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Image of Admirals goaltender Bryanne Fitts during practice session, Seattle, March 1997
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Admirals goaltender Bryanne Fitts during practice session, Seattle, March 1997

The Northwest Admirals were a girls junior ice hockey team based in Seattle from 1995 through 1998. They were the first US girls or women's team to join the Canadian Lower Mainland Female Hockey League, which they won in the 1996-97 season with a record of 19 wins and no losses. By March of that season, the Admirals had scored…
ID Number:2000.107.19970306.38.05
Date:1997
Image of Northwest Admirals coach Cindy Dayley talks with hockey team at practice in Olympic View Arena, March 1997
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Northwest Admirals coach Cindy Dayley talks with hockey team at practice in Olympic View Arena, March 1997

The Northwest Admirals were a girls junior ice hockey team based in Seattle from 1995 through 1998. They were the first US girls or women's team to join the Canadian Lower Mainland Female Hockey League, which they won in the 1996-97 season with a record of 19 wins and no losses. By March of that season, the Admirals had scored…
ID Number:2000.107.19970306.40.32
Date:1997
Image of Ray Seales working with student Giac Nguyen at Lincoln High School, Tacoma, March 7, 1997
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Ray Seales working with student Giac Nguyen at Lincoln High School, Tacoma, March 7, 1997

“Sugar” Ray Seales (b. 1952) was born St. Croix and moved to Tacoma, Washington, in 1965. He trained in the Tacoma Boys Club amateur boxing program under coach Joe Clough and had an amateur boxing record of 338 wins and 12 losses. He was the National AAU light welterweight champion in 1971, the National Golden Gloves champion in 1972, and…
ID Number:2000.107.19970307.12.04
Date:1997
Image of Ray Seales feeding breakfast to student at Lincoln High School, Tacoma,  March 7, 1997
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Ray Seales feeding breakfast to student at Lincoln High School, Tacoma, March 7, 1997

“Sugar” Ray Seales (b. 1952) was born St. Croix and moved to Tacoma, Washington, in 1965. He trained in the Tacoma Boys Club amateur boxing program under coach Joe Clough and had an amateur boxing record of 338 wins and 12 losses. He was the National AAU light welterweight champion in 1971, the National Golden Gloves champion in 1972, and…
ID Number:2000.107.19970307.13.15
Date:1997
Image of Players in an over-50 women's soccer game in the heavy rain at Woodland Park, Seattle, March 18, 1997
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Players in an over-50 women's soccer game in the heavy rain at Woodland Park, Seattle, March 18, 1997

Women's soccer in Washington State grew and flourished from the 1970s through the 1990s, with the development of multiple high school and college programs, and women's leagues and clubs. The proliferation of women's soccer clubs gave women of all ages and abilities the opportunity to develop and compete.Here, two over-50 women's soccer teams plays a game at night in heavy…
ID Number:2000.107.19970318.2.14
Date:1997
Image of Skateboarder at the Seattle Center skateboard park, Seattle, April 11, 1997
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Skateboarder at the Seattle Center skateboard park, Seattle, April 11, 1997

Seattle Center’s skateboard park at Fifth Avenue and Republican Street opened on April 12th, 1997. The opening was scheduled to coincide with the start of Seattle’s spring school break. Here, a skateboarder tries out the new facility on the day before the official opening. Caption information source: “Head over wheels", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 12, 1997, page A3.
ID Number:2000.107.19970411.12.31
Date:1997
Image of Kate Starbird at her signing for the Seattle Reign, April 22, 1997
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Kate Starbird at her signing for the Seattle Reign, April 22, 1997

The Seattle Reign were the first professional women’s basketball team in Seattle, playing from 1996 to 1998 in the American Basketball League (ABL). The ABL was founded in 1996, with Seattle as one of eight founding teams. The league collapsed partway through the 1998 season under the financial pressure of competing with the rival Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), which…
ID Number:2000.107.19970422.15.29a
Date:1997
Image of Tara Davis watching Cleveland High School track meet, Seattle, May 2, 1997
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Tara Davis watching Cleveland High School track meet, Seattle, May 2, 1997

Tara Davis is a former professional athlete who played on the Seattle's first women's professional basketball team, the Seattle Reign. During the 1997 offseason, Davis, who was also a track star in high school and college, worked at Cleveland High School as an assistant track and field coach. She saw the coaching role as an opportunity to support the community…
ID Number:2000.107.19970502.8.13
Date:1997
Image of Sara Pickering at batting practice, Seattle, May 13, 1997
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Sara Pickering at batting practice, Seattle, May 13, 1997

Sara Pickering played for the UW women's softball team for all four years of her time at the university, from 1994 to 1997. She played second base and is one of the most successful athletes in UW's history. She was the team captain for three years, was the team MVP twice, and had a career batting average of .379. Pickering…
ID Number:2000.107.19970513.18.08
Date:1997
Image of University of Washington women's softball team in huddle, Seattle, May 13, 1997
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University of Washington women's softball team in huddle, Seattle, May 13, 1997

This image shows members of the UW women's softball team at practice in May 1997. That year, the team made it to the Women's College World Series, which was the team's second appearance in the WCWS and only the fifth year of the program's existence. Their opponent was UCLA, who won both games and eliminated UW from the tournament. Caption…
ID Number:2000.107.19970513.18.33
Date:1997
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