3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Model posing at Indigenous fashion show, Pacific Science Center, June 1970
On June 12 and 13, 1970, the Seattle All-American Indian Dancers held a fashion show at the Pacific Science Center. The event showcased traditional Indigenous dress and dancing, as well as modern clothing influenced by Indigenous designs. Proceeds from the fashion show were used to support the Kinatechitapi clinic, a free clinic that served Seattle’s Indigenous population. Kinatechitapi is a…
ID Number:1986.5.52443.28
Date:1970
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Gertrude Ward and granddaughter, June 26, 1970
On May 15, 1970, a Seattle police officer shot and killed Larry Eugene Ward (1947-1970) as he fled from police after attempting to light a bomb fuse at Hardcastle Realty at 23rd Avenue and Union Street in the Central Area. Police were alerted to the attempt by the FBI, who had been watching the property, expecting Black Panther involvement in…
ID Number:1986.5.52482.19
Date:1970
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Boys Club members and men with map, Seattle, August 11, 1970
In this image three Seattle University Boy's Club members, from left, Carl Lindsey, 11, Dennis Lindsey, 12, and Charles Black, 13, point to a map showing the 13 Seattle-King County Boys' Clubs. The Clubs were to be the beneficiaries of the annual "World's Biggest Rummage Sale," sponsored by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and local radio station KJR and held at Sick's…
ID Number:1986.5.52582.1
Date:1970
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Boys Club members and instructor building shelving, Seattle, August 11, 1970
In this image Vocational Director at Rotary and Rainier Boys' Clubs Isaac Slade, right, shows Carl Ervin, 12, left and Marvin Williams, 15, how to operate a drill being used to construct display racks for the "World's Biggest Rummage Sale." The annual event, sponsored by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and local radio station KJR and held at Sick's Stadium August 22-23,…
ID Number:1986.5.52590.1
Date:1970
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Kathe Young speaking at dedication of Park Center Apartments for people with disabilities, Seattle, August 30, 1970
Center Park Apartments in Seattle’s Rainier Valley was the first apartment complex in the nation built solely for people with physical and mental disabilities and their caregivers. Largely through the tireless efforts of local activist Ida May Daly and others in the community, the Seattle Housing Authority received state and federal funds for the project. The 150 rental units in…
ID Number:1986.5.52708.22
Date:1970
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Speakers at dedication of Park Center Apartments for people with disabilities, August 30, 1970
Center Park Apartments in Seattle’s Rainier Valley was the first apartment complex in the nation built solely for people with physical and mental disabilities and their caregivers. Largely through the tireless efforts of local activist Ida May Daly and others in the community, the Seattle Housing Authority received state and federal funds for the project. The 150 rental units in…
ID Number:1986.5.52708.26
Date:1970
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Crowd at the dedication of the Center Park Apartments for people with disabilities, Seattle, August 30, 1970
Center Park Apartments in Seattle’s Rainier Valley was the first apartment complex in the nation built solely for people with physical and mental disabilities and their caregivers. Largely through the tireless efforts of local activist Ida May Daly and others in the community, the Seattle Housing Authority received state and federal funds for the project. The 150 rental units in…
ID Number:1986.5.52708.29
Date:1970
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Donald Phelps speaking at dedication of the Center Park Apartments for people with disabilities, Seattle, August 30, 1970
Center Park Apartments in Seattle’s Rainier Valley was the first apartment complex in the nation built solely for people with physical and mental disabilities and their caregivers. Largely through the tireless efforts of local activist Ida May Daly and others in the community, the Seattle Housing Authority received state and federal funds for the project. The 150 rental units in…
ID Number:1986.5.52708.34
Date:1970
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Woman in a finished Center Park apartment, Seattle, August 30, 1970
Center Park Apartments in Seattle’s Rainier Valley was the first apartment complex in the nation built solely for people with physical and mental disabilities and their caregivers. Largely through the tireless efforts of local activist Ida May Daly and others in the community, the Seattle Housing Authority received state and federal funds for the project. Accessible features in the 150…
ID Number:1986.5.52708.36
Date:1970
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Muckleshoot Tribe members practicing treaty fishing rights in Green River, Auburn, October 4, 1970
In the 1960s and 1970s, Native Americans and their supporters began protesting Washington State laws restricting Native American fishing rights that had been granted in a series of treaties with the United States between 1854 and 1855. The Survival of the American Indian Society (SAIA), the NAACP, and the National Indian Youth Council (NIYC), coordinated a series of protests and…
ID Number:1986.5.52952.7
Date:1970