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Image of Woman paddling canoe on Green Lake, Seattle, 1923
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Woman paddling canoe on Green Lake, Seattle, 1923

In this image, an unidentified woman paddles a canoe on Green Lake, a freshwater lake in north central Seattle. The lake has long been a recreation area for residents of the city; an electric trolley reached the south end of the lake about 1891, and in 1903 the lake was included in the Olmsted Brothers' comprehensive parks plan. The lake…
ID Number:1983.10.11287.2
Date:1923
Image of Students at Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, September 23, 1983
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Students at Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, September 23, 1983

In 1983, the National Press Photographers Association sponsored a documentary project called "Day in the Life of Washington: September 23, 1983." Photographers from the NPAA, the American Society of Magazine Photographers, and freelancers participated in the 24-hour "Dayshoot," recording the ordinary occurrences of everyday life that might take on larger significance in a historical perspective. One hundred twenty of the…
ID Number:1984.118.312
Date:1983
Image of Black delegation meeting with officials at City Hall after Larry Ward shooting, Seattle, May 19, 1970
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Black delegation meeting with officials at City Hall after Larry Ward shooting, Seattle, May 19, 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:1986.5.1066.4
Date:1970
Image of Protest march to City Hall after Larry Ward killing, May 19, 1970
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Protest march to City Hall after Larry Ward killing, May 19, 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:1986.5.1066.16
Date:1970
Image of Tomas Villanueva with Co-op members at the United Farm Workers Cooperative, Toppenish, Washington, July 1967
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Tomas Villanueva with Co-op members at the United Farm Workers Cooperative, Toppenish, Washington, July 1967

In July 1967, Mexican-American farm workers in the Yakima Valley started the United Farm Workers Cooperative in Toppenish. At the time, the Co-op was not affiliated with the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement led by Cesar Chavez. The Co-op sold shares for $5 and by August 1967, 150 families had purchased shares. Co-op prices averaged 7% less than grocery stores…
ID Number:1986.5.2894.1
Date:1967
Image of Tomas Villanueva at the United Farm Workers Cooperative, Toppenish, Washington, July 1967
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Tomas Villanueva at the United Farm Workers Cooperative, Toppenish, Washington, July 1967

In July 1967, Mexican-American farm workers in the Yakima Valley started the United Farm Workers Cooperative in Toppenish. At the time, the Co-op was not affiliated with the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement led by Cesar Chavez. The Co-op sold shares for $5 and by August 1967, 150 families had purchased shares. Co-op prices averaged 7% less than grocery stores…
ID Number:1986.5.2894.2
Date:1967
Image of Members shopping at the United Farm Workers Cooperative, Toppenish, Washington, July 1967
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Members shopping at the United Farm Workers Cooperative, Toppenish, Washington, July 1967

In July 1967, Mexican-American farm workers in the Yakima Valley started the United Farm Workers Cooperative in Toppenish. At the time, the Co-op was not affiliated with the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement led by Cesar Chavez. The Co-op sold shares for $5 and by August 1967, 150 families had purchased shares. Co-op prices averaged 7% less than grocery stores…
ID Number:1986.5.2894.3
Date:1967
Image of Three men at Herzl Synagogue before Rosh HaShanah celebrations, Seattle, September 18, 1960
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Three men at Herzl Synagogue before Rosh HaShanah celebrations, Seattle, September 18, 1960

This image shows three men at the Herzl Synagogue, then in the Central Area of Seattle. The man on the right is wearing a kippah (or yarmulke) and pointing to a mezuzah. “Mezuzah” means “door post” in Hebrew and it refers to a small scroll with two passages from the Torah written on it. The scroll is inserted into a…
ID Number:1986.5.4596.2
Date:1960
Image of Children watching rabbi light menorah candle, December 3, 1961
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Children watching rabbi light menorah candle, December 3, 1961

Hanukkah (or Chanukah) is the Jewish winter celebration known as the "festival of lights," marked by the nightly lighting of the menorah, prayers, and special foods. In this photo, three children stand on chairs to get a good view of Rabbi Abba Abrams lighting the far right candle on a menorah for the first night of Hanukkah in December 1961.…
ID Number:1986.5.4597.1
Date:1961
Image of Sunday school children outside Bethany Friends church, March 20, 1960
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Sunday school children outside Bethany Friends church, March 20, 1960

Bethany Sunday School, later Bethany Friends Community Church, was originally located at Atlantic Street and 24th Avenue South, beginning in the early 1900s. When that building was demolished in 1939 to make way for the approach of the Lake Washington Floating Bridge, the church's seventy-five members moved to a nearby space at 25th Avenue South and South Dearborn Street. In…
ID Number:1986.5.7858.1
Date:1960
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