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Image of A. Frank Williams and Bob Davis at KYAC radio station, July 24, 1969
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A. Frank Williams and Bob Davis at KYAC radio station, July 24, 1969

KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:1986.5.50946.1
Date:1969
Image of A. Frank Williams and Bob Davis at KYAC radio station, July 24, 1969
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A. Frank Williams and Bob Davis at KYAC radio station, July 24, 1969

KYAC was the first Black-owned radio station in Seattle, broadcasting from 1965 to 1981 with a focus on playing music by Black artists. In addition to music, KYAC broadcast local news relevant to Seattle’s Black population, ran radio contests, hosted live events for listeners, and engaged in activism in the Black community. Initially, KYAC was owned by a white man.…
ID Number:1986.5.50946.2
Date:1969
Image of Myrlie Evers-Williams talking with reception attendees, Seattle, April 25, 1970
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Myrlie Evers-Williams talking with reception attendees, Seattle, April 25, 1970

In this image Myrlie Louise (Beasley) Evers-Williams (1933-), second from left, chats with three unidentified women at a reception in the Mount Zion Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Ms. Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil-rights leader Medgar Evers, was in Seattle for the dedication of the Medgar Evers Pool near Garfield High School in the Central District neighborhood. Caption information source: The…
ID Number:1986.5.52139.1
Date:1970
Image of Boys Club members and instructor building shelving, Seattle, August 11, 1970
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Boys Club members and instructor building shelving, Seattle, August 11, 1970

In this image Vocational Director at Rotary and Rainier Boys' Clubs Isaac Slade, right, shows Carl Ervin, 12, left and Marvin Williams, 15, how to operate a drill being used to construct display racks for the "World's Biggest Rummage Sale." The annual event, sponsored by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and local radio station KJR and held at Sick's Stadium August 22-23,…
ID Number:1986.5.52590.1
Date:1970
Image of Kathe Young speaking at dedication of Park Center Apartments for people with disabilities, Seattle, August 30, 1970
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Kathe Young speaking at dedication of Park Center Apartments for people with disabilities, Seattle, August 30, 1970

Center Park Apartments in Seattle’s Rainier Valley was the first apartment complex in the nation built solely for people with physical and mental disabilities and their caregivers. Largely through the tireless efforts of local activist Ida May Daly and others in the community, the Seattle Housing Authority received state and federal funds for the project. The 150 rental units in…
ID Number:1986.5.52708.22
Date:1970
Image of Speakers at dedication of Park Center Apartments for people with disabilities, August 30, 1970
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Speakers at dedication of Park Center Apartments for people with disabilities, August 30, 1970

Center Park Apartments in Seattle’s Rainier Valley was the first apartment complex in the nation built solely for people with physical and mental disabilities and their caregivers. Largely through the tireless efforts of local activist Ida May Daly and others in the community, the Seattle Housing Authority received state and federal funds for the project. The 150 rental units in…
ID Number:1986.5.52708.26
Date:1970
Image of Crowd at the dedication of the Center Park Apartments for people with disabilities, Seattle, August 30, 1970
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Crowd at the dedication of the Center Park Apartments for people with disabilities, Seattle, August 30, 1970

Center Park Apartments in Seattle’s Rainier Valley was the first apartment complex in the nation built solely for people with physical and mental disabilities and their caregivers. Largely through the tireless efforts of local activist Ida May Daly and others in the community, the Seattle Housing Authority received state and federal funds for the project. The 150 rental units in…
ID Number:1986.5.52708.29
Date:1970
Image of Donald Phelps speaking at dedication of the Center Park Apartments for people with disabilities, Seattle, August 30, 1970
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Donald Phelps speaking at dedication of the Center Park Apartments for people with disabilities, Seattle, August 30, 1970

Center Park Apartments in Seattle’s Rainier Valley was the first apartment complex in the nation built solely for people with physical and mental disabilities and their caregivers. Largely through the tireless efforts of local activist Ida May Daly and others in the community, the Seattle Housing Authority received state and federal funds for the project. The 150 rental units in…
ID Number:1986.5.52708.34
Date:1970
Image of Woman in a finished Center Park apartment, Seattle, August 30, 1970
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Woman in a finished Center Park apartment, Seattle, August 30, 1970

Center Park Apartments in Seattle’s Rainier Valley was the first apartment complex in the nation built solely for people with physical and mental disabilities and their caregivers. Largely through the tireless efforts of local activist Ida May Daly and others in the community, the Seattle Housing Authority received state and federal funds for the project. Accessible features in the 150…
ID Number:1986.5.52708.36
Date:1970
Image of Eight Seattle women in carriage at Stanley Park, Vancouver B. C., August 1908
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Eight Seattle women in carriage at Stanley Park, Vancouver B. C., August 1908

This photograph shows eight women from Seattle sitting in and standing near a carriage at Stanley Park, in Vancouver B. C., in August 1908. Identified on the back of the mat by Roberta (Frye) Watt are her grandmother, Mary Ann (Boren) Denny, sisters, Elizabeth (Frye) Bogue, Sophie (Frye) Bass, and Margaret Lenora Denny, aunt ""Lou"" L. Bacon, and Lily Maitland,…
ID Number:1990.45.92
Date:1908
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