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Jesse Wineberry and Debra Peevey, Seattle, September 15, 1992
Jesse Calvin Wineberry (1955-) grew up in Seattle’s Central District, attended Queen Anne High School, and received a degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington (UW). While in law school at the University of Puget Sound (UPS), he co-founded the campus Black American Law Student Association, and was elected to the Washington State House of Representatives. Mr. Wineberry…
ID Number:2000.107.232.05.02
Date:1992
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Weed and Seed protester at City Council meeting, Seattle, December 14, 1992
Weed and Seed was a 1992 Bush administration initiative to provide federal grants to city governments to help “weed” drug-dealing and crime from troubled neighborhoods, and “seed” those areas with social programs. Mayor Norm Rice procured a $1.1 million grant for a Weed and Seed program for Seattle’s Central Area, but approval was delayed for several months over widespread opposition…
ID Number:2000.107.19921214.5.04
Date:1992
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Weed and Seed protester at City Council meeting, Seattle, December 14, 1992
Weed and Seed was a 1992 Bush administration initiative to provide federal grants to city governments to help “weed” drug-dealing and crime from troubled neighborhoods, and “seed” those areas with social programs. Mayor Norm Rice procured a $1.1 million grant for a Weed and Seed program for Seattle’s Central Area, but approval was delayed for several months over widespread opposition…
ID Number:2000.107.19921214.5.22
Date:1992
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Ahmed Isse at American Red Cross headquarters, Seattle, December 28, 1992
Ahmed Isse, a former Somali government official, came to the United States in 1991 as a refugee from the Somali Civil War. He settled in south Seattle, with a daughter living in Tacoma and a son in Vancouver, BC. Isse had left other relatives behind, including a son in Mombasa, Kenya, and at least one sister in Somalia.In late December…
ID Number:2000.107.19921228.2.30
Date:1992
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Ahmed Isse looking at photographs at Red Cross headquarters, Seattle, December 28, 1992
Ahmed Isse, a former Somali government official, came to the United States in 1991 as a refugee from the Somali Civil War. He settled in south Seattle, with a daughter living in Tacoma and a son in Vancouver, BC. Isse had left other relatives behind, including a son in a Mombasa, Kenya, and at least one sister in Somalia.In late…
ID Number:2000.107.19921228.2.37
Date:1992
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Ken Griffey, Jr. at press conference announcing Nintendo game, Seattle, May 11, 1993
In May 1993, Nintendo of America and Major League Baseball held a press conference at the Kingdome to announce an agreement between 23-year-old Mariners center fielder Ken Griffey, Jr. and Nintendo to produce the Redmond corporation's first attempt at a game named after a live character. Billed as the most realistic baseball video game ever, the game featured real Major…
ID Number:2000.107.19930511.1.05
Date:1993
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Ken Griffey, Jr. at press conference announcing Nintendo game, Seattle, May 11, 1993
In May 1993, Nintendo of America and Major League Baseball held a press conference at the Kingdome to announce an agreement between 23-year-old Mariners center fielder Ken Griffey, Jr. and Nintendo to produce the Redmond corporation's first attempt at a game named after a live character. Billed as the most realistic baseball video game ever, the game featured real Major…
ID Number:2000.107.19930511.1.08
Date:1993
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Kenny G in concert at the Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, September 15, 1993
Kenneth Gorelick, more widely known by his stage name Kenny G, is a saxophonist who focuses largely on smooth jazz. He was born in Seattle in 1956 and grew up in the Seward Park neighborhood. Gorelick attended Franklin High School and the University of Washington. He began playing professionally as a sideman for the Love Unlimited Orchestra while still in…
ID Number:2000.107.19930915.1.17
Date:1993
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Krist Novoselic on stage during Nirvana concert, Seattle Center Arena, January 7, 1994
Nirvana had their beginnings in the Seattle grunge scene, and widely popularized alternative rock. Members Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) and Krist Novoselic (b. 1965) were from Aberdeen, Washington.Nirvana performed at the Seattle Center Arena on January 7-8, 1994, the last stop on their fall tour. It would also turn out to be Nirvana’s final show in Seattle. Band members celebrated the…
ID Number:2000.107.19940107.1.23
Date:1994
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Kurt Cobain on stage during Nirvana concert, Seattle Center Arena, January 7, 1994
Nirvana had their beginnings in the Seattle grunge scene, and widely popularized alternative rock. Members Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) and Krist Novoselic (b. 1965) were from Aberdeen, Washington.Nirvana performed at the Seattle Center Arena on January 7-8, 1994, the last stop on their fall tour. It would also turn out to be Nirvana’s final show in Seattle. Band members celebrated the…
ID Number:2000.107.19940107.2.02
Date:1994