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Image of Workmen cleaning transit bus, Seattle, May 16, 1963
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Workmen cleaning transit bus, Seattle, May 16, 1963

In this image, two transit workers clean the first of 100 new diesel buses while it is sitting on a Great Northern Railway flatcar. The new buses were intended to help improve Seattle Transit System (later Metro Transit) service to Seattle's north end neighborhoods. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the…
ID Number:2000.107.190.09.01
Date:1963
Image of Aerial view of Fort Lawton and Magnolia, Seattle, April 24, 1964
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Aerial view of Fort Lawton and Magnolia, Seattle, April 24, 1964

In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:2000.107.216.25.01
Date:1964
Image of Elaine Ko and Shari Woo of the International District Housing Alliance at a meeting, July 18, 1977
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Elaine Ko and Shari Woo of the International District Housing Alliance at a meeting, July 18, 1977

In the late 1970s, the building of the Kingdome stadium put a great deal of development pressure on neighborhoods south of downtown Seattle that threatened to displace long-time residents. The International District Housing Alliance (now InterIm CDA) formed as a non-profit organization to organize residents to preserve affordable housing in their community.In this image, Alliance members Elaine Ko (left) and…
ID Number:2000.107.232.29.03
Date:1977
Image of Children playing at day camp at Sand Point, August 1, 1973
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Children playing at day camp at Sand Point, August 1, 1973

In 1973 a free week-long day camp, sponsored by the Seattle Mayor's Youth Division and run by UW students, provided summer recreation for hundreds of economically disadvantaged Seattle children. At the camp, headquartered at the deactivated Sand Point Naval Air Station, the children got lots of active outdoor play, attended classes in drama and art, and went on field trips.…
ID Number:2000.107.19730801.1.14
Date:1973
Image of View of King Street businesses, Seattle, December 1973
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View of King Street businesses, Seattle, December 1973

This image shows storefronts in the West Kong Yick Building, located on South King Street between 7th Avenue South and Canton Alley (seen at far left). The West and East Kong Yick Buildings were constructed in 1910 by the Kong Yick Investment Company, which was made up of 170 investors from Chinese community around Seattle and led by Goon Dip.…
ID Number:2000.107.19731204.1.13
Date:1973
Image of Central Area residents painting a red line down the middle of Roy Street to protest red-lining bank policies, August 17, 1975
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Central Area residents painting a red line down the middle of Roy Street to protest red-lining bank policies, August 17, 1975

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. Seattle passed an open housing law in 1968, making redlining illegal, but it often continued in secret and its effects have continued for decades. This photo,…
ID Number:2000.107.19750817.2.21A
Date:1975
Image of Central Area residents painting a red line down the middle of Roy Street to protest red-lining bank policies, August 17, 1975
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Central Area residents painting a red line down the middle of Roy Street to protest red-lining bank policies, August 17, 1975

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. Seattle passed an open housing law in 1968, making redlining illegal, but it often continued in secret and its effects have continued for decades. This photo,…
ID Number:2000.107.19750817.2.22A
Date:1975
Image of Protester at public hearing for Weed and Seed proposal, December 3, 1992
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Protester at public hearing for Weed and Seed proposal, December 3, 1992

Weed and Seed was a 1992 Bush administration initiative to provide federal grants to city governments to help “weed” drug-dealing and crime from troubled neighborhoods, and “seed” those areas with social programs. Mayor Norm Rice procured a $1.1 million grant for a Weed and Seed program for Seattle’s Central Area, but approval was delayed for several months over widespread opposition…
ID Number:2000.107.19921203.11.33
Date:1992
Image of Protesters at public hearing on proposed Weed and Seed prgram, Seattle, December 12, 1992
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Protesters at public hearing on proposed Weed and Seed prgram, Seattle, December 12, 1992

Weed and Seed was a 1992 Bush administration initiative to provide federal grants to city governments to help “weed” drug-dealing and crime from troubled neighborhoods, and “seed” those areas with social programs. Mayor Norm Rice procured a $1.1 million grant for a Weed and Seed program for Seattle’s Central Area, but approval was delayed for several months over widespread opposition…
ID Number:2000.107.19921203.11.41
Date:1992
Image of Weed and Seed protester at City Council meeting, Seattle, December 14, 1992
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Weed and Seed protester at City Council meeting, Seattle, December 14, 1992

Weed and Seed was a 1992 Bush administration initiative to provide federal grants to city governments to help “weed” drug-dealing and crime from troubled neighborhoods, and “seed” those areas with social programs. Mayor Norm Rice procured a $1.1 million grant for a Weed and Seed program for Seattle’s Central Area, but approval was delayed for several months over widespread opposition…
ID Number:2000.107.19921214.5.04
Date:1992
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