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Susan Rice of Kirkland training for the Seattle to Portland (STP) bike ride, Seattle, June 22, 1989
In 1989, over 9,300 cyclists planned to ride in the annual Seattle to Portland Bicycle (STP) Classic. Two days before the race, Susan Rice made a final round-trip training ride from her home in Kirkland to Seattle’s Gas Works Park. This would be her first time participating in the 202-mile STP, and she planned to complete it in one day.Here,…
ID Number:2000.107.021.22.03
Date:1989
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Bicyclists riding on the newly finished bicycle lanes of the University Bridge, Seattle, October 12, 1983
In the 1970s, bicyclists began advocating for better protections for their rides, with improvements like dedicated bike lanes. In this photo, bicyclists take the inaugural ride on the four-foot wide bike lanes on the University Bridge. The opening ceremonies on October 12, 1983, attracted about 20 bike riders to test out the new route. The rider at far right is…
ID Number:2000.107.021.22.04
Date:1983
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Family riding on Bicycle Sunday, Seattle, May 28, 1972
From April through September, Lake Washington Boulevard has often been closed to cars for Bicycle Sundays. The route ran from Mount Baker to Seward Park. The weather for the May 1972 event was sunny and warm, and many cyclists took part.Here, a man pedals his bicycle along the boulevard, carrying one toddler in a framed backpack and another on a…
ID Number:2000.107.021.23.02
Date:1972
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Opening day on the Lake Sammamish Loop Trail, Bellevue, July 16, 1971
Pedestrians and student cyclists commonly used the shoulder of the road between Vasa Park and Sunset Elementary School in Bellevue. They abandoned it as growing traffic made it more dangerous. Urged by the Sunset PTA, the State Highway Department paved the shoulder in 1971, and it became part of a planned 25-mile Lake Sammamish Loop Trail. The official Phase I…
ID Number:2000.107.021.24.01
Date:1971
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Father teaching his daughter to ride a bicycle, Seattle, June 18, 1989
From April through September, Seattle’s Lake Washington Boulevard has often been closed to cars for Bicycle Sundays. In 1989, the event took place on Father’s Day. Here, Mike Boze, and his daughter Elizabeth, take advantage of the closed boulevard for a bike lesson. At four-and-a-half, Elizabeth is steadied by her father’s hand and the bike’s training wheels. Caption information source:…
ID Number:2000.107.021.25.01
Date:1989
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Ruby Bishop posing at piano at Ivar's Restaurant, Seattle, February 2, 1958
Ruby Bishop (1919-2019) was born in Thurston County and was a well-known Seattle jazz singer and pianist for decades. Ms. Bishop was an active member of the American Federation of Music (AFM) Local 493 in Seattle, also known as the "Negro Musicians' Union," founded in 1918 as Local 458 when African Americans were excluded from Seattle's first musicians' union, AFM…
ID Number:2000.107.022.17.01
Date:1958
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Ruby Bishop working in cabinet-making class, Seattle, January 19, 1972
Ruby Bishop (1919-2019) was born in Thurston County and was a well-known Seattle jazz singer and pianist for decades. Ms. Bishop was an active member of the American Federation of Music (AFM) Local 493 in Seattle, also known as the "Negro Musicians' Union," founded in 1918 as Local 458 when African Americans were excluded from Seattle's first musicians' union, AFM…
ID Number:2000.107.022.17.02
Date:1972
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Portrait of Ruby Bishop, Seattle, January 1983
Ruby Bishop (1919-2019) was born in Thurston County and was a well-known Seattle jazz singer and pianist for decades. Ms. Bishop was an active member of the American Federation of Music (AFM) Local 493 in Seattle, also known as the "Negro Musicians' Union," founded in 1918 as Local 458 when African Americans were excluded from Seattle's first musicians' union, AFM…
ID Number:2000.107.022.17.03
Date:1983
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Black Panther lieutenant Cranston Owens at Rainier Beach school, September 6, 1968
The Black Panther Party for Self Defense established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Gary Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17 year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:2000.107.022.21.01
Date:1968
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Black Panthers protesting on steps of Capitol building, Olympia, February 28, 1969
The Black Panther Party for Self Defense established its Seattle chapter in the spring of 1968, after Aaron Dixon, Elmer Dixon, Anthony Ware, Gary Owens and several other future Panthers attended a memorial service in San Francisco for 17 year-old Bobby Hutton, who had been killed in a shootout with local police. While in Oakland, the Seattle youth met BPP…
ID Number:2000.107.022.21.02
Date:1969