142 results for: Johnson, B. W.
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Activists posing in vacant lot, Seattle, February 28, 1981
In this image, members of the Central Area Housing Alliance stand in the vacant lot they want to purchase at 24th Avenue and Yesler Way. From left are, Rena Boyd, Anna David, Viola Johnson, Eloise Graham, Gerald Lenoir, and Lillian Feist. The Alliance protested the proposed sale of the property to build a 50-unit condominium, saying they wanted new housing…
ID Number:2000.107.168.29.03
Date:1981
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Do Good Club members discussing event, Seattle, February 11, 1948
The Do Good Club, a club begun by five 11- and 12-year-old girls in Seattle's North Park neighborhood (roughly the area surrounding present-day North Seattle Community College), sponsored events to raise money for local organizations.In this image 12 of the 13 members of the club plan a sale of home-made Valentine's Day candy to benefit the Washington Heart Association. Members…
ID Number:2000.107.170.25.01
Date:1948
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Variety Club Telethon stars visiting hospital patient, Seattle, February 10, 1973
The Variety Club (also Variety, the Children's Charity) is an organization founded as a social club for Pittsburgh entertainers in 1927. As the club grew and formed local chapters across the world, the club began raising funds for disadvantaged children, often through local telethons. KIRO-TV in Seattle held an annual Variety Club Telethon from 1969-1989 to benefit Children's Orthopedic Hospital…
ID Number:2000.107.171.09.02
Date:1973
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Children playing soccer for the Magnolia Soccer Club, Seattle, October 14, 1993
Here, the 5- to 8-year-old players on a Magnolia Soccer Club team compete in a game. The rules were modified for the young players: the playing field is smaller and each coed team has seven players with no goalies. In this photo, players (from left) Claire Newlands, Kory Johnson, Emily White, Hayley Wozniak, Juan Pablo Marillo and John Werner chase…
ID Number:2000.107.201.32.03
Date:1993
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Mike England marking Pelé at Sounders vs. New York Cosmos game, Seattle, July 5, 1975
The Seattle Sounders were a soccer team playing in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1974 to 1983. They were the first professional soccer team in Seattle, and were popular from the beginning; in their first season they hosted NASL's first sell-out game, filling Memorial Stadium with 13,876 fans. In its early seasons, most players were foreign-born and brought…
ID Number:2000.107.201.39.01
Date:1975
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Brian Schmetzer in Sounders game, May 1983
The Seattle Sounders were a soccer team playing in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1974 to 1983. They were the first professional soccer team in Seattle, and were popular from the beginning; in their first season they hosted NASL's first sell-out game, filling Memorial Stadium with 13,876 fans. In its early seasons, most players were foreign-born and brought…
ID Number:2000.107.202.03.01
Date:1983
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Mary Lou Johnson, Howard Johnson, and Ruth Velozo with delivery at Northwest Harvest, Seattle, December 10, 1986
Northwest Harvest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, was founded in 1967 by The Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry (EMM), an interfaith organization committed to identifying and addressing the primary problems of the poor and disadvantaged. The organization created Neighbors in Need and opened 34 food banks in what was initially conceived of as a short-term solution to an employment crisis in Seattle. As…
ID Number:2000.107.219.31.05
Date:1986
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Tomás Villanueva at United Farm Workers office, Granger, May 3, 1989
Tomás Villanueva (1941-2014) was a labor activist who spent decades advocating for the rights and welfare of farmworkers, especially Latino migrant workers. Villanueva was born in Monterrey in northern Mexico and immigrated to the United States with his family at age 13. The Villanueva family settled in Toppenish, Washington in 1958 after traveling across the US following farm work for…
ID Number:2000.107.220.23.02
Date:1989
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Tomás Villanueva speaking at press conference, Seattle, October 29, 1987
Tomás Villanueva (1941-2014) was a labor activist who spent decades advocating for the rights and welfare of farmworkers, especially Latino migrant workers. Villanueva was born in Monterrey in northern Mexico and immigrated to the United States with his family at age 13. The Villanueva family settled in Toppenish, Washington in 1958 after traveling across the US following farm work for…
ID Number:2000.107.220.23.03
Date:1987
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Crowd at victory parade for NBA Champions the Seattle SuperSonics, June 4, 1979
This photograph of the victory parade for the Seattle SuperSonics, taken by staff photographer Bob Miller, appeared on the front page of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on June 5, 1979.The parade on June 4, 1979, was given in honor of the Sonics victory over the Washington Bullets on June 1, 1979 in game 5 of the NBA Championship. An estimated 300,000…
ID Number:2000.107.240.01.01
Date:1979