1513 results for: City of Seattle
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Mrs. E.T. Schaal and Howard Graham working on ceramics 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 the city funds and outside donors. Nearly 1,300 people attended 37 programs in the first four months. Here, Mrs. E.T. Schaal looks on as Howard…
ID Number:1986.5.9092.3
Date:1958
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Two people working on mosaics for the Handicapped Center Christmas Bazaar, Seattle, November 8, 1962
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 the city funds and outside donors. Here, Charles Moreton and Mrs. William Hoffman work on mosaics to be sold at the upcoming Handicapped Center bazaar.…
ID Number:1986.5.9093.1
Date:1962
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Two women making jewelry for the Handicapped Center Christmas Bazaar, Seattle, November 8, 1962
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 the city funds and outside donors. Here, Naomi Priddy and Cora Schwieterman work on jewelry to be sold at the Handicapped Center’s Christmas Bazaar. Shelves…
ID Number:1986.5.9093.2
Date:1962
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Aerial view of Firland Sanatorium, Shoreline, May 1938
Firland Sanatorium, Seattle’s municipal tuberculosis hospital, opened on May 2, 1911, to help combat what was at the time Seattle’s leading cause of death. Firland was located north of Seattle, on land donated by railroad magnate Horace C. Henry (1844-1928), whose son Walter had died of TB. The hospital served there until its move in 1947 to a former Naval…
ID Number:1986.5.9372.1
Date:1938
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Veteran's Administration hospital, Seattle, April 1951
After World War II, a hospital was needed in metropolitan Seattle to serve the many veterans returning to the area. The City of Seattle deeded 44 acres of land, originally part of Jefferson Park in Beacon Hill, to the U.S. government for the project. Constructed from 1949 to 1951, the 325-bed Seattle Division Veterans' Hospital sits high on a hill…
ID Number:1986.5.9555.1
Date:1951
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Open housing demonstration at Garfield playfield, Seattle, October 20, 1963
In the mid-20th century, protesters began challenging long-established inequitable practices in housing. Racially restrictive housing covenants and discriminatory lending (“redlining”) excluded people of color from buying or renting housing in most of Seattle’s neighborhoods. In 1963, the Seattle Human Rights Commission drafted an open housing ordinance and presented it to the City Council for approval. The Council held public hearings…
ID Number:1986.5.9653.7
Date:1963
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Civil rights supporters demonstrate at Westlake Plaza, Seattle, March 7, 1964
This image was taken as more than 1,500 demonstrators attended a rally at Westlake Plaza in support of open-housing in Seattle. Several local clergy and representatives of the NAACP spoke to the crowd, encouraging everyone to vote for a local ordinance that would provide for criminal penalties for acts of housing discrimination on the basis of race, ethnic origin, or…
ID Number:1986.5.9654.1
Date:1964
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Opening of Pacific Science Center, Seattle, October 22, 1962
Many of the buildings at the Seattle World's Fair were intended to be permanent. The day after the World's Fair closed, the U.S. Science Pavilion reopened as the Pacific Science Center. President John F. Kennedy had been scheduled to make the official transfer to the City of Seattle, but was detained in Washington by the Cuban missile crisis.Here, Senator Warren…
ID Number:1986.5.10058.1
Date:1962
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City workers installing parking meters, Seattle, November 1941
On November 7, 1941, the city of Seattle began installing hotly-debated metal parking meters, hoping the move would eliminate traffic congestion and make driving safer in the city's central business district. Over 1600 meters were installed between First and Fifth Avenues, and Yesler Way and Virgina Street. Drivers were charged 5 cents an hour to park between 7:00 am and…
ID Number:1986.5.10115.1
Date:1941
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L. R. Maynock collecting parking meter fees, Seattle, January 1942
On November 7, 1941, the city of Seattle began installing hotly-debated metal parking meters, hoping the move would eliminate traffic congestion and make driving safer in the city's central business district. Over 1600 meters were installed between First and Fifth Avenues, and Yesler Way and Virgina Street. Drivers were charged 5 cents an hour to park between 7:00 am and…
ID Number:1986.5.10123.1
Date:1942