185 results for: Webber, Phil H.
Photograph
Lawney Reyes with cedar bald eagle sculpture, Seattle, September 26, 1977
Lawney L. Reyes (1931-2022), Sin-Aikst (Colville Confederated Tribe) artist, architect, and author, overcame a childhood of poverty and discrimination to become an award-winning sculptor and a historian of local Indigenous activism and culture. In this image Lawney Reyes stands next to one of his sculptures, a cedar bald eagle, in front of the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Seattle's…
ID Number:2000.107.151.33.01
Date:1977
Photograph
Friends of the Market protest at the Arcade Plaza building, Seattle, February 11, 1971
This photograph shows Friends of the Market picketers in front of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offices in the Arcade Plaza Building at 2nd Avenue and Union Street. At the time, HUD was reviewing Seattle's application for the Pike Plaza development, and would be the funding agency if the application was approved. Protesters sought to stop the project and…
ID Number:2000.107.153.16.02
Date:1971
Photograph
Jim Robideau in BIA office, Seattle, November 6, 1972
On November 2nd, 1972, several hundred Indigenous people occupied the headquarters of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in Washington, DC. They presented 20 demands for better conditions for Indigenous peoples in the United States, including reform of the BIA, enforcement of existing treaties, protection of Indigenous lands, and improved treaty procedures. Over the following days, BIA offices in other…
ID Number:2000.107.154.13.01
Date:1972
Photograph
Antonio Sanchez at Sea Mar Community Health Center, Seattle, February 5, 1980
Sea Mar Community Health Centers was organized by a group of Latino community leaders and health activists who wanted to develop a comprehensive health center for the Latino community in Seattle, with satellite clinics in rural communities in western Washington. They began in 1978 with one small clinic in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle. As of 2022, SeaMar has…
ID Number:2000.107.159.33.01
Date:1980
Photograph
International Community Health Services exterior, Seattle, March 23, 1978
Seattle's International Community Health Services (ICHS) got its start at a time when low-income Asian immigrants in Seattle’s Chinatown - International District had few options when they needed a doctor who spoke their language. First opened in 1973 as the Asian Community Health Clinic, the main clinic is now located at 720 8th Avenue South, and provides medical services in…
ID Number:2000.107.170.16.14
Date:1978
Photograph
Three men with painted faces at Fat Tuesday celebration, Seattle, February 19, 1977
In 1977, Seattle held its first Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) celebration in Occidental Park, Pioneer Square. The event lasted for five days. Don Hinerman (left), Larry Boday (center), and Lee Stackhouse (right), were just three of people with painted faces and costumes who gathered for the parade. The event was peaceful during the day but got very unruly at night.…
ID Number:2000.107.172.18.01
Date:1977
Photograph
Joe Torlai selling produce at Inner City Market, Seattle, August 2, 1975
In this image Joe Torlai, a second-generation Renton farmer, weighs some of his produce for sale at the new Inner City Farmer's Market at 18th Avenue and East Cherry Street in Seattle's Central District neighborhood. This same year Mr. Torlai was honored as the youngest farmer at the Pike Place Market in conjunction with the market's 68th birthday. Caption information…
ID Number:2000.107.176.37.05
Date:1975
Photograph
Employees working hamburger grill at Herfy's, Seattle, January 14, 1977
Herfy's was a popular chain of burger drive-ins that populated the Puget Sound area from the mid-1950s and peaked in the mid-1970s. They were known for their "Herfy Burger," with secret sauce. Although the chain was sold in the 1980s, the name Herfy's lives on in a couple of independently owned Seattle-area locations, including one in Georgetown.In this image, a…
ID Number:2000.107.185.20.01
Date:1977
Photograph
Owners sipping drinks at F.X. McRory's, Seattle, August 27,1978
F.X. McRory's Steak Chop and Oyster House, one of Seattle's most popular bars and a hub for sports fans, was opened in 1977 next to the Kingdome by restaurateurs Mick McHugh and Tim Firnstahl. Famous for its Irish pub feel, 45-foot-long marble bar, and massive selection of spirits, F.X. McRory's was only the second bar on the west coast with…
ID Number:2000.107.185.23.03
Date:1978
Photograph
Lifting the Polynesia Restaurant, Seattle, January 25, 1982
In 1961, the Polynesia Restaurant opened at the end of Pier 51, in advance of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. The popular Tiki-style restaurant closed two decades later, a casualty of the expansion of the Washington State Ferry Terminal. In January 1982, after the interior fixtures and furnishings had been removed, the building was reinforced with steel I-beams and lifted…
ID Number:2000.107.185.23.04
Date:1982