960s and in 1972 he led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de la Raza, which Maestas led until 2009. Estela Ortega (b. 1950)…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.07
Date:1972
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Terri Mast speaking at memorial service for Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, Seattle, June 1982
Terri Mast is an activist and labor leader from Seattle. She was involved in antiwar and women’s rights movements, and was an important figure in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP). She helped start the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes (CJDV) and led the International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 37. As of 2022, Mast is secretary-treasurer of…
ID Number:2000.107.119.32.02
Date:1982
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Inmates watching a sweat lodge ceremony at McNeil Island Corrections Center, January 1985
McNeil Island is a 6.6 square mile island located in south Puget Sound, lying 2.8 miles across the water from the nearest town. The site was utilized for 142 continuous years as an island-based penal institution, beginning in 1869 with a jail built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1909 the facility became a federal prison, the McNeil…
ID Number:2000.107.123.19.05
Date:1985
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Men at Nisei Veteran's Committee Memorial Day service, May 30, 1953
The Nisei War Memorial Monument at Lake View Cemetery in Seattle was erected in 1949, funded by many small donations raised in a massive door-to-door campaign in the Puget Sound region. The 21-foot-high column lists the names of 47 Japanese American soldiers from Seattle who were killed during World War II. Later, the names of nine Seattle-area service members of…
ID Number:2000.107.124.07.01
Date:1953
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Parishioners performing memorial at Seattle Buddhist Church, September 15, 1963
The Buddhist crisis was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietnamese government and a campaign of civil resistance, led mainly by Buddhist monks. The crisis ended with a coup in November 1963 by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and…
ID Number:2000.107.168.36.01
Date:1963
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Fremont "Mayor" Bert Williams, Seattle, March 14, 1954
Each year, the Fremont Old Timers' Association elected an honorary "Mayor" of their Seattle neighborhood. In 1954, Albert Paul "Bert" Williams (1876-1955), who had come to Seattle in 1888, accepted the honor. He remembered the Great Seattle Fire and also went to Alaska during the Gold Rush. The retired machinist recalled that when he moved to Fremont in 1901, it…
ID Number:2000.107.173.03.02
Date:1954