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Program
Program for Paul Robeson concert at Seattle Civic Auditorium, May 20, 1952
On May 20, 1952, American actor and singer Paul Robeson overcame blacklisting, a press blackout, and a City Council ban to perform at the Seattle Civic Auditorium in a "Peoples Program" presented by the Seattle Chapter of the National Negro Labor Council.A civil rights activist and anti-fascist sympathetic to communism, Robeson was investigated and blacklisted beginning in the late 1940s.…
ID Number:1998.4.2
Date:1952
Photograph
Seattle Elks band at Boys Picnic, Woodland Park, 1923
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) hosted an annual picnic for boys at Woodland Park in Seattle, and on July 27, 1923, they had a special guest. President Warren G. Harding was on a Western tour across the United States, in what he called his "Voyage of Understanding." He gave a speech at Woodland Park for 30,000 assembled…
ID Number:1998.44.1
Date:1923
Document
William J. Burns International Detective Agency circular, April 20, 1914
Founded in 1909 by William J. Burns (1860-1932), the William J. Burns International Detective Agency was headquartered originally in New York, with offices across the United States and in Europe. William J. Burns was a popular figure, with frequent mentions in the newspaper and news reels, and he became Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1921-1924. Burns International…
ID Number:1999.31.1
Date:1914
Photograph
Coal miners posing on the surface at Ravensdale mine, circa 1910
Underground coal mining at the Ravensdale Mine was begun around 1899 by the Seattle and San Francisco Railway and Navigation Company. In 1900 the Northern Pacific Railroad (NPRR) built a rail line to the area, making coal mining much more financially feasible. NPRR created a subsidiary corporation, the Northwestern Improvement Company, which purchased the Ravensdale mine and built up the…
ID Number:1999.48.1
Date:Circa 1910
Poster
"No Political Prisoners, Drop the Charges" poster, December 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:2000.12.REF.6
Date:1999
Cartographic material
The City of Seattle Harbor Department Map of Central Waterfront District, February 1918
Maritime trade was crucial to the city's economic development, and Seattle continues to be defined and supported by the harbor that has become one of the busiest ports in the U. S. This 1918 map of Elliott Bay depicts wharves and businesses along the waterfront, as well as and water depths (soundings) along piers and in Elliott Bay. Each street,…
ID Number:2000.87.34
Date:1918
Photograph
Visitors viewing the NAMES Project Quilt, Seattle, July 25, 1988
The NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt came to the Seattle Center Arena as part of a 20-city tour in 1988. In this image, Craig Koball and Celia Cavalli embrace during their visit to the quilt. Washington residents added 50 more 3 x 6 foot panels during the exhibit's closing ceremonies. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.10
Date:1988
Photograph
ACT-UP activists in Mayor's office, Seattle, June 28, 1990
In this image Ann Levinson, Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Norman B. Rice, attempts to respond to the demands of a group of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power) activists who occupied the mayor's office for several hours. The organization was upset about a city drug-loitering ordinance. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.16
Date:1990
Photograph
Two men protesting a Seattle Housing Authority decision, Seattle, July 15, 1992
In this image Keith Powe (center), wearing a sign declaring that he is dying of AIDS, and a friend protest a recent Seattle Housing Authority decision allegedly denying him admittance to public housing. Powe, still homeless, died in 1995. Caption information source: "`Forgotten' Remembered In Death -- Characters Of City Streets Memorialized," by Linda Keene, Seattle Times, December 30, 1995.Caption…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.19
Date:1992
Photograph
Pro-choice supporters outside the Crisis Pregency Center, Seattle, January 22, 1988
In this image, pro-choice supporters express their views in front of the Crisis Pregency Center at 3229 NE 125th Street in Lake City. The demonstrators accused the clinic of scaring women away from having abortions. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.001.16.08
Date:1988