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Mark Tobey and Olaf Anderson painting a panel for the Mardi Gras ball, February 1928
Painter Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.The theme of Seattle's Fine Arts Society 1928 Mardi Gras Ball was the Year 2000 A.D. -- a mechanical age where angles would…
ID Number:2000.107.212.23.02
Date:1928
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International Ball Queen finalists, Seattle, April 4, 1968
In 1968 the University of Washington's International Ball, sponsored by the UW Cosmopolitan Club, was held at the Norselander Restaurant on the top floor of the Norway Center at 300 Third Avenue West in downtown Seattle. Five female foreign exchange students were chosen as finalists for the title of International Ball Queen, to be crowned at the ball. This photo…
ID Number:2000.107.227.07.01
Date:1968
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Service men lined up on training ships, Seattle, 1918
In 1918 the U. S. government chartered the steamships Chippewa and Iroquois for service in World War I as school ships to be based at the Seattle Yacht Club buildings (recently purchased by the U. S. government) in West Seattle. William Jacob Grambs (1862-1943), previously an engineer at the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company, was appointed supervisor of…
ID Number:2000.107.233.10.07
Date:1918
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Seattle Hungarians' Brian Franklin with Boeing Employees opponent in the rain on a West Seattle field, December 15, 1968
The Seattle Hungarians soccer team first formed in 1956 after the arrival of Hungarian refugees to Seattle in the aftermath of the failed 1956 revolt against Communism. The Hungarians team was a hit with fans from the start, being skillful as well as entertaining players. In 1959, Balint Ducz, owner of a successful Burien bakery, took over sponsorship and management…
ID Number:2000.107.286.02.02
Date:1968
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West Seattle High School's Conrad Creasy slipping on artificial turf during soccer game against Franklin High, February 12, 1972
In this photo, West Seattle High School's Conrad Creasy slips on Memorial Stadium's synthetic turf field while attempting to kick the ball past the Franklin High School goaltender during a Metro League soccer game. Creasy missed, but his team still won the game. Franklin players in pursuit are, left to right, Calvin Kubota (18), Neil Henry (11), Mike Davis (7),…
ID Number:2000.107.286.02.04
Date:1972
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Group playing with a large ball in a PE class for the blind, Seattle, May 6, 1969
While working on a master’s degree project at Seattle’s Northwest Center, Dave Tucker realized the need for better physical education for blind students. He consolidated Seattle Public Schools’ PE programs for the blind and partially sighted and started classes in February 1968. Among his developments was the use of a large ball that students could push, climb on, and fall…
ID Number:2000.107.19720500.1.12
Date:1972
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Youth soccer game at unknown Seattle field, September 18, 1982
While boys' soccer teams existed since at least the 1910s, the popularity of youth soccer grew quickly during the 1960s, culminating in the formation of the Seattle Youth Soccer Association (SYSA) in 1969. Girls' soccer grew in the 1970s, and as of 2026, youth soccer in Seattle as overseen by SYSA is played by over 13,000 children.Here, a group of…
ID Number:2000.107.19820919.2.38
Date:1982
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People in motorized wheelchairs playing soccer, Seattle, July 28, 1985​
Powerchair football, also known as "power soccer," emerged in the 1970s as various countries developed their own versions of a game played by people with disabilities using motorized wheelchairs. Power soccer was introduced in the US in 1988 by the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP), which provides adaptive athletics, fitness, and recreation programs for people with disabilities.Here, a…
ID Number:2000.107.19850728.1.02
Date:1985
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Maj Surowiecki and Bernadette Noonan kicking a soccer ball, May 1994
Maj Surowiecki and Bernadette Noonan, natives of Sweden and Ireland respectively, were among the finalists in an "ambassadors of soccer" promotion in 1994, when the U.S. was hosting the World Cup. The contest would select one "ambassador" from each World Cup country who contributed to the development of soccer in the U.S. Bernadette Noonan, of Issaquah, was a founding member…
ID Number:2000.107.19940512.4.32
Date:1994
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Andrea Nagy stealing ball during Seattle Reign basketball game, Seattle, December 12, 1996
The Seattle Reign were the first professional women’s basketball team in Seattle, playing from 1996 to 1998 in the American Basketball League (ABL). The ABL was founded in 1996, with Seattle as one of eight founding teams. The league collapsed partway through the 1998 season under the financial pressure of competing with the rival Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), which…
ID Number:2000.107.19961212.16.04
Date:1996