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Jim Mason and Eddie Rye, Jr. talking to press, Spetember 15, 1986
On September 15, 1986, about two dozen African American contractors and unemployed workers visited the Guy F. Atkinson Co. job site near the Mount Baker tunnel to express their dissatisfaction with minority hiring and contracting procedures used by the firm. Eddie Rye Jr., a representative of the Black Contractors Coalition, told Atkinson representative Ira Fell that the group was particularly…
ID Number:2000.107.119.28.01
Date:1986
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Craig McCaw holding cell phone, September 1986
Craig McCaw (b. 1949) was an early investor in cellular technology. McCaw's father owned a cable TV company in Centralia which Craig and his brothers inherited and ran together under Craig's leadership. In 1981, McCaw began buying cellular licenses in cities across the US, and in 1987 he sold the cable TV business and fully transitioned the company to cellular…
ID Number:2000.107.121.04.01
Date:1986
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Janet McCloud speaking at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968
Janet Joy "Yet-Si-Blue" (Renecker) McCloud (1934-2003) was a Tulalip tribe member and an Indian activist who was prominent in the "fish wars" that led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and catch.In this image Janet McCloud speaks at one of a series of protests and press conferences organized in support of comedian…
ID Number:2000.107.121.09.01
Date:1968
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Janet McCloud, Lillian Gregory, and Jack Tanner at press conference, Olympia, July 3, 1968
Janet Joy "Yet-Si-Blue" (Renecker) McCloud (1934-2003) was a Tulalip tribe member and an Indigenous activist who was prominent in the "fish wars" that led to the Boldt Decision, a federal ruling guaranteeing Washington tribes half the state's salmon and steelhead trout catch.In this image Janet McCloud, left, and Jack Tanner, right, and Lillian Gregory, center, speak at a press conference…
ID Number:2000.107.121.09.02
Date:1968
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View of McNeil Island Penitentiary, March 3, 1971
McNeil Island is a 6.6 square mile island located in south Puget Sound, lying 2.8 miles across the water from the nearest town. The site was utilized for 142 continuous years as an island-based penal institution, beginning in 1869 with a jail built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1909 the facility became a federal prison, the McNeil…
ID Number:2000.107.123.19.03
Date:1971
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Metro drivers inspecting prototype kneeling bus, Seattle, March, 1975
In this image, the Rohn Industries Transbus, one of three prototype transit buses built by U. S. firms for possible production in the 1980s, gets the once-over from Metro drivers as it "knelt" on its air suspension system, allowing near-level entry up a front door wheelchair ramp. At the time Metro, was planning to replace its fleet of buses and…
ID Number:2000.107.124.28.02
Date:1975
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Nancy Lightfoot making the first phone call from a bus, Seattle, September 11, 1985
In September 1985, cellular telephones were installed on four Washington State ferries and five Metro buses for a trial period of four and three months, respectively. The phones required a credit card to use, and cost a dollar for a two-minute local call, with 50 cents for each additional minute. In this image passenger Nancy Lightfoot places one of the…
ID Number:2000.107.124.31.03
Date:1985
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Ruby Chow at Holly Park bus shelter dedication, Seattle, March 13, 1982
Ruby Chow Ma Seung-gam (1920-2008) was a Chinese American restaurateur and politician in Seattle, Washington. She opened Ruby Chow’s Restaurant in 1948, the first Chinese restaurant outside of Seattle's Chinatown - International District. Chow served three terms as a King County councilwoman.In this image a new bus stop shelter is dedicated by Ruby Chow with residents of the Holly Park…
ID Number:2000.107.124.31.04
Date:1982
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Metro passengers waiting at temporary bus shelter, Seattle, March 6, 1982
In this image Metro passenger Angela Nieto and her daughter Sophia wait for a bus inside a plywood bus shelter built by volunteers at 39th Avenue South and South Othello Street, near the Holly Park housing development. Fed up with Metro Transit delays in building a bus shelter, neighborhood residents built their own shelter, which City officials then complained didn't…
ID Number:2000.107.124.32.01
Date:1982
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Metro Transit tunnel construction, Seattle, February 4, 1988
In this image, construction crews excavate the area that will become the north portal entrance to the Metro Transit bus tunnel and the Convention Center Station at Ninth Avenue and Pine Street. Work on Metro's $455 million 1.3-mile-long bus tunnel began in 1987 amid concerns from local business owners that construction would affect commerce. Metro kept the sidewalks open for…
ID Number:2000.107.124.34.01
Date:1988