3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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WPA bookmobile at Grayland School, June 8, 1940
During the Great Depression, libraries all over the United States had to lay off staff members and reduce salaries of those who remained. From the mid-1930s until the outbreak of World War II, several New Deal programs provided money to improve public and school library buildings and services. In Washington state, two federally-funded bookmobiles carried reading material to communities in…
ID Number:1986.5.16696.1
Date:1940
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WPA applicants in a Seattle office, 1937
Handwritten on sleeve: W.P.A., Seattle, applicants. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): February 8, 1937.
ID Number:1986.5.16697.1
Date:1937
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BSU occupation of Administration Building at UW, May 20, 1968
University of Washington's Black Student Union (BSU) was founded in early 1968 at a time when very few Black students attended the UW. Over the next several years the BSU led campaigns that transformed the University and helped reshape educational opportunities for young people of color in Seattle and throughout Washington state.On May 20, 1968, the Black Student Union occupied…
ID Number:1986.5.16852.4
Date:1968
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Larry Gossett leading students at BSU UW protest, May 20, 1968
University of Washington's Black Student Union was founded in early 1968 at a time when very few black students attended the UW. Over the next several years the BSU led campaigns that transformed the University and helped reshape educational opportunities for young people of color in Seattle and throughout Washington state.On May 20, 1968, University of Washington's Black Student Union…
ID Number:1986.5.16852.15
Date:1968
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Fred Anderson, Paul Horiuchi, Alden Mason, and Ambrose Patterson, Seattle, October 14, 1955
In this image shows the winners of the four top prizes in Art on Pine Street, an annual Seattle sidewalk exhibition. From left: Fred Anderson won the Frederick & Nelson award for "Bon Bon;" Paul Horiuchi won the Seattle Post-Intelligencer award for "Antedeluvian;" Alden Mason received the Bon Marche award for "Grain Forest;" and Ambrose Patterson won the Norman Davis…
ID Number:1986.5.17489.1
Date:1955
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Central Area youth with Ed Devine at Mayor's office, August 20, 1965
On August 19 and 20, 1965, a group of nine youths from the Central Area Youth Action Council occupied the reception area outside Mayor Dorm Braman's office in attempt to speak with the mayor. On both days, the mayor's administrative assistant, Ed Devine, told the group the mayor was expected to be out all day. The group made several requests…
ID Number:1986.5.18799.9
Date:1965
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Dorothy Best at Best's Apparel, February 1958
Dorothy Cabot Best (1888-1958) was co-owner and co-founder of the women’s clothing store Best’s Apparel. The store opened in 1925 at 1520 Third Avenue and then moved in 1935 to a larger location at 5th and Pine. Dorothy worked in partnership with her husband Ivan Lovich Best (1887-1979). She was the face of the store and made decisions about merchandise…
ID Number:1986.5.18955.1
Date:1958
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John Doyle Bishop on corner of Fifth and Union, Seattle, March 1967
Fashion designer and retailer John Doyle Bishop (1913-1980), known as "Seattle's most colorful Irishman," opened his first store in 1950 when he purchased Helen Igoe's exclusive women's apparel shop at 1331 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle. In 1954 Bishop moved the shop to 1334 Fifth Avenue, where he sold his and other designs to wealthy clientèle. A flamboyant gay man…
ID Number:1986.5.19083.1
Date:1967
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John Doyle Bishop in his store, Seattle, March 1967
Fashion designer and retailer John Doyle Bishop (1913-1980), known as "Seattle's most colorful Irishman," opened his first store in 1950 when he purchased Helen Igoe's exclusive women's apparel shop at 1331 Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle. In 1954 Bishop moved the shop to 1334 Fifth Avenue, where he sold his and other designs to a wealthy clientèle. A flamboyant gay…
ID Number:1986.5.19083.2
Date:1967
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J.D. 'Dorm' Braman, Edwin T. Pratt, Edwin C. Berry, Benjamin Weeks, 1967
Handwritten on sleeve: Edwin T.; Berry, Edwin C.; Weeks, Benjamin, Urban Leaguers. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 12, 1967.
ID Number:1986.5.19760.1
Date:1967