1344 results for: Seattle Center
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Aerial view of Empire Way and Sick's Stadium, July 11, 1953
Empire Way’s route was first laid out in 1913, as a state highway heading southeast out of Seattle. It was named for James J. Hill, the head of the Great Northern Railway, who was nicknamed the “Empire Builder.” At first, Empire Way was put together from parts of older roads on the same route. From the 1930s to the 1950s,…
ID Number:2000.107.189.11.01
Date:1953
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View of Rainier Avenue and Lake Way looking east, March 1954
Seattle's Atlantic neighborhood (which has also been referred to as Yesler/Atlantic and Judkins Park) is a triangular community in the Central District area, between Mount Baker Ridge and Beacon Hill. One of oldest residential neighborhoods, it was home to Seattle's largest Italian enclaves during the early years of the twentieth century. Like other neighborhoods in central and southeast Seattle, Black…
ID Number:2000.107.189.16.01
Date:1954
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Collage of automatic traffic signals, April 21, 1924
Traffic signals were first tested in Seattle in 1924, through a collaboration between the Street Department and the police traffic division. The first automatic traffic signal was installed at Fourth Avenue South and Jackson Street for motorists to determine whether the automatic method was better than traffic control by an officer stationed in the center of the intersection.This graphic by…
ID Number:2000.107.190.05.02
Date:1924
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Elaine Youch and Elizabeth Holsten leaving Fun! Run Bus, Seattle, June 20, 1972
In this image passengers Elaine Youch, left, and Elizabeth Holsten leap from the summer run "Fun! Run Bus." The Seattle Transit System (now Metro Transit) operated this 10-cent ride between the waterfront and Seattle Center through the month of August 1972. Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.190.10.02
Date:1972
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Sam Smith, Edwin Pratt, and others at press conference, January 24, 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 1974-1979 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958.In January 1969, Councilman…
ID Number:2000.107.200.11.01
Date:1969
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Longview Timber Barons soccer team, January 1926
Businessman Jack H. Kelly emigrated to the US from Canada in the early 1900s, setting up a plumbing business and starting up a local soccer team at every town he stopped in. In 1923, Kelly stopped in Longview, Washington, set up his business, and later started a soccer team. The Longview Timber Barons had their first organization meeting and practice…
ID Number:2000.107.201.33.04
Date:1927
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David Sohappy at Geiger Corrections Center, Spokane, November 22, 1987
David Sohappy (1925-1991) was a Wanapum fisher and activist for Indigenous fishing rights. In the mid-1960s, Sohappy and his family moved to Cook’s Landing in Skamania County at the mouth of the Little White Salmon River. There, Sohappy became a fisher full-time and took only as many fish as needed for his community, in line with traditional Wanapum beliefs and…
ID Number:2000.107.202.10.01
Date:1987
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Terry Tafoya teaching a dance to students at the Pacific Science Center, Seattle, March 2, 1983
In this photo, Terry Tafoya of the Northwest Institute for Indian Education (NINE) leads a traditional dance with 5th grade students at an overnight camp at the Pacific Science Center. Tafoya was one of three educators with NINE who taught Native history to teachers and students at schools, workshops, and camps. Caption information source: "Kids learn about Indians from Indians"…
ID Number:2000.107.210.01.01
Date:1983
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Volunteers from Seattle at Peace Park in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, September 7, 1988
The first city partnership between a US and a Soviet city, the official Seattle-Tashkent sister city relationship was established in 1973 but was preceded by ties that began in 1961 between the University of Washington and academic institutions in Tashkent. In this image volunteers from Seattle show off the completed Earth Mound, a mosaic of the Earth viewed from the…
ID Number:2000.107.210.18.01
Date:1988
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Jakob Schapiro, Leon Admov, and Matthew Phillips painting tiles, Seattle, February 29, 1988
The first city partnership between a US and a Soviet city, the official Seattle-Tashkent sister city relationship was established in 1973 but was preceded by ties that began in 1961 between the University of Washington and academic institutions in Tashkent. In this image taken at Orca-Day Elementary School, artist Jakob Schapiro and architect Leon Admov of Tashkent join fifth-grader Matthew…
ID Number:2000.107.210.18.03
Date:1988