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Product technician inspecting package at IMRE Corporation lab, Seattle, March 1, 1993
IMRE Corporation, one of Seattle's pioneering biotechnology companies, was founded in 1981, and went public in 1983. Their major product, the Prosorba Column, invented by CEO Frank R. Jones, filters immune complexes from blood plasma to treat some immune diseases, and was the first device of its kind to receive FDA approval, granted in 1987. The company rebranded as Cypress…
ID Number:2000.107.095.22.08
Date:1993
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Jean Halliday sitting outside federal courthouse, Seattle, April 6, 1970
Fort Lawton was a United States Army post located in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle, overlooking Puget Sound. In 1968 the site was rejected for proposed defense upgrades, and the Army began downsizing the property. In 1970 the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (UIATF) presented a claim to all lands that might be declared surplus by the Army. Led…
ID Number:2000.107.095.26.01
Date:1970
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Performers dancing during Christmas Around the World, Seattle, December 1, 1968
The annual "Christmas around the World" program at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle began as a way to provide foreign students at the University of Washington with a glimpse of their homeland Christmas celebration, through a series of performances showing the Christmas customs and traditions of other countries. The program grew steadily and showcased a variety…
ID Number:2000.107.095.27.01
Date:1968
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Performers dancing during Christmas Around the World, Seattle, December 1, 1968
The annual "Christmas around the World" program at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) in Seattle began as a way to provide foreign students at the University of Washington with a glimpse of their homeland Christmas celebration, through a series of performances showing the Christmas customs and traditions of other countries. The program grew steadily and showcased a variety…
ID Number:2000.107.095.27.02
Date:1968
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Last Guns with headdress, Seattle, November 2, 1961
In this image, Last Guns (James White Calf, Sr.), the oldest man in the Blackfeet Nation at 103, holds a traditional headdress. He traveled from Browing, Montana, to Seattle to present the headdress to President John F. Kennedy, who was in Seattle on November 16 to deliver a speech at the University of Washington's 100th anniversary program. Last Guns had…
ID Number:2000.107.095.27.04
Date:1961
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Last Guns and Eagle Plume, Seattle, November 2, 1961
In this image, Last Guns (James White Calf, Sr.), the oldest man in the Blackfeet Nation at 103, holds a traditional headdress while sitting next to his son, Eagle Plume (James White Calf, Jr.). He traveled from Browing, Montana, to Seattle to present the headdress to President John F. Kennedy, who was in Seattle on November 16 to deliver a…
ID Number:2000.107.095.27.05
Date:1961
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Girls at Crowfeather benefit in Seattle, January 16, 1971
In this image, two girls in traditional Native dress watch performers at a powwow to benefit Ernest Crowfeather at the Mercer Island High School auditorium in Seattle. Crowfeather (1942-1971), part Sioux, had been under treatment for kidney failure but was declared medically unsuitable for the Northwest Kidney Center's artificial kidney machine treatment program. Local community members raised $100,000 on his…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.01
Date:1971
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Ervina McCloud taking a break from dancing, Seattle, November 7, 1968
In this image, Ervina McCloud, 7, a member of the Tulalip Tribes from northwest Washington, smiles for the camera at the University of Washington HUB Auditorium. McCloud was one of a group of Northwest Native American dancers at a folk concert to benefit the Hopi Tribe in northeastern Arizona. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, November 8, 1968, page 31Caption…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.02
Date:1968
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Sbeebayoo (Billy) and Ellen Phillips, Seattle, January 8, 1910
In 1910 Chief Si'ahl's (Chief Seattle) nephew, Sbeebayoo (known as "Indian Billy" Phillips) and his wife Ellen (1812-1910), members of the Duwamish Tribe, were struggling to survive in their home at the foot of Stacy Street, just south of the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporters seized the story, describing how Sbeebayoo's camping places along the Puget Sound shoreline had…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.04
Date:1910
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Ellen Phillips in doorway of her home, Seattle, May 10, 1910
In 1910 Chief Si'ahl's (Chief Seattle) nephew, Sbeebayoo (known as "Indian Billy" Phillips) and his wife Ellen (1812-1910), members of the Duwamish Tribe, were struggling to survive in their home at the foot of Stacy Street, just south of the Pioneer Square neighborhood. Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporters seized the story, describing how Sbeebayoo's camping places along the Puget Sound shoreline had…
ID Number:2000.107.095.28.05
Date:1910