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Unemployed camp at City Hall Park near Third and Yesler, Seattle, 1939
Demonstrators erected this tent in City Hall Park with the sign 'Governor Martin's Starvation Camp No. 2' in response to King County's relief crisis. 'Camp No. 1' was in Spokane. The donated tent contained chairs and benches and there were plans to open a commissary there. Another tent was planned to hold foodstuffs donated by merchants to be distributed to…
ID Number:1986.5.15173.1
Date:1939
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Zoë Dusanne, Seattle, December 1961
Zoë Dusanne (1884-1972) was Seattle’s first professional modern art dealer, and the first woman and first African American to own their own gallery in the Seattle area. Born in Kansas, Dusanne followed her parents to Seattle in 1912. In 1913 her mother, Leticia Graves, helped found the Seattle chapter of the NAACP and was its first President; Zoë and her…
ID Number:1986.5.24097.1
Date:1961
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Guyle Fielder with MVP trophies, Seattle, April 4, 1960
Guyle Fielder (b. 1930) is a former professional ice hockey player best known for his time in the minor Western Hockey League (WHL). In his 22 seasons with the WHL, he played primarily for the Seattle Totems, but also played for teams in New Westminster, BC, Salt Lake City, and Portland, Oregon. Fielder also played 15 major league games for…
ID Number:1986.5.25026.1
Date:1960
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Guyle Fielder and Clarence McGlothlin with hockey sticks, Seattle, January 1965
Guyle Fielder (b. 1930) is a former professional ice hockey player best known for his time in the minor Western Hockey League (WHL). In his 22 seasons with the WHL, he played primarily for the Seattle Totems, but also played for teams in New Westminster, BC, Salt Lake City, and Portland, Oregon. Fielder also played 15 major league games for…
ID Number:1986.5.25027.1
Date:1965
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Joseph Hillaire (Kwul-kwul'tw) showing totem pole sketch to William Devin and Genji Mihara, Seattle, June 1961
Joseph Raymond Hillaire, or Kwul-kwul'tw, (1894–1967) was an Lummi artist known for his carved totem poles in the style of the Coast Salish peoples. Hillaire was also a storyteller, performer, and activist, bringing attention to Native culture, and fostering cross-cultural communication and understanding. In 1961, Hillaire was commissioned to create two story poles for the Seattle Worlds Fair (Century 21…
ID Number:1986.5.28647.1
Date:1961
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Joseph Hillaire (Kwul-kwul'tw) carving totem pole in Pioneer Square, Seattle, August 3, 1961
Joseph Raymond Hillaire, or Kwul-kwul'tw, (1894–1967) was an Lummi artist known for his carved totem poles in the style of the Coast Salish peoples. Hillaire was also a storyteller, performer, and activist, bringing attention to Native culture, and fostering cross-cultural communication and understanding. In 1961, Hillaire was commissioned to create two story poles for the Seattle Worlds Fair (Century 21…
ID Number:1986.5.28648.2
Date:1961
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Portrait of Charles V. Johnson, Seattle, August 22, 1967
Charles Vernon Johnson (b. 1928) was raised in Arkansas and moved to Seattle in 1954 to attend law school at the University of Washington. Upon graduation, Mr. Johnson went into private practice, and shortly thereafter took on leading roles in both the Seattle Branch of the NAACP and in the Central Area Civil Rights Organization. He was heavily involved in…
ID Number:1986.5.30323.6
Date:1967
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Lung Sing Luke in his grocery store at 920 James Street, Seattle, February 26, 1960
When Seattle grocer Lung Sing Luke was robbed at gunpoint, he basically shrugged it off. His store, at 920 James Street on First Hill, had already been the target of six or seven robberies during the ten years since he had run the shop. This time, he figured he'd lost about $235.00.Here, shortly after the robbery, Luke stands at his…
ID Number:1986.5.33599.1
Date:1960
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Wing Luke and his mother inside a store, probably in Seattle, 1962
Wing Luke was the first Asian American to hold elected office in the Pacific Northwest. He served on the Seattle City Council from 1962 until his death in a plane crash in 1965. Handwritten on sleeve: Luke, Wing, city council and mother.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month…
ID Number:1986.5.33602.1
Date:1962
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Mrs. Lew Fung Hai Luke and her son Wing Luke at Federal Courthouse, Seattle, October 21, 1963
Lew Fung Hai Luke moved from China to Seattle with her husband, Lung Sing Luke, in 1931. They operated a hand laundry in the University District and later ran a grocery store on First Hill. The couple had six children, the eldest of whom was Wing Luke, who became a Seattle City Councilmember in 1962.Once the last of her children…
ID Number:1986.5.33603.1
Date:1963