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Freedom Patrol members leaving CORE headquarters, Seattle, July 24, 1965
On July 24, 1965, police on the night beat in five Seattle areas began to be trailed by shadows--civilian teams of two wearing large cardboard badges labeled "Freedom Patrol." The immediate provocation that led to the formation of the Freedom Patrol was the fatal shooting of a Black man, Robert L. Reese, by off-duty Seattle policeman Harold J. Larsen in…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.21
Date:1965
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Goodwill Auxiliary members displaying dolls for sale, Seattle, November 2, 1958
Seattle Goodwill was founded in 1923 by a group of local businessmen, and provides employment training and basic education to individuals experiencing significant barriers to economic opportunity. Today a significant portion of its operating funds are derived from its nine thrift stores in the area.In this image, Mrs. E. P. Pamment and Mrs. J. R. Hawley display the many dolls…
ID Number:2000.107.173.09.04
Date:1958
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Mothers holding Baby Beauty Contest winners, Seattle, August 7, 1949
The Rainier District Pow Wow began in the midst of the Great Depression as a day-long community picnic at Seward Park. Between 1934 and 1992, when it ended, pow wow events paralleled what was going on in the rest of the country, celebrating neighborhood commerce in the 1930s, patriotism during World War II, the Baby Boom of the late 1940s…
ID Number:2000.107.185.01.03
Date:1949
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Men preparing a transit system sand truck, Seattle, December 29, 1951
In this image H. J. Stewart, left, and mechanic E. T. Jacobson prepare a Seattle Transit System (later Metro Transit) truck for winter weather conditions. The device on the rear of the truck is an automatic sander. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.190.08.02
Date:1951
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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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People at preview of Black Arts/West production of "Black Girl," Seattle, March 22, 1973
Black Arts/West was Seattle's first Black theater and functioned as a three component program: theater, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-2019) in 1969, Black Arts/West evolved out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), an anti-poverty…
ID Number:2000.107.19730322.2.14A
Date:1973
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People at preview of Black Arts/West production of "Black Girl," Seattle, March 22, 1973
Black Arts/West was Seattle's first Black theater and functioned as a three component program: theater, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-2019) in 1969, Black Arts/West evolved out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), an anti-poverty…
ID Number:2000.107.19730322.2.15A
Date:1973
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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
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Interior of Bagdad Theatre, Seattle, circa 1927
Seattle's Bagdad Theatre operated from 1927-1947 at one of the Ballard neighborhood's most significant buildings, located on the northwest corner of Market Street and 22nd Avenue NW. The building was designed by local architect Frederick J. Peters as the home of the Ballard chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.), an international non-profit organization founded in 1898 in Seattle.…
ID Number:2008.47.2
Date:Circa 1927
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Students’ Army Training Corps group on steps of Washington State Museum, University of Washington campus, 1918
The establishment of Students' Army Training Corps (SATC) units during World War I was authorized by the Selective Service Act of 1917, and implemented by the newly created Committee on Education and Special Training of the US War Department. The short-lived SATC program utilized the facilities, equipment, and faculty of colleges and universities to select and train officer candidates and…
ID Number:2009.32.1
Date:1918