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Image of Worker attaching welcome banner to post prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 1993
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Worker attaching welcome banner to post prior to APEC conference, Seattle, November 1993

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference (APEC) was founded in 1989 as an informal dialog group with limited participation by ministers and cabinet-level officials in the Asian-Pacific region, and rose to world prominence in Seattle in 1993 when President Clinton endorsed the organization and used it for what is now an annual summit meeting of Asian and Pacific leaders. The group…
ID Number:2000.107.009.35.03
Date:1993
Image of Panel at Allied Arts Congress meeting, December 4, 1966
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Panel at Allied Arts Congress meeting, December 4, 1966

In 1966, Allied Arts of Seattle President Norman Johnson issued a challenge to members of the organization and to the larger arts community to expand the scope of community involvement in the arts. A panel was convened for the December 1966 Allied Arts meeting, to discuss the need for outreach to Seattle’s Black and Indigenous communities, particularly in the city’s…
ID Number:2000.107.014.25.02
Date:1966
Image of Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. in Mariners dugout, April 1991
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Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. in Mariners dugout, April 1991

In this photo, Ken Griffey Sr.(30) gets a towel from his son, Ken Griffey Jr. after making a running catch in the fourth inning of a Mariners game at the Kingdome. The Griffeys became one of the first father-and-son tandems to play on the same Major League Baseball team, playing their first game together against the Kansas City Royals on…
ID Number:2000.107.015.30.04
Date:1991
Image of Richard Belmont speaking at press conference, Seattle, October 6, 1972
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Richard Belmont speaking at press conference, Seattle, October 6, 1972

When 140 acres of their ancestral land on Oyster Bay was declared surplus by the federal government, the Suquamish Tribe sought to have it returned to the tribe. They wanted to use to site for an Indian canoe house and racing area, an Indian historical and cultural center, an center for marine science and ecology, and a meeting facility that…
ID Number:2000.107.019.39.01
Date:1973
Image of Bicyclists beginning cross-country ride, Seattle, June 1, 1987
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Bicyclists beginning cross-country ride, Seattle, June 1, 1987

In this image, bicyclists leave Myrtle Edwards Park in Seattle to begin the 3,397-mile TransAmerica Bicycle Trek to raise money for the American Lung Association. The 200 cyclists raised $5,000 each in pledges before starting the trip across the northern United States to Atlantic City, N.J., where they were scheduled to arrive July 16. The money raised by the cyclists,…
ID Number:2000.107.021.20.01
Date:1987
Image of Bicyclists waiting outside City Hall to attend City Council hearing on new West Seattle bridge, Seattle, September 29, 1983
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Bicyclists waiting outside City Hall to attend City Council hearing on new West Seattle bridge, Seattle, September 29, 1983

West Seattle and Seattle were once connected by two low drawbridges, but when a ship rammed one of these in 1978, discussion turned to the building of a high bridge that would permit ships to pass underneath. A low bridge would also be replaced. In 1983, Seattle’s City Council held hearings on the plans. Over 300 cyclists jammed City Hall…
ID Number:2000.107.021.22.01
Date:1983
Image of Former Black Panther Party headquarters house, Seattle, 1973
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Former Black Panther Party headquarters house, Seattle, 1973

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense (BPP) established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17-year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:2000.107.022.21.04
Date:1973
Image of Notice on former Black Panther party headquarters house, Seattle, 1973
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Notice on former Black Panther party headquarters house, Seattle, 1973

The Black Panther Party for Self Defense (BPP) established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Garry Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17-year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:2000.107.022.21.05
Date:1973
Image of Juan Bocanegra speaking at 34th District Democrats meeting, Seattle, July 12, 1989
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Juan Bocanegra speaking at 34th District Democrats meeting, Seattle, July 12, 1989

Juan Jose Bocanegra (b. 1949) was born in Mexico and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. He moved to Seattle in 1971 to earn a graduate degree in social work from the University of Washington (UW), where he helped lead a successful campaign to diversify the UW School of Social work and create its multi-ethnic practice program. Mr. Bocanegra then began…
ID Number:2000.107.023.19.02
Date:1989
Image of Patti Bown posing at piano at the New Orleans Restaurant, Seattle, March 23, 1989
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Patti Bown posing at piano at the New Orleans Restaurant, Seattle, March 23, 1989

Patricia Anne "Patti" Bown (1931-2008) was born in Seattle to a musically-talented family, and grew up during a musically rich period in the city. During her youth and education at Seattle University and Cornish School of Fine Arts, Ms. Bown was an active member of AFM Local 493, also known as the "Negro Musicians' Union," founded in 1918 as Local…
ID Number:2000.107.025.15.01
Date:1989
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