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Pike Place Market 25th Anniversary Celebration of "Save the Market" poster, Seattle, May 16 - November 2, 1996
In the summer of 1907 the Seattle City Council designated a public market be held on Pike Place between Pike Street and Pine Street in hopes of appeasing both farmers and consumers, angry over high food prices. The Pike Place Public Market flourished in the first half of the twentieth century but became less utilized with the decline of independent…
ID Number:2007.25.34
Date:1996
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Greenpeace Walk for the Whales & the Earth poster, Seattle, July 9, 1983
The poster pictured here advertises a 20-kilometer Walk for the Whales and the Earth, sponsored by Greenpeace and beginning at 8 am at Gas Works Park in Seattle. Credits printed on poster: Design / W. Joseph Gagnon. Illustration / Greg MacDonald, Typography / The Type Gallery, Lithography / Agency Northwest.
ID Number:2007.25.44
Date:1983
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Pride Parade/March & Freedom Rally poster, Seattle, June 25, 1995
The poster advertises Seattle's 1995 Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Pride Parade/March & Freedom Rally on Capitol Hill. An estimated 40,000 people participated in the June 25 event, which is part of Seattle's annual Gay Pride Week. The Pride Parade continues to be held annually on the last Sunday in June to honor the Stonewall riots, the 1969 event marking the start of the…
ID Number:2007.25.60
Date:1995
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Lesbian-Gay Pride March & Rally '90 poster, Seattle, June 24, 1990
The poster advertises Seattle's 1990 Lesbian-Gay Pride March and Rally on Capitol Hill. An estimated 20,000 people participated in the June 24 event, which is part of Seattle's annual Gay Pride Week. The Pride Parade continues to be held annually on the last Sunday in June to honor the Stonewall riots, the 1969 event marking the start of the gay…
ID Number:2007.25.65
Date:1990
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Save our Valley "Yes" Tunnel poster, Seattle, 1999
In 1999, Puget Sound regional transportation authority Sound Transit was finalizing the route of a light rail line set to connect SeaTac airport with Seattle's University District. The proposed route ran through the Rainier Valley, where some residents and businesses concerned about the possible negative effects of street-level light rail formed the "Save Our Valley" group to lobby for a…
ID Number:2007.25.66
Date:1999
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Monorail Yes! campaign poster, Seattle, 2006
This Monorail Yes! poster was created near the end of a long campaign to expand the Seattle Monorail line, which eventually was defeated in 2005. Initiative 41 had called for construction of a 40-mile monorail system linking Seattle's four corners to downtown Seattle to form a giant "X" and won a 53 percent majority on November 4, 1997. However financial…
ID Number:2007.56.1
Date:2006
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Metro water conservation poster, Seattle, 1977
Metro, the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, was founded in 1958 to oversee regional wastewater treatment. In time, supervision of regional transit was added, but after Metro merged with King County in 1994, the water quality and transportation management functions were separated.The poster pictured here was created for Metro’s Community Involvement office and was displayed inside Seattle and King County buses,…
ID Number:2012.34.20
Date:1977
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Metro neighborhood water quality poster, Seattle, 1977
Metro, the Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle, was founded in 1958 to oversee regional wastewater treatment. In time, supervision of regional transit was added, but after Metro merged with King County in 1994, the water quality and transportation management functions were separated.The poster pictured here was created for Metro’s Community Involvement office and was displayed inside Seattle and King County buses,…
ID Number:2012.34.21
Date:1977
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Four Nights for Human Rights concert poster, May 11, 1982
The poster pictured here advertises a rock concert benefiting Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), an non-profit aid group begun in 1980. Performing at the concert were The Allies (1979-1985), made up of Michael Ipsen, Steve Adamek, Joe Shikany, and Dave Kincaid, and power pop quartet, The New Flamingos (circa 1982-1984), fronted by brothers Jim and…
ID Number:2013.87.77
Date:1982
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Freedom of Choice benefit concert poster, November 17, 1981
The poster pictured here advertises a rock concert featuring The Enemy and The Visible Targets, and benefiting the National Abortion Rights Action League (now NARAL Pro-Choice America) and the Abortion and Birth Control Referral Service (a division of the University District YWCA). The Enemy (1978-1982) was a punk band featuring George Gleason, Suzanne Grant, Peter Barnes, and Damon Titus. Local…
ID Number:2013.87.82
Date:1981