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Ray Seales working with student Giac Nguyen at Lincoln High School, Tacoma, March 7, 1997
“Sugar” Ray Seales (b. 1952) was born St. Croix and moved to Tacoma, Washington, in 1965. He trained in the Tacoma Boys Club amateur boxing program under coach Joe Clough and had an amateur boxing record of 338 wins and 12 losses. He was the National AAU light welterweight champion in 1971, the National Golden Gloves champion in 1972, and…
ID Number:2000.107.19970307.12.04
Date:1997
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Ray Seales feeding breakfast to student at Lincoln High School, Tacoma, March 7, 1997
“Sugar” Ray Seales (b. 1952) was born St. Croix and moved to Tacoma, Washington, in 1965. He trained in the Tacoma Boys Club amateur boxing program under coach Joe Clough and had an amateur boxing record of 338 wins and 12 losses. He was the National AAU light welterweight champion in 1971, the National Golden Gloves champion in 1972, and…
ID Number:2000.107.19970307.13.15
Date:1997
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Judge Jack Tanner, Seattle, March 28, 1997
In 1978, President Jimmy Carter appointed Jack Edward Tanner (1919-2006) as judge to the Western District Court. Tanner was the first African American federal judge west of the Mississippi. A Tacoma native, Tanner attended the University (then College) of Puget Sound and the University of Washington School of Law, passing the bar exam in 1955. At the same time, he…
ID Number:2000.107.19970328.10.12
Date:1997
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Ruth Younker and Dalia Amon cooking for Shabbat Across America, April 1, 1997
Shabbat Across America (SAA) is a program to introduce Jewish families who are not part of a synagogue to Shabbat, the Jewish weekly holy day of rest, which begins at sundown on Friday and lasts until sundown on Saturday. SAA was started in response to fears that more and more American Jews were disconnected from their heritage, with fewer than…
ID Number:2000.107.19970401.32.29
Date:1997
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Governor Gary Locke and health care program supporters, Olympia, April 22, 1997
The Washington state legislature established a pilot program in 1987 to provide health care insurance to low-income working families who didn’t qualify for Medicaid. In 1993, the Basic Health Program was expanded statewide and it grew a bit further in 1995. In 1997, the Republican legislature pushed to freeze the program at 1995 levels and to increase premiums and copayments.…
ID Number:2000.107.19970422.10.13
Date:1997
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Tamakko-za drama and drum troupe performing at Seattle Center, May 13, 1997
The 11th Annual Seattle International Children's Festival took place at Seattle Center in May 1997. It featured performing groups and artists from ten different countries. Here, the Tamakko-za drama and drum group from Japan performs a skit involving a pesky insect. Caption information source: "On the cultural beat," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 14, 1997, page B1.
ID Number:2000.107.19970513.13.13
Date:1997
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Maria Quennet participating in 6th annual Waterfront Triathlon, Seattle, May 16, 1997
On May 16, 1997, the sixth annual Waterfront Triathlon was held in Seattle in Waterfront Park. Instead of the conventional triathlon events of swimming, cycling, and running, the Waterfront Triathlon featured a greased salmon relay, a tricycle race, and oyster basketball. This image shows triathlon competitor Maria Quennet in the oyster basketball event. Quennet is holding a greased 20-pound salmon…
ID Number:2000.107.19970516.3.18
Date:1997
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Demonstrators in turtle costumes at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.14.02
Date:1999
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Demonstrators in turtle costumes at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.14.30
Date:1999
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National Family Farm Coalition protest before WTO conference, Seattle, November 29, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.15.15
Date:1999