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Demonstrators in turtle costumes at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.16.22
Date:1999
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Demonstrators in turtle costumes at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.17.08
Date:1999
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Erin O'Connell facing line of police officers at WTO protest, Seattle, November 29, 1999
The Third Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was held in Seattle from November 30 to December 3, 1999. Trade ministers and other officials from the WTO's 135 member nations met in an unsuccessful attempt to plan negotiations to further deregulate free trade. Tens of thousands of activists for many causes gathered to protest what they saw as…
ID Number:2000.107.19991129.18.32
Date:1999
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Nelson Mandela speaking at welcoming ceremony at Boeing Field, Seattle, December 8, 1999
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013) became South Africa’s first Black president in 1994, in the country’s first fully democratic election. His election came after a long struggle against the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa, in which Mandela played a key role and during which he was imprisoned for 27 years.In December 1999, Nelson Mandela and his wife Graça…
ID Number:2000.107.19991208.1.14
Date:1999
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Nelson Mandela at welcoming ceremony at Boeing Field, Seattle, December 8, 1999
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013) became South Africa’s first Black president in 1994, in the country’s first fully democratic election. His election came after a long struggle against the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa, in which Mandela played a key role and during which he was imprisoned for 27 years.In December 1999, Nelson Mandela and his wife Graça…
ID Number:2000.107.19991208.1.15
Date:1999
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Nelson Mandela and Graça Machel at welcoming ceremony at Boeing Field, Seattle, December 8, 1999
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013) became South Africa’s first Black president in 1994, in the country’s first fully democratic election. His election came after a long struggle against the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa, in which Mandela played a key role and during which he was imprisoned for 27 years.In December 1999, Nelson Mandela and his wife Graça…
ID Number:2000.107.19991208.1.24
Date:1999
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Teresa Ryan with Nelson Mandela, Seattle, December 8, 1999
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013) became South Africa’s first Black president in 1994, in the country’s first fully democratic election. His election came after a long struggle against the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa, in which Mandela played a key role and during which he was imprisoned for 27 years.In December 1999, Nelson Mandela and his wife Graça…
ID Number:2000.107.19991208.1.26
Date:1999
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Nelson Mandela with student Denis Leclech, Seattle, December 8, 1999
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (1918-2013) became South Africa’s first Black president in 1994, in the country’s first fully democratic election. His election came after a long struggle against the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa, in which Mandela played a key role and during which he was imprisoned for 27 years.In December 1999, Nelson Mandela and his wife Graça…
ID Number:2000.107.19991208.CD01.001
Date:1999
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Volunteers cleaning trash from the Snoqualmie River, August 25, 2002
Inspiration for cleaning up Washington’s public lands and waterways came to Wade and Tania Holden in 1995, when they camped near the Snoqualmie River and found their site full of trash. Wade founded Friends of the Trail the following year. Supported by public and private entities, the non-profit group works at many sites in the state, focusing on large and…
ID Number:2000.107.20020826.CD06.001
Date:2002
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Tania Holden removing trash from the banks of the Snoqualmie River, August 25, 2002
Inspiration for cleaning up Washington’s public lands and waterways came to Wade and Tania Holden in 1995, when they camped near the Snoqualmie River and found their site full of trash. Wade founded Friends of the Trail the following year. Supported by public and private entities, the non-profit group works at many sites in the state, focusing on large and…
ID Number:2000.107.20020826.CD06.002
Date:2002