102 results for: Winter
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Sbeebayoo (Billy) and Ellen Phillips, Seattle, January 8, 1910
In 1910 Chief Si'ahl's (Chief Seattle) nephew, Sbeebayoo (known as "Indian Billy" Phillips) and his wife Ellen (1812-1910), members of the Duwamish Tribe, were struggling to survive in their home at the foot of Stacy Street, just south of the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporters seized the story, describing how Sbeebayoo's camping places along the Puget Sound shoreline had…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.04
Date:1910
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Yao Unaf Saeturn farming near Woodinville, July 21, 1982
The Indochinese Farm Project began in 1982 with 18 acres of land along the Sammamish River. Funded in part by King County and the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (Market PDA), the Indochinese Farm project was a joint project of the Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs and Bethany Presbyterian Church. Through the project, refugees from Laos,…
ID Number:2000.107.110.16.04
Date:1982
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Andy Padua at Pike Place Market, Seattle, May 19, 1977
Andy Padua was a small farmer who ran a stall in Pike Place Market for more than 30 years. His stall sold onions, greens, and peppers. To his customers, Padua was known as “the Pepper Man,” due to the wide variety of peppers he grew. His peppers, winter melons, and ginger root were especially popular with Filipino and Chinese customers.…
ID Number:2000.107.137.19.02
Date:1977
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Students in costume at April Fools day party, Seattle, April 4, 1950
This photo shows high school students in costume at the Galadears' April Fool party, held at the Women's University Club in Seattle. Each high school presented a different theme, such as Valentine's Day, or winter sports. The students are identified from left as, Doris Jahnke, Larry Brown, Peter Jackson, and Mary Kay Morrissey. Caption information derived from captions written by…
ID Number:2000.107.171.11.01
Date:1950
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Men preparing a transit system sand truck, Seattle, December 29, 1951
In this image H. J. Stewart, left, and mechanic E. T. Jacobson prepare a Seattle Transit System (later Metro Transit) truck for winter weather conditions. The device on the rear of the truck is an automatic sander. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.190.08.02
Date:1951
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Two soldiers at Fort Lawton before transfer to Korea, November 29, 1950
In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:2000.107.216.24.01
Date:1950
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Poet-composer Jody Aliesan and playwright Gloria Albee, Seattle, January 14, 1974
In January and February 1974, the Women Studies program at the University of Washington presented a seven-part winter series. Some 200–250 local and out-of-state attendees were expected. The weekly series kicked off with a play reading, music, and poetry before moving on to presentations on sociology, anthropology, and other academic topics.The first program featured Jody Aliesan and Gloria Albee. Albee,…
ID Number:2000.107.19740114.1.13
Date:1974
Poster
Demonstration to implement Vietnam War peace agreements flier, February 1, 1975
This flier from late January 1975 calls for a demonstration at Cowen Park near the University of Washington in support of the Vietnam War peace agreements. The flier demands to "End all aid to Thieu and Lon Nol!," referring to Cambodia’s Lon Nol and South Vietnam’s Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, who were leading fighting against communist forces. The protest was co-sponsored…
ID Number:2002.23.1.35.2
Date:1975
Poster
Poster for UFO Landing Party and art exhibit, Seattle, 1984-1985
This poster appears to promote two events in the winter of 1984-1985. In October 1984, a group of unidentified artists won a grant to build “a mixed media construction that would be a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) landing site” on the roof of Seattle’s Comet Tavern on Pike Street. The December 27, 1984, UFO Landing Party may well be connected…
ID Number:2007.25.49
Date:1984
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Ski school students and instructor at Snoqualmie Summit, circa 1961
In the winter of 1934, Seattle made national news by opening one of the first municipal ski areas in the country at Snoqualmie summit, championed by Mayor John F. Dore, a skier who envisioned the project as one that could lift his city's spirits during the midst of the Great Depression. The Ski Park grew, installing a rope tow in…
ID Number:2009.23.910
Date:Circa 1961