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Image of Northwest Airlines plane with passengers on the boarding ramp, Seattle, circa 1950
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Northwest Airlines plane with passengers on the boarding ramp, Seattle, circa 1950

A Northwest Airlines plane, possibly a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, is on the runway with a big crowd at the boarding ramp. On the lower part of the ramp, an African-American man looks back towards the camera and waves his hat. The original print is slightly out of focus.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder20.002
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Three unidentified men, Seattle, circa 1953
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Three unidentified men, Seattle, circa 1953

Three men, wearing suits, topcoats and hats, share a hearty laugh at an unidentified event.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder22.001
Date:Circa 1953
Image of Protesters at the groundbreaking for Seattle's Kingdome, November 2, 1972
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Protesters at the groundbreaking for Seattle's Kingdome, November 2, 1972

A deputy of the King County Department of Public Safety attempts to confront demonstrators who are protesting the construction of the Kingdome stadium at the western edge of the Chinatown - International District, Seattle's longtime Asian American neighborhood. A lawsuit to stop the stadium had failed, and activists were concerned that its construction and need for more parking would overwhelm…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder23.001
Date:1972
Image of Protestors at a meeting about Kingdome construction, circa 1972
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Protestors at a meeting about Kingdome construction, circa 1972

Here, a KOMO television news cameraman films a protest meeting at an unidentified office. Asian activists and others fill the room, signs read: "Preserve the International District" and "... a Parking Lot" and "Chinatown. It's not Only A Place to Eat. People Live There Too." This meeting is probably part of the 1972 protest against construction of the Kingdome stadium…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder23.002
Date:Circa 1972
Image of Presidential candidate Henry Wallace with a union officer, 1948
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Presidential candidate Henry Wallace with a union officer, 1948

Henry Wallace shares the head table with a union officer at a dinner meeting of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union of the Pacific at Washington Hall. A sign reading Stop the Un-American Committee refers to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Wallace was Vice President of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1941-1945. This picture was probably taken…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder25.001
Date:1948
Image of Presidential candidate Henry Wallace with union officers, 1948
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Presidential candidate Henry Wallace with union officers, 1948

Henry Wallace shares the head table with union officers at a dinner meeting of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union of the Pacific at Washington Hall. Several signs are visible, including "[No Contract] No Work", "...Defeat Taft-Hartley Law", "Wallace in '48...", "Palestine Peace or Profit", "Register Now Win With Wallace". Henry Wallace was Vice President of the United States under…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder25.002
Date:1948
Image of Presidential candidate Henry Wallace with union officers, 1948
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Presidential candidate Henry Wallace with union officers, 1948

Henry Wallace speaks from the head table at a dinner meeting of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union of the Pacific, held at Washington Hall. A sign reads: "No Contract No Work". Henry Wallace was Vice President of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1941-1945. This picture was probably taken in 1948, when he attemped a third party…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder25.003
Date:1948
Image of Two men shaking hands, circa 1944
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Two men shaking hands, circa 1944

Two unidentified men stand in a room and share a handshake; one of them wears a navy uniform. Three posters behind them read: "Man the Victory Fleet, We Vote, the Congress of Industrial Organizations" and "You Bet I'm Going Back to Sea, U.S. Merchant Marine" and "The Rights We Fight For". Cases of Blatz Pilsener Beer are stacked on the…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder25.004
Date:Circa 1944
Image of Two men in group shaking hands at union office, circa 1944
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Two men in group shaking hands at union office, circa 1944

Two unidentified men shake hands at the office of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Association of the Pacific, a CIO labor union which represented galley staff on steamships. A group of people, probably union members and staff, look on. The photographer Al Smith was a member of this union.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder25.005
Date:Circa 1944
Image of Two women and two men in a union office, circa 1944
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Two women and two men in a union office, circa 1944

A seated man claps his hands while two unidentified women and a man appear to be singing and dancing in front of posters urging union members to vote in an upcoming election. The photographer Al Smith was a member of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Association of the Pacific, a CIO labor union which represented galley staff on steamships, so…
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder25.006
Date:Circa 1944
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