1580 results for: City of Seattle
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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
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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
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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
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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
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New sign at SeaTac airport, October 1983
In September 1983, shortly after the death of longtime US Senator for Washington Henry "Scoop" Jackson, the Port of Seattle commission decided to rename Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (or SeaTac for short) to Henry M. Jackson International Airport in his honor. Tacoma officials objected that the name change both insulted their city and violated the deal made when the airport first…
ID Number:2000.107.005.05.01
Date:1983
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Workers removing sign at SeaTac airport, March 1984
In September 1983, shortly after the death of longtime US Senator for Washington Henry "Scoop" Jackson, the Port of Seattle commission decided to rename Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (or SeaTac for short) to Henry M. Jackson International Airport in his honor. Tacoma officials objected that the name change both insulted their city and violated the deal made when the airport first…
ID Number:2000.107.005.05.02
Date:1984
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Portrait of Dale Hayes, a man experiencing homelessness in Seattle, November 14, 1979
This image of Dale Hayes, 61, was taken under the Alaskan Way Viaduct, where he had been sleeping. Concerns for Hayes and many others living under the city's bridges and the approaching winter prompted Mayor Charles Royer and others to make promises of aid and calls for the help from the middle class. Caption information derived from captions written by…
ID Number:2000.107.005.32.01
Date:1979
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Glen Alps & Edwin Essex with model for City Hall fountain, Seattle, September 1961
Glen Alps (1914-1996) was an artist and art professor. He was born in Colorado and moved to Seattle to attend graduate school at the University of Washington (UW), graduating in 1947. He began teaching at UW while a student, became a full professor in 1962, and stayed at UW until his retirement in 1984. Alps’ primary artistic medium was printmaking,…
ID Number:2000.107.006.31.01
Date:1961
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Cal Anderson, October 2, 1987
Calvin “Cal” Anderson (1948-1995) was a progressive politician in Washington. Born in Seattle, he became involved in politics early, working for political campaigns beginning in middle school. After high school, he served as a court reporter for the US Army in Vietnam and received two Bronze Stars. After returning to Seattle, Anderson became more involved in politics, working as an…
ID Number:2000.107.007.19.04
Date:1987
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Cal Anderson being sworn in as state representative, Seattle, November 9, 1987
Calvin “Cal” Anderson (1948-1995) was a progressive politician in Washington. Born in Seattle, he became involved in politics early, working for political campaigns beginning in middle school. After high school, he served as a court reporter for the US Army in Vietnam and received two Bronze Stars. After returning to Seattle, Anderson became more involved in politics, working as an…
ID Number:2000.107.007.19.05
Date:1987