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Image of The Visible Targets concert poster, circa 1981
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The Visible Targets concert poster, circa 1981

The poster pictured here advertises a concert featuring The Visible Targets at WREX, a club in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood from 1979-1982. Local post-punk group The Visible Targets (1979-1985) was made up of Laura Keane, Pamela Golden, Rebecca Hamilton, and Ron Simmons. Caption information source: http://jivetimerecords.com/northwest/wrexCaption information source: http://pnwbands.com/visibletargets.html
ID Number:2018.86.60
Date:Circa 1981
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Oral history interview with Phyllis Ratcliff-Beaumonte, June 10, 2002

Interview with Rev. Phyllis Ratcliff-Beaumonte conducted about Seattle's African-American community by Audrey Scales for the Speaking of Seattle Oral History Project on June 10, 2002. She is the past president of the Black Heritage Society of Seattle and Seattle Church Women United and served on the executive committee board of the Seattle branch of the NAACP. Topics discussed include her…
ID Number:2019.35.1.5
Date:2002
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Oral history interview with Bibiana Castillano, September 16, 1987

Bibiana Castillano (1904-1995), one of the first generation of women to come to the Pacific Northwest from the Philippines. In this interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Winter Holidays Oral History Project on September 16, 1987, she discusses her Christmases in the Philippines and in Seattle after she immigrated in 1928.
ID Number:2019.35.2.2
Date:1987
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Oral history interview with Dawn Trudeau, July 29, 2002

Interview with Dawn Trudeau by Jessah Foulk on July 29, 2002 for the Speaking of Seattle: Information Technology Oral History Project. Trudeau was a retired information technology executive at the time of this interview. She was an early employee of Microsoft, where she worked from 1984 to 1988. She is now a co-owner of the WNBA's Seattle Storm and chairs…
ID Number:2019.35.6.13
Date:2002
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Oral history interview with Elsie Anderson, October 18, 2004

Interview with Elsie Anderson, a Boeing employee during World War II. She started as a stenographer in the engineering department and retired as an executive secretary. Topics discussed include taking test pilots out to the hangar, playing Christmas music on the organ during lunch hours, work attire, and what Boeing was like when the war ended. Interview conducted by Patricia…
ID Number:2019.35.9.1.1
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Donna Bajocich, August 18, 2004

Interview with Donna Bajocich, a Boeing employee who worked as a riveter during World War II. Topics discussed include her work as a riveter, pressure from unwelcoming men who wanted her to leave her position, and her union membership and participation in a strike. Interview conducted by Constance Schnell in Seattle for the Speaking of Seattle: Rosies Oral History Project…
ID Number:2019.35.9.1.3
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Margaret Berry, September 23, 2004

Interview with Margaret Berry, a Boeing employee during World War II. She was employed as a bucker and a riveter. Topics discussed include the relationship between bucking and riveting, having to buck her own rivets, racial diversity, and plane restoration. Interview conducted by Patricia Hackett Nicola for the Speaking of Seattle: Rosies Oral History Project on September 23, 2004.
ID Number:2019.35.9.1.4
Date:2004
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Oral history interview with Katie R. Burks, July 28, 2005

Katie Burks discusses her move to Seattle from Birmingham, Alabama to work as a mechanic for Boeing during World War II. She includes details about her social, family, and work life, unions, the YWCA and Mount Zion Church, discrimination in the South and Seattle she faced as an African American woman, and returning to work at Boeing in 1950. Interview…
ID Number:2019.35.9.2.1
Date:2005
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Oral history interview with Vivian Laye, September 13, 2005

Interview with Vivian Laye, a Boeing employee during World War II, conducted by Anita Warmflash in Seattle for the Speaking of Seattle: African American Rosies Oral History Project in September 2005. Topics discussed include: moving to Seattle, her Boeing-subsidized education and work-life balance, the union, and other employment.
ID Number:2019.35.9.2.2
Date:2005
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Oral history interview with Katherine D. Thompkins, September 1, 2005

Interview with Katherine D. Thompkins, a Boeing employee during World War II, conducted by Anita Warmflash in Seattle for the Speaking of Seattle: African American Rosies Oral History Project. Topics discussed include: moving to Seattle, difficulties with welding, working at the Boeing Little Red Barn, and the union. Please note that second part of interview is missing.
ID Number:2019.35.9.2.3
Date:2005
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