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Henry Jackson throwing ceremonial pitch at first Mariners game, April 6, 1977
The Mariners were Seattle’s second Major League Baseball team, after the Seattle Pilots played one season in 1969 before moving to Milwaukee and becoming the Brewers. Slade Gorton, Washington’s Attorney General, sued the American League for breaking a lease and failing to fulfill its promise to field a baseball team in Seattle. The suit was settled with a deal –…
ID Number:2002.46.2311.10
Date:1977
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Bob Stinson and Danny Kaye shaking hands at first Mariners game, April 6, 1977
The Mariners were Seattle’s second Major League Baseball team, after the Seattle Pilots played one season in 1969 before moving to Milwaukee and becoming the Brewers. Slade Gorton, Washington’s Attorney General, sued the American League for breaking a lease and failing to fulfill its promise to field a baseball team in Seattle. The suit was settled with a deal –…
ID Number:2002.46.2311.15
Date:1977
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Mariners dugout at first Mariners game, April 6, 1977
The Mariners were Seattle’s second Major League Baseball team, after the Seattle Pilots played one season in 1969 before moving to Milwaukee and becoming the Brewers. Slade Gorton, Washington’s Attorney General, sued the American League for breaking a lease and failing to fulfill its promise to field a baseball team in Seattle. The suit was settled with a deal –…
ID Number:2002.46.2311.29
Date:1977
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Mariners team lined up before first game, April 6, 1977
The Mariners were Seattle’s second Major League Baseball team, after the Seattle Pilots played one season in 1969 before moving to Milwaukee and becoming the Brewers. Slade Gorton, Washington’s Attorney General, sued the American League for breaking a lease and failing to fulfill its promise to field a baseball team in Seattle. The suit was settled with a deal –…
ID Number:2002.46.2311.35
Date:1977
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Players leaving the WSWSA women's soccer jamboree at Marymoor Park, Redmond, March 8, 1980
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. The Washington State Women's Soccer Association (WSWSA) was formed in 1974 with nine teams, and had already expanded to around 20 teams by the start of the 1975 season. The WSWSA soccer season…
ID Number:2002.68.3129.39
Date:1980
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Players shaking hands after a game at the WSWSA women's soccer jamboree at Marymoor Park, Redmond, March 8, 1980
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. The Washington State Women's Soccer Association (WSWSA) was formed in 1974 with nine teams, and had already expanded to around 20 teams by the start of the 1975 season. The WSWSA soccer season…
ID Number:2002.68.3129.40
Date:1980
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Brakeman Bill, circa 1960
Brakeman Bill, featuring ex-DJ and sports announcer Bill McLain, was a popular weekday children’s show on KTNT-TV (later KSTW-TV) in the Pacific Northwest market from 1955 to 1975. The television show was performed live and un-scripted; McLain dressed as a railroad brakeman, and drew pictures, ran elaborate model trains, showed cartoons, and interacted with puppet side-kick the Crazy Donkey, whose…
ID Number:2003.66.26
Date:Circa 1960
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Costumed group at Kirmess fundraiser, Seattle, circa 1915
The word Kirmess is applied in the United States to any entertainment, especially one organized in the interest of charity. The term comes from Kermesse, a Dutch language term for the mass said on the anniversary of the foundation of a church (or the parish) and accompanied by feasting, dancing, and sports of all kinds.This group is posed in costume…
ID Number:2005.19.4
Date:Circa 1915
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Hunting party outside the Treat family farm, Seattle, circa 1910
Harry Whitney Treat (1865-1922) and Olive Marion (Graef) Treat (1869-1945), along with their daughters Priscilla Grace (Treat) Van Sickler (1902-1979) and Loyal Graef (Treat) Nichols (1906-2004), were colorful high society figures in Seattle; their Queen Anne mansion and Loyal Heights farm were filled with vintage English coaches, period costumes, hunting dogs, and purebred English Hackney horses. Harry Treat was a…
ID Number:2005.19.15
Date:Circa 1910
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Seattle Storm championship celebration flier, 2004
This flier was created to advertise a city-wide celebration after the Seattle Storm won the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Championship on Tuesday, October 12, 2004, at KeyArena. The celebration was held on October 15, 2004, in downtown Seattle at Westlake Center. Founded before the 2000 season began, the Storm qualified for the WNBA Playoffs in twelve of its first…
ID Number:2006.54.2
Date:2004