113 results for: Brownell, Tom
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Elaine LaTourelle talking about NOW, Seattle, June 12, 1974
Elaine Day LaTourelle (b. 1938) is an architect and women's rights activist based in Seattle. She received her Bachelors degree in Architecture from the University of Washington (UW) in 1961, and her Master's from Yale University. LaTourelle practiced architecture with her husband as LaTourelle Associates from 1968-1980, and later as Elaine Day LaTourelle and Associates Architecture & Design. She taught…
ID Number:2000.107.110.34.01
Date:1974
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Sit-in at Mayor's office, April 5, 1973
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:2000.107.124.39.09
Date:1973
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Carpenters renovating bathrooms at Centro de la Raza, August 2, 1973
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:2000.107.124.39.10
Date:1973
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Keo Capastany and Robert Gogerty at Mayor's office sit-in, April 5, 1973
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:2000.107.124.39.13
Date:1973
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Women and children on steps of Beacon Hill School during occupation, October 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:2000.107.124.39.17
Date:1972
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Sit-in at mayor's office, Seattle, April 5, 1973
Seattle’s Latino community was rapidly growing in the late 1960s and community activists pushed for the building of a Chicano community center, which they named El Centro de la Raza. After Chicano activists occupied the abandoned Beacon Hill School in late 1972, the city agreed to lease them the building for $1 per year. However, Seattle mayor Wes Uhlman refused…
ID Number:2000.107.124.39.20
Date:1973
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Wilson family with Better Yards Roundup trophy, September 13, 1967
The Seattle Housing Authority's Better Yards Roundup contest awarded prizes each September for the most attractive yards in its four public housing communities. This photo shows the winners of the 13th annual Better Yards Roundup in 1967, the Walter Wilson family. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson and their four children, Reginald, Cynthia, Patricia, and Lionel, receive a trophy from Dick Barney,…
ID Number:2000.107.131.22.04
Date:1967
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Marvin Oliver sculpting a mask, Seattle, July 20, 1976
Marvin Oliver (1946-2019) was a sculptor and printmaker who influenced the development and recognition of American Indian contemporary fine art. Born in Shelton, Washington, Oliver attended graduate school at the University of Washington (UW) and started teaching at the school in 1974. Oliver's work was steeped in his Quinault and Isleta-Pueblo heritage, but spanned styles and media--from blown-glass Northwest Coast-style…
ID Number:2000.107.135.22.01
Date:1976
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Bernardine O'Sullivan working at Boeing, January 15, 1954
In January 1954, Bernardine O'Sullivan, pictured here, was installed as the president of the Local F. Aero-Mechanics Union 751, the first women in the history of the union to hold that position in a local. Bernardine O'Sullivan, a former elementary and high school teacher, started working at Boeing in 1942 as a rivet bucker, and by 1954 was a expert…
ID Number:2000.107.136.28.01
Date:1954
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Gary Padilla, May 7, 1975
On May 6, 1975 the University of Washington fired Gary Padilla, director of the Chicano Studies program, and Juan Sanchez, director of the Chicano division of the Office of Minority Affairs. Rosa Morales, a secretary in Padilla’s office, was also suspended for 15 days. The employees were accused of “insubordination” and making threats against the university during a meeting in…
ID Number:2000.107.137.19.01
Date:1975