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Photograph
Men marching in a Mardi Gras parade, Seattle, circa 1956
In addition to his Seattle jazz club images, photographer Al Smith took photos of events in the city’s black community. On this occasion, he photographed a parade group in the annual Mardi Gras, the African American summer festival that took place as part of Seattle’s International Festival, later Seafair. Here, the school groups the Bon Temps and the Le Premiers…
ID Number:2014.49.052.042
Date:Circa 1955
Photograph
Gus Williams and others at Sonics event, February 11, 1985
On February 11, 1985, a roast for retired Seattle SuperSonics basketball player Fred Brown (aka "Downtown Freddie Brown") was held at the Sea-Tac Red Lion as a fundraiser for the American Heart Association. Several of Brown's former Sonics teammates and other Sonics personnel attended the event. This photo shows former Sonics player Gus Williams at center, with other unidentified men…
ID Number:2014.49.054.029.0002
Date:1985
Photograph
Royalty riding on Mardi Gras parade float, Seattle, circa 1954
For over 70 years, Seattle’s Black community has a held a summer festival that was part of Seattle's International Festival, now Seafair. The first, in 1952, was called the East Madison/East Union Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras later transformed into the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, and in 1997 it became the Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival.Here, the Mardi Gras queen…
ID Number:2014.49.092.010.03
Date:Circa 1954
Photograph
Mardi Gras royalty riding on a parade float, August 5, 1952
For over 70 years, Seattle’s Black community has a held a summer festival that was part of Seattle's International Festival, now Seafair. The first, in 1952, was called the East Madison/East Union Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras later transformed into the Pacific Northwest Black Community Festival, and in 1997 it became the Umoja Fest African Heritage Festival.This photo shows the first…
ID Number:2014.49.092.018.01
Date:1952
Poster
Lesbian/Gay Freedom March poster, Seattle, June 27, 1981
The "Stonewall Rebellion 1981 Lesbian/Gay Freedom March" occurred outside the federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle on June 27, 1981. About 1,500 demonstrators participated in the event, criticizing leaders of the country's "Moral Majority" for their conservatism, which marchers said negatively affects the jobs, pay, housing, and life-style of queer people. The event was sponsored by the Stonewall Committee, a Seattle…
ID Number:2014.89.2
Date:1981
Ephemera
Holiday card with photo of Ric Weiland in Pegasus costume, Seattle, 1983
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2016.10.25
Date:1983
Ephemera
Ric Weiland in Pegasus costume worn at a Halloween party, Seattle, 1983
Richard "Ric" Weiland (1953-2006) was a software developer, programmer, philanthropist, and active member of the Northwest gay community. Interested in computers from a young age, Weiland built a computer in his basement in eighth grade, and while at Lakeside School formed the Lakeside Programming Group with classmates Bill Gates and Paul Allen. In 1975, Weiland became the first full-time employee…
ID Number:2016.10.25.1
Date:1983
Program
"The American Freedom Train," Official Commemorative Program, 1975/76
The American Freedom Train was an exhibit that traveled across the United States from 1975 through 1976 as part of the country's bicentennial celebrations. It was a follow up to the first Freedom Train, which toured the US in the late 1940s. The American Freedom Train consisted of 10 train cars filled with artifacts from across US history including documents…
ID Number:2016.76.1.14
Date:1975-1976
Poster
Community Access Cable Television Festival poster, Seattle, November 12-16, 1979
The poster pictured here advertises the Community Access Cable Television Festival, an event held in Seattle by the City of Seattle's Office of Cable Communications. Local viewers were invited to sample programming on and about local access networks. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, November 11, 1979, p. 206.
ID Number:2016.88.1
Date:1979
Photograph
Launch party for Kirsten-Boeing boat, Seattle, August 14, 1922
German-born University of Washington aeronautical-engineering professor Frederick Kurt "Fred" Kirsten (1885-1952) came to the Puget Sound area in 1902. He was considered a pioneer in aircraft research, and the Kirsten Wind Tunnel Laboratory at UW is named for him. Professor Kirsten held nearly 100 patents for his inventions, including the Kirsten, a "clean" pipe still sold by the Kirsten Pipe…
ID Number:2017.44.1
Date:1922