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Image of Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977
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Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2379.3
Date:1977
Image of Gay Pride Parade rally at Westlake Mall, Seattle, June 25, 1977
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Gay Pride Parade rally at Westlake Mall, Seattle, June 25, 1977

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2379.4
Date:1977
Image of Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977
Photograph

Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2379.5
Date:1977
Image of Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977
Photograph

Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2379.7
Date:1977
Image of Couple embracing at Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977
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Couple embracing at Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2415.2
Date:1977
Image of People at Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977
Photograph

People at Gay Pride march, Seattle, June 25, 1977

Seattle celebrated its first Gay Pride Week in June 1974, with a variety of festive activities at private and public venues around the city. The celebrations included potluck dinners, the opening of a gay community center, and a sing-in and rollerblading at the top of the Volunteer Park water tower. The largest event, a day of celebrations at Occidental Park,…
ID Number:2002.46.2415.4
Date:1977
Image of Three people playing cards during Beacon Hill School occupation, October 18, 1972
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Three people playing cards during Beacon Hill School occupation, October 18, 1972

Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 75-day…
ID Number:2002.68.1595.23
Date:1972
Image of Protesters inside Beacon Hill School, October 18, 1972
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Protesters inside Beacon Hill School, October 18, 1972

Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 75-day…
ID Number:2002.68.1595.26
Date:1972
Image of Student protest for Chicano counselor at Seattle Central Community College, May 11, 1977
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Student protest for Chicano counselor at Seattle Central Community College, May 11, 1977

On May 11, 1977, a group of about 50 students at Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) held a protest march to demand the immediate hiring of a Chicano counselor. They gathered at SCCC’s south entrance, then marched across the college into the administration building, where they demanded to meet with SCCC’s president, Robert Terry. Terry refused to meet and said…
ID Number:2002.68.2075.23
Date:1977
Image of Save Seattle's Music Hall poster, Seattle, circa 1990
Poster

Save Seattle's Music Hall poster, Seattle, circa 1990

Seattle's Music Hall Theatre was a large, single screen theater originally opened as the Fox Theatre at Seventh and Olive in April 1929. It was purchased by the Clise family in 1936 and renamed the 7th Avenue until the 1960s, when it became the Music Hall once again. In response to losing several historic downtown theaters to the new suburban…
ID Number:2005.28.1
Date:Circa 1990
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