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William H. (Bill) Neukom, Seattle, August 1980
Born in Chicago and raised in San Mateo Park, CA, Bill Neukom led an active life in law, higher education, philanthropy, and baseball. After graduating from Dartmouth and Stanford Law School, Neukom moved to Seattle, serving as a law clerk in the King County Superior Court before starting private practice. Through the American Bar Association, he met Bill Gates, Sr.,…
ID Number:2000.107.132.04.01
Date:1980
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Bruce Nordstrom, Seattle, February 26, 1990
Bruce Nordstrom (1933-2024) was a businessman and philanthropist in Seattle. The grandson of founder John W. Nordstrom, he served as president and chair of the Nordstrom department store as it grew from a chain of shoe stores to become an international fashion retailer.As a youth, Bruce worked in the stockroom and on the sales floor of the downtown Seattle Nordstrom…
ID Number:2000.107.133.10.01
Date:1990
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Bruce Nordstrom with his sons Jim and John, Seattle, February 26, 1990
Bruce Nordstrom (1933-2024) was a businessman and philanthropist in Seattle. The grandson of founder John W. Nordstrom, he served as president and chair of the Nordstrom department store as it grew from a chain of shoe stores to become an international fashion retailer.As a youth, Bruce worked in the stockroom and on the sales floor of the downtown Seattle Nordstrom…
ID Number:2000.107.133.10.02
Date:1990
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Bruce Nordstrom at the Nordstrom, Inc. annual meeting, Seattle, May 16, 1989
Bruce Nordstrom (1933-2024) was a businessman and philanthropist in Seattle. The grandson of founder John W. Nordstrom, he served as president and chair of the Nordstrom department store as it grew from a chain of shoe stores to become an international fashion retailer.As a youth, Bruce worked in the stockroom and on the sales floor of the downtown Seattle Nordstrom…
ID Number:2000.107.133.10.03
Date:1989
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Marvin Oliver sculpting a mask, Seattle, July 20, 1976
Marvin Oliver (1946-2019) was a sculptor and printmaker who influenced the development and recognition of American Indian contemporary fine art. Born in Shelton, Washington, Oliver attended graduate school at the University of Washington (UW) and started teaching at the school in 1974. Oliver's work was steeped in his Quinault and Isleta-Pueblo heritage, but spanned styles and media--from blown-glass Northwest Coast-style…
ID Number:2000.107.135.22.01
Date:1976
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Chizuko Omori at home in front of incarceration camp photos, Seattle, August 10, 1988
Chizuko May Omori (b. 1930), a young Nisei girl, was living with her family in Oceanside, California when World War II broke out. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Omori and her family were incarcerated in Poston concentration camp (known officially as the Colorado River Relocation Center) in Yuma County, Arizona. After release from the camp, Omori lived for a…
ID Number:2000.107.136.07.01
Date:1988
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Suzie Ordogh receiving Americanism Medal at Seattle World's Fair, September 16, 1962
September 16, 1962 marked I Am an American Day at the Seattle World’s Fair. After the speeches and the naturalization of some 100 new citizens, Seattle swimmer Zsuszu (“Susanna," “Suzie,” “Susie”) Ordogh received an “Americanism medal” from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). Ordogh, at age 16, was one of 40 Hungarian athletes who had defected during the 1956…
ID Number:2000.107.136.15.01
Date:1962
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Gary Payton passing basketball in game against Celtics, Seattle, December 29, 1992
Gary Payton (b. 1968) is a retired professional basketball player who played for the Seattle SuperSonics from 1990 to 2003. Payton played point guard and was nicknamed “the Glove” for his success on defense, especially with steals. Payton led the NBA in steals for the 1995-96 season, with 231. In the 1999-2000 season, he led the league in both assists…
ID Number:2000.107.139.08.01
Date:1992
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Bystanders heckling UW Student Peace Union picketers, Seattle, October 23, 1962
The Student Peace Union (SPU) was a nationwide student organization active on college campuses in the United States from 1959 to 1964. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, chapters across the country held protests against the nuclear testing they felt would lead to war. After the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1963 the SPU, whose identity was bound up…
ID Number:2000.107.141.13.01
Date:1962
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Supporters for clemency for Don White holding picket signs, Olympia, March 23, 1964
Don Anthony White, a Black man convicted of murdering two people in Seattle in 1959, was sentenced to death on July 18, 1960, by the King County Superior Court. A series of demonstrations supporting clemency for Mr. White led to a retrial in 1966 where he was again found guilty as charged and was sentenced to serve two concurrent terms…
ID Number:2000.107.141.13.02
Date:1964