1344 results for: Seattle Center
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Players in an over-50 women's soccer game in the heavy rain at Woodland Park, Seattle, March 18, 1997
Women's soccer in Washington State grew and flourished from the 1970s through the 1990s, with the development of multiple high school and college programs, and women's leagues and clubs. The proliferation of women's soccer clubs gave women of all ages and abilities the opportunity to develop and compete.Here, two over-50 women's soccer teams plays a game at night in heavy…
ID Number:2000.107.19970318.2.14
Date:1997
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Elizabeth Gordon and Susan Varner at Jubilee Women's Center, Seattle, April 4, 1997
In 1997, the Washington State Legislature cut $35 million from the state’s General Assistance - Unemployable (GAU) program, which at the time provided cash assistance and medical coverage to about 17,000 Washingtonians who were unable to work. As of 2024, this program, now called the Aged, Blind or Disabled Cash Program (ABD), continues to offer cash assistance to low-income people…
ID Number:2000.107.19970404.24.24
Date:1997
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Rafael Carrabba in his Queen Anne shop, April 9, 1997
Rafael Carrabba Violins opened in 1985 on Queen Anne Hill in Seattle. Carrabba, whose parents were musicians, had his first apprenticeship at age 12 when he worked at David Saunders' violin shop in Seattle, learning enough by age 13 to make himself a violin. Over the next 20 years, he continued to work with master violin makers in Chicago, Philadelphia,…
ID Number:2000.107.19970409.19.11
Date:1997
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David Van Zandt with a cello at his Ballard shop, April 9, 1997
David Van Zandt is a professional violin maker who works with the traditional methods, materials, and forms of the master violin makers of the 17th and 18th centuries. After graduating from the Violin Making School in Salt Lake City in 1983, Van Zandt worked with historical instruments in a New York City violin shop, developing his skills in repair and…
ID Number:2000.107.19970409.20.06
Date:1997
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Skateboarder at the Seattle Center skateboard park, Seattle, April 11, 1997
Seattle Center’s skateboard park at Fifth Avenue and Republican Street opened on April 12th, 1997. The opening was scheduled to coincide with the start of Seattle’s spring school break. Here, a skateboarder tries out the new facility on the day before the official opening. Caption information source: “Head over wheels", Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 12, 1997, page A3.
ID Number:2000.107.19970411.12.31
Date:1997
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Governor Gary Locke and health care program supporters, Olympia, April 22, 1997
The Washington state legislature established a pilot program in 1987 to provide health care insurance to low-income working families who didn’t qualify for Medicaid. In 1993, the Basic Health Program was expanded statewide and it grew a bit further in 1995. In 1997, the Republican legislature pushed to freeze the program at 1995 levels and to increase premiums and copayments.…
ID Number:2000.107.19970422.10.13
Date:1997
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Anchor and Dewitt Jensen at Jensen Motor Boat Company, Seattle, April 22, 1997
The Jensen Motor Boat Company was founded in 1922 by Tony Jensen (1889-1963), a Danish immigrant and descendant of boat builders. In 1927, Tony, his wife Bessie (1892-1968), and two partners moved the company to 1417 NE Boat Street on Seattle’s Portage Bay. The company specialized in building boats with experimental designs. Sons George (1915-1977) and Anchor (1918-2000) continued the…
ID Number:2000.107.19970422.17.08
Date:1997
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Tamakko-za drama and drum troupe performing at Seattle Center, May 13, 1997
The 11th Annual Seattle International Children's Festival took place at Seattle Center in May 1997. It featured performing groups and artists from ten different countries. Here, the Tamakko-za drama and drum group from Japan performs a skit involving a pesky insect. Caption information source: "On the cultural beat," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 14, 1997, page B1.
ID Number:2000.107.19970513.13.13
Date:1997
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Eddie Vedder performing at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, July 22, 1998
In July 1998, hometown band Pearl Jam held two concerts in Seattle’s Memorial Stadium to raise $500,000 for 10 local charities. The concert opened with sets by the Wallflowers and Seattle punk band Zeke, before Pearl Jam took the stage, with Eddie Vedder’s shout of “We’re home!” Among the causes benefitting from the concert proceeds were the John Stanford Book…
ID Number:2000.107.19980722.1.01
Date:1998
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Eddie Vedder performing at Memorial Stadium, Seattle, July 22, 1998
In July 1998, hometown band Pearl Jam held two concerts in Seattle’s Memorial Stadium to raise $500,000 for 10 local charities. The concert opened with sets by the Wallflowers and Seattle punk band Zeke, before Pearl Jam took the stage, with Eddie Vedder’s shout of “We’re home!” Among the causes benefitting from the concert proceeds were the John Stanford Book…
ID Number:2000.107.19980722.1.09
Date:1998