1344 results for: Seattle Center
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Jehovah's Witness being baptized, Seattle, July 18, 1981
In this image a young woman is baptized during ceremonies at the annual district convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at the Seattle Center. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.098.36.04
Date:1981
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Bryan Johnson posing at Zebra Club, Seattle, May 30, 1988
Zebra Club opened in 1986 as young men's clothing store and hair salon that was also part theater and stage, with loud music, a video production center, and flashing neon fixtures. The unusual business model received national attention; the store doesn't own its inventory, instead manufacturers receive checks when clothes sell and they replace clothes that don't. In the 1980s…
ID Number:2000.107.099.29.01
Date:1988
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Quincy Jones with Garfield High School Students, Seattle, November 15, 1982
Quincy Delight Jones, Jr. (1933-2024), musician, composer, producer, entrepreneur and humanitarian, was born in Chicago, and moved to Washington state as a child, attending Garfield High School in Seattle. Jones had discovered music when he was 12 and became more deeply involved in high school, developing his skills as a trumpeter and arranger, and playing in bands with Garfield classmates.…
ID Number:2000.107.101.11.01
Date:1982
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Rex Jones teaching management trainees, Seattle, August 16, 1967
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see") was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:2000.107.101.12.01
Date:1967
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Marjorie Jones posing for portrait, Seattle, May 28, 1969
Marjorie (Macklen) Jones (1892-1987) was a prominent social services activist in Seattle, and was married to Robert M. Jones (1882-1954), a long-time King County Superior Court judge. Ms. Jones was named to the state's first committee on aging in the 1930s, established the statewide Friendly Visiting Service to help the elderly, and organized day care for women who went to…
ID Number:2000.107.101.12.02
Date:1969
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Marjorie Jones and Helen Dorman planning for UW garden party, Seattle, July 18, 1941
Marjorie (Macklen) Jones (1892-1987) was a prominent social services activist in Seattle, and was married to Robert M. Jones (1882-1954), a long-time King County Superior Court judge. Ms. Jones was named to the state's first committee on aging in the 1930s, established the statewide Friendly Visiting Service to help the elderly, and organized day care for women who went to…
ID Number:2000.107.101.12.03
Date:1941
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Junior League members performing "Zelda, Not an Ordinary Witch," Seattle, 1950
For more than a century, Junior League members have confronted society’s most pressing issues and tackled its toughest problems, leaving an unrivaled legacy of reform. Since its inception in 1923, members of the Junior League of Seattle (JLS) have worked to improve our community through mission-driven projects and hands-on work with many Community Partners. Some Junior League projects included entertainment…
ID Number:2000.107.101.35.01
Date:1950
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Cherry Kinoshita holding symbol of Japanese American incarceration, Seattle, July 22, 1988
Born in Seattle, Cherry Tanaka Kinoshita (1923-2008) was incarcerated at Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. She married, returned to Seattle in 1950, and raised a family. Kinoshita was particularly active in efforts to obtain an apology and reparations from the United States government for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1980, Kinoshita became a founder of the…
ID Number:2000.107.105.35.01
Date:1988
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Cherry Kinoshita, Seattle, July 22, 1988
Born in Seattle, Cherry Tanaka Kinoshita (1923-2008) was interned at Minidoka Relocation Center during World War II. She married, returned to Seattle in 1950, and raised a family. Kinoshita was particularly active in efforts obtain an apology and reparations from the United States government for the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans. In 1980, Kinoshita became a founder of the Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.105.35.02
Date:1988
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Elaine Ko speaking at press conference, Seattle, August 5, 1982
Elaine Ko (b. 1954) is a community activist in Seattle who has worked for decades on behalf of the Asian and Pacific Islander community, immigrants, refugees, women, and victims of domestic violence in the Puget Sound area. In 2006, Ko succeeded Bob Santos as Executive Director of the Inter*Im Community Development Association in Seattle's Chinatown - International District (previously the…
ID Number:2000.107.107.16.01
Date:1982