1513 results for: City of Seattle
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Sit-in at City Council Chambers, City Hall, Seattle, July 25, 1963
In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested…
ID Number:1986.5.5927.10
Date:1963
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Defendants in City Council demonstration case, August 14, 1963
In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two Black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested…
ID Number:1986.5.5928.1
Date:1963
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Defendants in City Council demonstration case at police court, July 26, 1963
In July 1963, demonstrators occupied City Council chambers in Seattle for four days in protest over Mayor Gordon S. Clinton’s nominees for the newly created Human Rights Commission. Protesters objected to the fact that the 12-member commission, charged with writing an open housing ordinance, had only two Black members. On the fourth day of the protest, police removed and arrested…
ID Number:1986.5.5928.2
Date:1963
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Civil rights marchers in front of Olympic Hotel, Seattle, 1964
Proponents of an open housing ordinance demonstrate in front of the world-class Olympic Hotel at 411 University Street. Despite efforts to end racial discrimination in home sales and rentals, on March 10, 1964, Seattle voters rejected the ordinance 112,448 to 53,453. The ordinance, drafted by Seattle's Human Rights Commission, would have made housing discrimination a misdemeanor. Opponents, mostly in the…
ID Number:1986.5.5952.1
Date:1964
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Aerial view of downtown Seattle looking northeast, 1937
Handwritten on negative: Air views City of Seattle. Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, Business district, airviews. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): 1937
ID Number:1986.5.7723.2
Date:1937
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Funeral cars processing down King Street, Seattle, November 28, 1941
Born in China, Chin Fook Hing (1875-1941) came to Seattle from California around 1900. In 1911 he established the Chong Hink Knitting Company at 504 Twelfth Avenue South, which he managed until his death. Through his work in the Seattle Chinese Patriotic League, Mr. Chin was credited with raising more than $50,000 for China war relief. Long active in his…
ID Number:1986.5.7833.1
Date:1941
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Sunday school children outside Bethany Friends church, March 20, 1960
Bethany Sunday School, later Bethany Friends Community Church, was originally located at Atlantic Street and 24th Avenue South, beginning in the early 1900s. When that building was demolished in 1939 to make way for the approach of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge, the church's seventy-five members moved to a nearby space at 25th Avenue South and South Dearborn Street. In…
ID Number:1986.5.7858.1
Date:1960
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Seattle Center Coliseum during renovation, March 1964
The Washington State Pavilion was built by the state to house the World of Tomorrow exhibit for the 1962 World's Fair (also Century 21 Exposition). After the fair closed, the city of Seattle bought the Pavilion, renamed it the Seattle Coliseum, and converted it into a convention, sports, and entertainment facility. After an extensive remodel in 1995, the building was…
ID Number:1986.5.8802.1
Date:1964
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Seattle Center Coliseum during renovation, April 1964
The Washington State Pavilion was built by the state to house the World of Tomorrow exhibit for the 1962 World's Fair (also Century 21 Exposition). After the fair closed, the city of Seattle bought the Pavilion, renamed it the Seattle Coliseum, and converted it into a convention, sports, and entertainment facility. After an extensive remodel in 1995, the building was…
ID Number:1986.5.8803.1
Date:1964
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Florence Brown helping Ed Garner weave at the Handicapped Center, Seattle, January 23, 1958
In September 1957, the Seattle Parks Department opened the Handicapped Center, a cooperative program in the Mount Baker area that provided adults and children with arts, crafts, and social activities. The Center was supported by city funds and outside donors. Nearly 1,300 people attended 37 events in its first four months.Florence Brown, wife of City Parks Superintendent Paul Brown, took…
ID Number:1986.5.9092.2
Date:1958