1580 results for: City of Seattle
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Demonstration outside Burlington Northern headquarters in favor of extending Burke-Gilman trail, Seattle, March 3, 1988
After the success of the initial stretch of the Burke-Gilman Trail along Lake Washington, walkers, joggers, and bikers pressed for a western extension. Burlington Northern had just sold property that included several vacated stretches of rail, and the city had been planning to buy these. While the Montana-based purchasers said they would not block the trail, not everyone was convinced.…
ID Number:2000.107.029.17.05
Date:1988
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Bertha Pitts Campbell, Seattle, January 1981
Bertha Pitts Campbell (1889-1990) was a Seattle civil rights activist. She was born in Kansas and grew up in Colorado. During her studies at Howard University, Campbell founded the Delta Sigma Theta sorority with 21 other women. Delta Sigma Theta is a historically Black sorority and it advocates for civil rights, especially educational opportunities for Black people. Campbell moved to…
ID Number:2000.107.031.12.01
Date:1981
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Bertha Pitts Campbell sitting, Seattle, January 1981
Bertha Pitts Campbell (1889-1990) was a Seattle civil rights activist. She was born in Kansas and grew up in Colorado. During her studies at Howard University, Campbell founded the Delta Sigma Theta sorority with 21 other women. Delta Sigma Theta is a historically Black sorority and it advocates for civil rights, especially educational opportunities for Black people. Campbell moved to…
ID Number:2000.107.031.12.02
Date:1981
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Bruce Carter in Zymogenetics lab, Seattle, May 11, 1993
ZymoGenetics was established in Seattle in 1981 by University of Washington professors Earl Davie and Benjamin Hall, along with University of British Columbia professor Michael Smith. The company was acquired by Novo Nordisk in 1988, but spun off again as a separate public company in 2000, and was acquired again by Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2010. In 1993, the company moved…
ID Number:2000.107.032.33.01
Date:1993
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Vivian Caver, Seattle, September 9, 1975
Vivian Caver (1928-2021) was a civil rights activist from Seattle. She was born in Tennessee and grew up in Washington. While a student at the University of Washington, Caver worked for the Seattle Urban League as it fought to integrate department store workforces in Seattle. In the 1960s, she set up race relations councils in white neighborhoods to make housing…
ID Number:2000.107.033.27.01
Date:1975
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Vivian Caver at press conference, Seattle, February 1980
Vivian Caver (1928-2021) was a civil rights activist from Seattle. She was born in Tennessee and grew up in Washington. While a student at the University of Washington, Caver worked for the Seattle Urban League as it fought to integrate department store workforces in Seattle. In the 1960s, she set up race relations councils in white neighborhoods to make housing…
ID Number:2000.107.033.27.02
Date:1980
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Group at ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Chinatown International District, Seattle, June 15, 1972
Seattle City Councilman Liem Eng Tuai (1925-2003) and Miss Seattle-Tacoma, Sue May Yee (b. 1949), center, hold the ribbon cut by Lt. Governor John A. Cherberg (1910-1992) during the opening of a parking lot in Seattle's Chinatown International District. They are surrounded by community members celebrating the parking lot, with a traditional Chinese lion in the background, and a man…
ID Number:2000.107.036.10.04
Date:1972
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Cheryl Chow taking Seattle City Council oath of office, Seattle, January 2, 1990
Cheryl Chow (1946-2013) was a Seattle educator, politician, and advocate for children. Chow was the daughter of Ruby Chow, a restaurant owner and King County Councilwoman, and Ping Chow, an opera singer, US Army veteran, and chef. Born in Seattle, Cheryl Chow attended Franklin High School and Western Washington University. Early in her career, she taught physical education at Hamilton…
ID Number:2000.107.036.20.01
Date:1990
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Cheryl Chow speaking at 34th District Democrats meeting, Seattle, July 12, 1989
Cheryl Chow (1946-2013) was a Seattle educator, politician, and advocate for children. Chow was the daughter of Ruby Chow, a restaurant owner and King County Councilwoman, and Ping Chow, an opera singer, US Army veteran, and chef. Born in Seattle, Cheryl Chow attended Franklin High School and Western Washington University. Early in her career, she taught physical education at Hamilton…
ID Number:2000.107.036.20.02
Date:1989
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Chow family at home, Seattle, 1956
Ping and Ruby Chow were prominent members of Seattle’s Chinese American community for many years. Edward Shui "Ping" Chow (1916-2011) was born in Guangzhou, China. Ping trained as a singer and became a Cantonese opera star. Ruby Chow (1920-2008) was born in Seattle and grew up in what was then Chinatown (now the International District). While traveling with his troupe,…
ID Number:2000.107.036.21.04
Date:1956