869 results for: P.A.W.S.
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Dolores Sibonga and Bill Hilliard talking at Washington State Human Rights Commission offices, Seattle, December 19, 1978
Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist…
ID Number:2000.107.197.23.01
Date:1978
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Ron Sims listening to testimony at King County Council meeting, Seattle, March 13, 1992
In 1985, Ronald Cordell "Ron" Sims (1948-) became the first African American elected to county government in Washington state, winning a seat on the King County Council. He served on the council for three terms and in 1996 was appointed to fill King County Executive Gary Locke's position when he became Washington State Governor; he was re-elected in 1997, 2001…
ID Number:2000.107.198.12.04
Date:1992
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Sam Smith with protesting City Light employees in council chambers, April 11, 1974
Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-1979 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:2000.107.200.12.02
Date:1974
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Electrics soccer team playing in the mud at Woodland Park, Seattle, November 2, 1975
The Electrics were a Washington State Men's League soccer team playing during the 1975-1976 season. In this photo, a player on The Electrics splashes water as he tries to keep the ball in play on a muddy patch of field in Woodland Park. Caption information source: Photo caption, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 3, 1975, p. A15
ID Number:2000.107.201.36.03
Date:1975
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Kimlien and Duong Tran, Bellevue, June 1985
Duong Tran moved to the United States as a refugee when she was 13 years old after Saigon fell in 1975 during the Vietnam War. Her family settled in Pennsylvania, and Duong and her husband Kimlien Tran moved to Seattle when he started working at Boeing. Duong Tran went to the University of Washington to study engineering and served as…
ID Number:2000.107.213.34.01
Date:1985
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George Tsutakawa near fountain at Post-Intelligencer building, Seattle, October 23, 1971
Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.05
Date:1971
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Bettylou Valentine and Rebecca Salinas-Burton with student in Central Youth and Family Services office, Seattle, January 2, 1990
Bettylou (Burleigh) Valentine (1937-2014) came to Seattle in 1959 to attend graduate school at the University of Washington (UW). She was an early leader of Seattle CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), serving as secretary in 1964. She helped organize the campus Civil Rights Action Group (CRAG) after the UW administration refused to allow an NAACP chapter on campus. She left…
ID Number:2000.107.218.33.01
Date:1990
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Bettylou Valentine at site for new Central Youth and Family Services building, Seattle, June 16, 1992
Bettylou (Burleigh) Valentine (1937-2014) came to Seattle in 1959 to attend graduate school at the University of Washington. She was an early leader of Seattle CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), serving as secretary in 1964. She helped organize the campus Civil Rights Action Group (CRAG) after the university administration refused to allow an NAACP chapter on campus. She left Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.218.33.03
Date:1992
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Vietnamese infant at Children's Orthopedic Hospital, Seattle, April 6, 1975
Shortly before the end of the Vietnam War, several thousand Vietnamese children were brought to the US to be adopted. In early April 1975, over 400 children, most under the age of two, were met at Sea-Tac airport by a crowd of adoptive parents. About half of the children were adopted by parents who lived in or traveled to Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.220.19.07
Date:1975
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Governor Dan Evans greeting Tony Le and son at Camp Murray, Washington, May 20, 1975
The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces. In the immediate aftermath, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. Vietnamese refugees arriving to the West Coast in May 1975 were…
ID Number:2000.107.220.20.05
Date:1975