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John Cherberg cutting ribbon to open new parking lot on King Street, Seattle, June 14, 1972
This image shows the opening of a parking lot on King Street at 8th Avenue S. in the Chinatown - International District. The lot is located beneath an elevated section of I-5 and was leased to the International District Improvement Association (InterIm). InterIm hoped the lot would generate profit to reinvest in the community. As of 2025, the lot is…
ID Number:2000.107.19720612.1.08
Date:1972
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"Target 50" workers delivering voter registration cards, Seattle, July 14, 1972
The City of Seattle launched the Target 50 voter registration drive in June 1972, with the goal of registering 50,000 new voters by the end of August. Funded by Model Cities and the Office of Human Resources Youth Division, the program recruited about 50 people aged 18-21 to spend the summer registering voters across the city. The project met its…
ID Number:2000.107.19720714.3.08
Date:1972
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Mayoral candidate Liem Tuai and his wife Winnie in an antique car, Seattle, November 3, 1973
After the death of City Council Member Paul Alexander, Seattle lawyer Liem Tuai was picked to finish out his term. Tuai was the second Chinese American to serve on the City Council. Son of a Port Townsend WA railroad worker and laundry man, Tuai dropped out of high school to become a machinist at Boeing. He served in Japan with…
ID Number:2000.107.19731103.1.21
Date:1973
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View of King Street businesses, Seattle, December 1973
This image shows storefronts in the West Kong Yick Building, located on South King Street between 7th Avenue South and Canton Alley (seen at far left). The West and East Kong Yick Buildings were constructed in 1910 by the Kong Yick Investment Company, which was made up of 170 investors from Chinese community around Seattle and led by Goon Dip.…
ID Number:2000.107.19731204.1.13
Date:1973
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Cleveland High School African Ensemble dancing at Colman Elementary School, Seattle, January 14, 1974
Seattle schools were closed on January 15, 1974, for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but they held commemorations of his achievements and presentations of African culture on the previous day. Here, in one of the 1974 programs, Cleveland High School’s African Ensemble dances for students at Colman Elementary school. Caption information source: “Dr. King Honored; Schools Closed Today”, Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.19740114.3.25A
Date:1974
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Peggy Maze, director of Neighbors in Need, announcing run for State Senate, Seattle, June 27, 1974
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Boeing Bust and national economic problems caused severe unemployment and poverty in Seattle and elsewhere. Peggy Maze of Seattle volunteered with an emergency assistance group, Neighbors in Need, and later became its director. NIN grew into a network of 80 food banks in 20 Washington counties. The project was so successful that…
ID Number:2000.107.19740628.1.22A
Date:1974
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Congregation at Mount Zion Baptist Church after murder of Alberta Williams King, Seattle, June 30, 1974
Alberta Williams King (1904-1974) was an activist, organist, and the mother of martyred civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968). She organized and led the Ebenezer Women's Committee at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where her husband and son were pastors, and was active in the NAACP, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and the YWCA. On…
ID Number:2000.107.19740630.1.17A
Date:1974
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Margaret Jensen, coordinator at South Park food bank, with boxes of food, Seattle, February 4, 1975
In 1975, Seattle and the nation were still suffering from the effects of a nationwide recession brought on by the Boeing Bust and a worldwide oil crisis. Unemployment was still growing. Federal funds supported Neighbors in Need, which ran 15 King County food banks that fed some 55,000 people.When this photo was taken, Margaret Jensen had coordinated Seattle’s South Park…
ID Number:2000.107.19750204.1.16A
Date:1975
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Families lined up outside South Park food bank, February 4, 1975
In 1975, Seattle and the nation were still suffering from the effects of a nationwide recession brought on by the Boeing Bust and a worldwide oil crisis. Unemployment was still growing. Federal funds supported Neighbors in Need, which ran 15 King County food banks that fed some 55,000 people, but these funds were scheduled to end soon.In this early February…
ID Number:2000.107.19750204.1.21A
Date:1975
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King County Det. Capt. Nick Mackie with computer printouts related to "Ted" investigation, October 1975
Joseph Neilan “Nick” Mackie (1934-2019) was a longtime Washington law enforcement officer known for his role in the investigation of serial killer Ted Bundy during the 1970s. Born on Whidbey Island, Nick Mackie attended Lincoln High School and University of Washington, and served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining the King County Sheriff’s Department, where he rose to the…
ID Number:2000.107.19751000.8.17
Date:1975