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Sue Bird in WNBA championship game at Key Arena, Seattle, October 12, 2004
The Seattle Storm played the Connecticut Sun in the 2004 Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Finals, competing for the League championship. Both teams were making their first appearance in the finals. After tieing at a game apiece, the Seattle Storm won the championship in the third game, played on their home turf at KeyArena (now Climate Pledge Arena).This photo shows…
ID Number:2000.107.20041012.CD01.001
Date:2004
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Seattle Storm players cheering at WNBA championship game, Seattle, October 12, 2004
The Seattle Storm played the Connecticut Sun in the 2004 Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Finals, competing for the League championship. Both teams were making their first appearance in the finals. After tieing at a game apiece, the Seattle Storm won the championship in the third game, played on their home turf at KeyArena (now Climate Pledge Arena).Here, three Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.20041012.CD02.01.001
Date:2004
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Ballard locks under construction, Seattle, ca. 1915
Ground was broken for the Lake Washington Ship Canal locks in 1911, and the first concrete was poured for the lock chambers in 1913. The first ship traveled through the locks in 1916. This photo, taken about 1915, shows the two lock chambers under construction. The main waterway has been diverted around the construction site. Handwritten on mount: Building the…
ID Number:2002.3.2022
Date:Circa 1915
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Montlake cut under construction, Seattle, circa 1915
The Lake Washington Ship Canal followed the routes of earlier canals and streams which connected Lake Washington, Lake Union, and Salmon Bay. This view looks west through the Montlake Cut towards the north end of Capitol Hill. Handwritten on mount: Canal Excavation - Tapping Lake Washington, Seattle. Lake Wash. Ship Canal, excavation.
ID Number:2002.3.2023
Date:Circa 1915
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Operation Homestead poster, Seattle, May 1991
Through the 1980s, low-income housing was steadily disappearing in Seattle. Many older downtown apartment buildings which offered affordable housing were condemned by their landowners as, in many cases, it was more profitable to have an abandoned property then to pay for management and upkeep. The direct-action group Operation Homestead, formed in 1988, occupied abandoned buildings to draw attention to this…
ID Number:2002.23.8.7.1
Date:1991
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Poster advertising Indian Art Mart at Daybreak Star Art Center, Seattle, 1979
In 1970, some 100 Native Americans and supporters occupied Fort Lawton, a Seattle Army base that had been declared surplus. The group wanted to reclaim what had been part of their historic lands. After being ejected by military police, group members camped nearby, maintaining their rights and involving celebrities in their cause. In 1977, after much negotiation and Congressional involvement,…
ID Number:2002.23.8.9.3
Date:1979
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Crowd watching a performance at the Bumbershoot festival, Seattle, August 27, 1976
Since 1971, Bumbershoot has drawn artists representing the best in music, film, comedy, spoken word, dance, theatre, performance, and visual arts to Seattle over Labor Day weekend. North America's largest urban arts festival, Bumbershoot takes place in the heart of the city at the 74-acre Seattle Center. Here, a crowd gathers outside on a sunny day to watch a performance…
ID Number:2002.46.2022.1
Date:1976
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Herbert Stephens waiting to be sworn in, March 8, 1974
Herbert M. Stephens (1918-2000) was appointed as a judge to the King County Superior Court in 1974, becoming the second Black person to serve as a superior judge in Washington. Born in Oklahoma, Stephens graduated from Morehouse College and received a law degree from the University of Washington. In addition to his law practice, he also served on the Washington…
ID Number:2002.46.917.1A
Date:1974
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Charles Stokes helping Herbert Stephens with his robes at swearing-in ceremony, March 8, 1974
Herbert M. Stephens (1918-2000) was appointed as a judge to the King County Superior Court in 1974, becoming the second Black person to serve as a superior judge in Washington. Born in Oklahoma, Stephens graduated from Morehouse College and received a law degree from the University of Washington. In addition to his law practice, he also served on the Washington…
ID Number:2002.46.917.5A
Date:1974
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Ted Williams holding bat during tour of the Kingdome, January 1976
Ted Williams (1918-2002) was one of the most successful hitters in Major League Baseball (MLB) history. He played his entire career for the Boston Red Sox, from 1939 to 1960, though he did not play from 1940 to 1943 in order to serve in World War II and missed most of the 1952 and 1953 seasons when he was recalled…
ID Number:2002.46.2178.13
Date:1976