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Image of Kurt Stick surveying herring spawning ground in Whatcom County, November 10, 2002
Photograph

Kurt Stick surveying herring spawning ground in Whatcom County, November 10, 2002

In November of 2002 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer completed a six-month investigation into the ecological health of the Puget Sound. They published their findings in a series of articles from November 18-22, outlining the ways in which recent efforts to curtail dumping and pollution had failed to negate decades of human-caused damage to sea life and the marine environment.In this image,…
ID Number:2000.107.20021101.CD01.013
Date:2002
Image of Planting trees at Commencement Bay cleanup site, Tacoma, November 9, 2002
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Planting trees at Commencement Bay cleanup site, Tacoma, November 9, 2002

In November of 2002 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer completed a six-month investigation into the ecological health of the Puget Sound. They published their findings in a series of articles from November 18-22, outlining the ways in which recent efforts to curtail dumping and pollution had failed to negate decades of human-caused damage to sea life and the marine environment.This image shows…
ID Number:2000.107.20021101.CD01.014
Date:2002
Image of John Beal on Duwamish waterway, November 9, 2002
Photograph

John Beal on Duwamish waterway, November 9, 2002

In November of 2002 the Seattle Post-Intelligencer completed a six-month investigation into the ecological health of the Puget Sound. They published their findings in a series of articles from November 18-22, outlining the ways in which recent efforts to curtail dumping and pollution had failed to negate decades of human-caused damage to sea life and the marine environment.In this image,…
ID Number:2000.107.20021101.CD01.015
Date:2002
Image of Haida drummers protesting salmon farming practices, Seattle, January 15, 2003
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Haida drummers protesting salmon farming practices, Seattle, January 15, 2003

In this photo Haida drummers perform a song during a demonstration against the salmon farming industry in front of North American Pan Fish headquarters in Ballard. About 100 representatives of US and British Columbian fishing and conservation groups, along with Indigenous Alaskans and Northwest tribal peoples, participated in the protest. Opponents of salmon farms say they hurt sales of wild…
ID Number:2000.107.20030115.CD01.001
Date:2003
Image of Cedar River: A Call for Action flier, May 1990
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Cedar River: A Call for Action flier, May 1990

The City of Seattle took ownership of much of the Cedar River Watershed in 1899 to use to supply drinking water to the greater Seattle area. Over the years, haphazard logging continued on both private and city lands in the watershed. In 1990, with the growth of the environmental movement, the city’s proposed sale of the 73-acre Sugar Bear tract…
ID Number:2002.23.2.55.2
Date:1990
Image of First Annual Salmon Homecoming poster, Seattle, September 16-19, 1993
Poster

First Annual Salmon Homecoming poster, Seattle, September 16-19, 1993

In 1992, the Seattle Aquarium held its first Salmon Homecoming celebration, with a month of educational events to highlight the return of salmon to the streams of their birth. In 1993, this became a four-day event called the First Annual Salmon Homecoming Celebration, held on September 16-19 and presented by the Seattle Aquarium in conjunction with the Tribal Communities of…
ID Number:2007.25.14
Date:1993
Image of Aerial view of Interstate 5 and Northgate Mall, Seattle, March 10, 1965
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Aerial view of Interstate 5 and Northgate Mall, Seattle, March 10, 1965

Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, and Seattle's largest and widest freeway. The section shown in this aerial photograph was the part of I-5 built between 1960-1966 to connect Kent to Seattle. The direction of the photograph is looking north and west, with Northgate Mall in the center of the…
ID Number:2009.23.173
Date:1965
Image of Metro water conservation poster, Seattle, 1977
Poster

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
Image of Metro neighborhood water quality poster, Seattle, 1977
Poster

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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Oral history interview with Barry Bettinger, April 9, 2004

This is April 2004 interview with Barry Bettinger, owner of Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream, was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Bettinger describes his responsibilities at the ice cream business, from management and bookkeeping to the hands-on work of making ice cream, as well as working on the business’s upcoming move to a larger space in…
ID Number:2019.35.8.2
Date:2004
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