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Union supporters picketing at Marie's Cafe in Greenwood, Seattle, August 26, 1974
Marie's Cafe was founded in the early 1940s in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood. A successful restaurant for several decades, retail sale of salad dressings developed in the cafe eventually took over the business. Today, Marie's Salad Dressing is a nationally-distributed brand owned by Dean Foods Co.In this image picketers outside Marie's Cafe at Northwest 85th and Greenwood demonstrate support of cafe…
ID Number:2000.107.141.14.02
Date:1974
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ILWU members holding strike signs at Pier 20, Seattle, January 17, 1972
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union’s (ILWU) 1971 strike began on July 1, when ILWU members walked out against their employers, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). The union's goal was to secure employment, wages, and benefits in the face of increased mechanization, shrinking workforce, and the slowing economic climate of the early 1970s. The strike shut down all 56 West…
ID Number:2000.107.141.14.03
Date:1972
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Teamsters striking King County Humane Society, Seattle, March 29, 1972
In March 1972, Teamsters Local 174 in Seattle walked out of work at the King County Humane Society, where they had been without a contract since the previous April. The Teamsters also filed an unfair-labor-practice charge against the Humane Society, contending that the non-profit had refused to bargain for a new contract. Waldo J. Dahl, president of the Humane Society,…
ID Number:2000.107.141.14.04
Date:1972
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Black Arts/West actors rehearsing "The River Niger," Seattle, June 4, 1974
Black Arts/West was Seattle’s first black theatre and functioned as a three component program: theatre, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-) in 1969, Black Arts/West evolved out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and was charged with getting young people involved and learning the necessary…
ID Number:2000.107.142.33.01
Date:1974
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Edwin Pratt, Robert Williams, and James McIver at "Sunday of Concern" meeting, November 11, 1968
At monthly "Sunday of Concern" meetings, representatives of 40 Central Area organizations got together to discuss problems in the district. In this photograph (left to right) Edwin T. Pratt, Executive Director of the Seattle Urban League; Robert Williams, intergroup relations specialist at Seattle Public Schools; and James McIver, head of the Loren Miller Bar Club, an organization for Black attorneys,…
ID Number:2000.107.146.25.01
Date:1968
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Norm Rice handing out campaign literature near Westlake Mall, Seattle, September 17, 1985
Seattle politician Norman Blann Rice (1943-) was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1978. Rice served eleven years, participating as chairs of the Energy, Finance, and Budget committees, and was Council President for one term. From 1989 to 1997 Rice served two terms as the 49th mayor of Seattle. Rice has remained a civic leader as CEO and…
ID Number:2000.107.152.11.02
Date:1985
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Norm Rice shaking woman's hand on California Ave., West Seattle, November 8, 1989
Seattle politician Norman Blann Rice (1943-) was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1978. Rice served eleven years, participating as chairs of the Energy, Finance, and Budget committees, and was Council President for one term. From 1989 to 1997 Rice served two terms as the 49th mayor, becoming Seattle's first African American mayor. Rice has remained a civic…
ID Number:2000.107.152.11.03
Date:1989
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Norm Rice getting a shoeshine near Westlake Mall, Seattle, September 17, 1985
Seattle politician Norman Blann Rice (1943-) was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1978. Rice served eleven years, participating as chairs of the Energy, Finance, and Budget committees, and was Council President for one term. From 1989 to 1997 Rice served two terms as the 49th mayor of Seattle. Rice has remained a civic leader as CEO and…
ID Number:2000.107.152.11.04
Date:1985
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Norm Rice and Constance Williams with campaign supporters, Seattle, September 19, 1989
Seattle politician Norman Blann Rice (1943-) was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1978. Rice served eleven years, participating as chairs of the Energy, Finance, and Budget committees, and was Council President for one term. From 1989 to 1997 Rice served two terms as the 49th mayor, becoming Seattle's first African-American mayor. Rice has remained a civic leader…
ID Number:2000.107.152.11.05
Date:1989
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Norm Rice and Jim Street outside Stevens Elementary School, Seattle, August 2, 1990
Seattle politician Norman Blann Rice (1943-) was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1978. Rice served eleven years, participating as chairs of the Energy, Finance, and Budget committees, and was Council President for one term. From 1989 to 1997 Rice served two terms as the 49th mayor, becoming Seattle's first African-American mayor. Rice has remained a civic leader…
ID Number:2000.107.152.12.01
Date:1990