1580 results for: City of Seattle
Photograph
Aerial view of Empire Way and Sick's Stadium, July 11, 1953
Empire Way’s route was first laid out in 1913, as a state highway heading southeast out of Seattle. It was named for James J. Hill, the head of the Great Northern Railway, who was nicknamed the “Empire Builder.” At first, Empire Way was put together from parts of older roads on the same route. From the 1930s to the 1950s,…
ID Number:2000.107.189.11.01
Date:1953
Photograph
Children waiting to cross Lake Washington Blvd., Seattle, May 11, 1953
In this image three children hold hands as they wait for a car to pass before they cross Lake Washington Boulevard at 49th Avenue South. Parents, standing on the far side of the boulevard, met to protest the city's failure to put in a painted crosswalk at this spot, where three children were struck by a car on May 10,…
ID Number:2000.107.190.06.04
Date:1953
Photograph
C. E. Talbert "held up" by Lake City Vigilantes, Seattle, July 3, 1956
In this image bus driver C. E. Talbert, who made the first Seattle Transit System run to Lake City, is hoisted up and jokingly "robbed" by the Lake City Vigilantes. The Vigilantes, founded in 1946 as the "Keystone Cops," was a group of civic and business leaders in Lake City who appeared at various community celebrations. Still around as of…
ID Number:2000.107.190.09.03
Date:1956
Photograph
Dolores Sibonga and Bill Hilliard talking at Washington State Human Rights Commission offices, Seattle, December 19, 1978
Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist…
ID Number:2000.107.197.23.01
Date:1978
Photograph
Dolores Sibonga campaigning for City Council, Seattle, October 4, 1979
Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist…
ID Number:2000.107.197.23.02
Date:1979
Photograph
Portrait of Dolores Sibonga, Seattle, June 12, 1984
Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist…
ID Number:2000.107.197.23.03
Date:1984
Photograph
Dolores Sibonga blowing out birthday candles at her campaign offices, Seattle, August 28, 1989
Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist…
ID Number:2000.107.197.23.04
Date:1989
Photograph
Dolores Sibonga campaigning for mayor, Seattle, July 12, 1989
Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist…
ID Number:2000.107.197.23.05
Date:1989
Photograph
Sir Mix-A-Lot in his recording studio, Auburn, January 19, 1992
Sir Mix-A-Lot (Anthony Ray) was born in Auburn, WA in 1963 and raised in Seattle's Central District. He was involved in the birth of hip-hop in Seattle in the early 1980s, and his first hit, "Posse on Broadway," was released in 1987. It describes a trip through Seattle’s Central Area and Capitol Hill and remains one of Sir Mix-a-Lot’s most…
ID Number:2000.107.198.16.01
Date:1992
Photograph
Sam Smith, Edwin Pratt, and others at press conference, January 24, 1969
Sam Smith was the first African-American person to be elected to the Seattle City Council in 1968 and was on the Council until 1991, chairing many committees and serving as Council President from 1974-1979 and 1986-1989. Smith also served in the Washington State Legislature for five terms, beginning with his election from the 37th district in 1958.In January 1969, Councilman…
ID Number:2000.107.200.11.01
Date:1969