154 results for: Miller, S.
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Councilman Sam Smith addressing Women's Clubs, March 1969
Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-199 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958. He was born…
ID Number:1986.5.56539.7
Date:1969
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King Street Station employees posing in coach yard, Seattle, October 2, 1929
From 1888 through the 1950s trains dominated travel in and out of Seattle, via the King Street Station and Union Station in Seattle's Pioneer Square neighborhood. Built between 1904 and 1906, the King Street Station served the Great Northern Railway and Northern Pacific Railway until the creation and start of Amtrak in 1971. The depot with its 242-foot clock tower…
ID Number:1989.87.1
Date:1929
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Launching of the Gadget at Blanchard Boat Company, 1928
The Blanchard Boat Company was one of the leading yacht builders of Seattle. Founded by N.J. (Norman J.) Blanchard (1885-1954) in 1905, the company built nearly 2,000 boats over its 64-year history, including commercial ships, classic motor cruisers and sailing yachts, some of which are still in use today. Following N.J.'s death in 1954, his son Norman C. Blanchard (1911-2009)…
ID Number:1989.89.39
Date:1928
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Ben Paris and two men posing at Ben Paris Sporting Goods and Recreation, Seattle, circa 1935
Benjamin M. Paris (1884-1950) was an American sportsman, entrepreneur, and conservationist. His namesake store, the Ben Paris, was a combination restaurant, lounge, pool hall, pull-tab parlor, barber shop, sporting goods establishment, and was a Seattle institution for many years. It was located on the northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Pine Street on the lower level of the Eitel Building.…
ID Number:1991.64.2
Date:Circa 1935
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Miller's Ol-Style flour bag design, 1929
In 1858 industrialist Judson Moss Bemis (1833-1921) founded J. M. Bemis & Co. (later Bemis Brothers Bag Company, then Bemis Company, Inc.) in Saint Louis, Missouri. By the early 20th century, the company operated eight bag factories in various parts of the United States, including the Seattle plant which opened in 1905 in today's SoDo neighborhood. The Seattle plant made…
ID Number:1994.15.6.10.1
Date:1929
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Fire Chief Vickery with Lake City Lions Club members, Seattle, 1971
Civic leader Gordon Franklin Vickery (1920-1996) began his service to the City of Seattle in 1946 with the fire department. During his tenure as Chief from 1963-1972 he won praise for his efforts to hire minorities and women. In 1968, Chief Vickery began discussions with Dr. Leonard Cobb, Chief of Cardiology at Harborview, about training firefighters in emergency life-saving techniques.…
ID Number:1995.31.15
Date:1971
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"Seattle in 1865" photo with key to locations, Seattle, 1915
This hand-colored print of an 1865 Curtis & Miller photograph of Seattle was created in 1915 by E. Jenner for the Washington Title Insurance Company. Included in the display is a guide listing some of the landmarks visible in the image. The photograph was taken from about Main Street, looking North along Commercial Street (now First Avenue South). Visible at…
ID Number:1995.50.1
Date:1915
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Chicken Soup Brigade staff making a video, Seattle, February 5, 1990
Chicken Soup Brigade is a project of Lifelong, an organization with a mission to empower people living with or at risk of HIV/AIDS or other chronic conditions to lead healthier lives. In this image, local independent producer Barbara Leischner tapes the staff of Chicken Soup Brigade making a video Valentine for the AIDS support group's 350 volunteers. Pictured here are…
ID Number:2000.107.001.06.12
Date:1990
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Supporters of abortion reform boarding buses during Referendum 20 campaign, Seattle, March 28, 1970
The period leading up to the 1970 passing of hotly-debated Referendum 20 saw many pro- and anti-abortion demonstrations in Washington State. Three years before the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that abortion was a constitutional right, Ref. 20 established a limited right to seek an abortion, and Washington became one of only a handful of states to permit…
ID Number:2000.107.001.15.01
Date:1970
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Supporters of abortion reform marching on the Capitol, Olympia, January 12, 1970
The period leading up to the 1970 passing of hotly-debated Referendum 20 saw many pro- and anti-abortion demonstrations in Washington State. Three years before the Supreme Court ruled in Roe v. Wade that abortion was a constitutional right, Ref. 20 established a limited right to seek an abortion, and Washington became one of only a handful of states to permit…
ID Number:2000.107.001.15.03
Date:1970