55 results for: Holmberg, John
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Train yard between Magnolia and Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, December 13, 1982
This image of the Interbay Railroad Yard was taken facing west towards Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.01
Date:1982
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Anne Focke reviewing Pike Place Market piggy bank designs, Seattle, August 28, 1986
During the summer of 1985 the Pike Place Market Foundation held a competition in which local artists submitted designs for a piggy-bank sculpture that would collect spare change from Pike Place Market visitors to help support the market's food bank, child-care center, clinic, and senior center.In this image, Anna Focke, a Pike Place Market Foundation board member and one of…
ID Number:2000.107.179.19.03
Date:1986
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Waitress taking orders at the Dog House Restaurant, Seattle, June 7, 1981
Originally located on Denny Way, the Dog House restaurant was conveniently located for northbound travelers on Aurora Avenue, the Seattle section of Route 99. The Dog House restaurant and bar were also popular with locals. After the location was bypassed by the Battery Street tunnel in the 1950s, the restaurant moved nearby to Seventh Avenue and Bell Streets, where it…
ID Number:2000.107.185.19.06
Date:1981
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Customers talking at Drift on Inn, Shoreline, May 18, 1979
The Drift on Inn was a roadhouse established in 1930 on Aurora Avenue North in what was then unincorporated King County, now the City of Shoreline. The nightclub reportedly once played host to Frank Sinatra, Harry Truman, and Bob Hope, and the adjoining Club Hollywood Casino was open 24 hours a day.In this image two regulars chat over a drink…
ID Number:2000.107.185.20.02
Date:1979
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Rob Potter of the Athlete's Foot amputee co-ed amputee soccer team, Seattle, August 19, 1985
The American Amputee Soccer Association was founded in the early 1980s by Seattle native Don Bennett, who was determined to provide an athletic community and competitive outlet for other people with limb differences. Players usually have lost part of one leg, and play with crutches. The game quickly progressed beyond Seattle, with teams forming in Portland and Vancouver, B.C. in…
ID Number:2000.107.201.36.01
Date:1985
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Yvonne (Wanrow) Swan and her daughter sitting on steps, April 7, 1983
Yvonne Swan, formerly Yvonne Wanrow, is an activist advocating for the rights of Native Americans and women. She is a member of the Colville Tribes of eastern Washington. On August 11, 1972, Wanrow shot and killed a convicted sex offender when he attempted to assault her young son. She was convicted of murder and sentenced to twenty years in prison,…
ID Number:2000.107.222.03.03
Date:1983
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Yvonne (Wanrow) Swan, April 7, 1983
Yvonne Swan, formerly Yvonne Wanrow, is an activist advocating for the rights of Native Americans and women. She is a member of the Colville Tribes of eastern Washington. On August 11, 1972, Wanrow shot and killed a convicted sex offender when he attempted to assault her young son. She was convicted of murder and sentenced to twenty years in prison,…
ID Number:2000.107.222.03.04
Date:1983
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Jesse Wineberry speaking at Ingraham High School, Seattle, January 19, 1987
Jesse Calvin Wineberry (1955-) grew up in Seattle’s Central District, attended Queen Anne High School, and received a degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington (UW). While in law school at the University of Puget Sound (UPS), he co-founded the campus Black American Law Student Association, and was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives. Mr. Wineberry…
ID Number:2000.107.232.05.03
Date:1987
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Demonstrators holding signs supporting the ERA, Seattle, June 30, 1991
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced in the U. S. Congress for the first time in 1921 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of equality for women and men ever since. With the rise of the women's movement in the 1960s, the ERA garnered increasing support, was reintroduced to Congress in 1972, and was submitted to the state…
ID Number:2000.107.232.26.02
Date:1991
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Cesar Chavez speaking at press conference, Seattle, December 3, 1985
Cesar Estrada Chávez (1927-1993) was a Mexican-American labor leader, community organizer, businessman, and civil rights activist. He co-founded, with Dolores Huerta, the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union. Chavez advocated for the use of direct but nonviolent actions, such as pickets and…
ID Number:2000.107.243.07.02
Date:1985