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Photograph
Franklin High School sit-in defendants speaking with the press at King County jail, April 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, were suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:2002.68.9.10
Date:1968
Photograph
Ford employees posed outside at South Lake Union assembly plant, Seattle, 1916
In the 1920s, the Ford Motor Company had a number of buildings across the country for local assembly of Model T cars. One assembly plant was located in Seattle, at the southern end of Lake Union, at what is now 700 Fairview Avenue North. The building, which still stands, was occupied by The Craftsman Press for a period and, as…
ID Number:2004.39.1
Date:1916
Photograph
Audience at the Beatles concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum, August 21, 1964
Seattle was the third stop on the Beatles first official world tour. On August 21, 1964, the Fab Four played to a crowd of over 14,000 in the Coliseum at Seattle Center. The local paper reported that girls outnumbered boys by at least 20 to 1, and that most of these were young teenagers. As seen in this photograph, some…
ID Number:2014.14.108
Date:1964
Photograph
Ola Browning speaking at fashion show, Seattle, circa 1953
In the 1950s, Seattle community and civil rights leader Ola Browning served on the Washington State Board Against Discrimination, and in 1959 brought Washington's first wrongful discrimination case. Here, Ola Browning speaks at a podium at a Seattle fashion show, with a jazz band visible behind her. Judging by the name "Bumps" on the stands, this may be Bumps Blackwell's…
ID Number:2014.49.014.017.0027
Date:Circa 1953
Photograph
Fred Swanson at the Black and Tan nightclub, February 12, 1945
Seattle's Jackson Street jazz clubs flourished in the first half of the twentieth century, with their popularity peaking in the late 1930s through early 1950s. Seattle-born photographer Al Smith was a familiar figure in the clubs, often taking pictures of musicians and patrons, then returning the following week to sell prints.Here, a man stands inside the entrance to the Black…
ID Number:2014.49.16.089.05
Date:1945
Program
The Seattle Referee, November 3, 1916
The issue of "The Seattle Referee" pictured here was published as a program for a boxing match between William August "Willie" Hoppe (b.1890) of San Francisco and "Smilin' George" Ingle of Seattle. The date on this program, November 3, 1915, is a misprint. The bout actually took place on Friday, November 3, 1916, at the Dreamland Pavilion in Seattle, and…
ID Number:2018.3.3.54
Date:1916
Ephemera
Hotel Frye air raid blackout notice, circa 1943
Seattle, with its military bases and industries, was considered an important target for Japanese air raids. Homes and businesses turned out lights and covered windows to darken the city at night. In order to keep guests safe, Seattle's Hotel Frye posted notices detailing how to black out rooms and what to do in case of an air raid.
ID Number:2018.3.3.126
Date:Circa 1943
Cartographic material
Map of Alaska, 1927
In 1903 Carl Albert Kroll (1882-1982) immigrated from Germany to the U. S., finding work as a drafting technician at the Moran Brothers shipbuilding company. By 1910 Kroll was the manager at O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Company. The following year he acquired both the Anderson Map Company and the Washington Map and Blueprint Company to form the…
ID Number:2019.3.59
Date:1927
Serial
Seattle Gay News, Vol. 5, No. 18, October 13, 1978
The Seattle Gay News (SGN) was founded in 1976 to provide news coverage focusing on Seattle’s gay community; it is the third oldest LGBTQ+ newspaper in the US. Seattle Gay News started as a newsletter produced by the Gay Community Center. It provided news to a community that was largely ignored by mainstream newspapers and advocated for gay rights in…
ID Number:2021.67.7
Date:1978
Serial
Seattle Gay News, Vol. 9, No. 24, November 19, 1982
The Seattle Gay News (SGN) was founded in 1976 to provide news coverage focusing on Seattle’s gay community; it is the third oldest LGBTQ+ newspaper in the US. Seattle Gay News started as a newsletter produced by the Gay Community Center. It provided news to a community that was largely ignored by mainstream newspapers and advocated for gay rights in…
ID Number:2021.67.22
Date:1982