1514 results for: City of Seattle
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Victor Steinbrueck at press conference about saving Pike Place Market, Seattle, March 5, 1969
In 1964 the Seattle city government, in cooperation with a consortium of downtown business leaders, proposed the redevelopment and “urban renewal” of Pike Place Market. However, many Seattle residents feared that redevelopment would destroy not only the historic buildings but also the atmosphere of the market. They banded together and founded the Friends of the Market to oppose redevelopment plans.…
ID Number:2000.107.205.03.01
Date:1969
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Volunteers from Seattle at Peace Park in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, September 7, 1988
The first city partnership between a US and a Soviet city, the official Seattle-Tashkent sister city relationship was established in 1973 but was preceded by ties that began in 1961 between the University of Washington and academic institutions in Tashkent. In this image volunteers from Seattle show off the completed Earth Mound, a mosaic of the Earth viewed from the…
ID Number:2000.107.210.18.01
Date:1988
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Seattle delegates meeting with Mayor Vahid Kazimov in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, April 14, 1983
In August 1971 three Soviet mayors, from Tashkent, Irkutsk and Sochi, visited Seattle on a promotional tour organized by Alaska Airlines. The mayors met with Seattle Mayor Wes Uhlman, who later proposed that Seattle and Tashkent establish the first United States-USSR sister city relationship. Seattle and Tashkent already had strong ties that began in 1961 between the University of Washington…
ID Number:2000.107.210.18.02
Date:1983
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Jakob Schapiro, Leon Admov, and Matthew Phillips painting tiles, Seattle, February 29, 1988
The first city partnership between a US and a Soviet city, the official Seattle-Tashkent sister city relationship was established in 1973 but was preceded by ties that began in 1961 between the University of Washington and academic institutions in Tashkent. In this image taken at Orca-Day Elementary School, artist Jakob Schapiro and architect Leon Admov of Tashkent join fifth-grader Matthew…
ID Number:2000.107.210.18.03
Date:1988
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Grace Thorpe making sign for protest at courthouse, Seattle, March 16, 1970
On March 8, 1970, about 100 members and sympathizers of United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupied Fort Lawton, a 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. They were inspired by the passage of a bill signed by President Richard Nixon, which granted non-federal entities the ability to obtain surplus federal lands for…
ID Number:2000.107.212.01.01
Date:1970
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David Levine, Mark Tobey, and Gordon Clinton, Seattle, March 30, 1959
Painter Mark Tobey (1890-1976) was one of the defining artists of the "Northwest School," an art movement which combined natural elements of the Puget Sound area with traditional Asian aesthetics to create a novel and distinct regional style.In this image Tobey, center, is presented with a copy of a City Council resolution in his honor by Council President David Levine,…
ID Number:2000.107.212.23.04
Date:1959
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Two soldiers at Fort Lawton before transfer to Korea, November 29, 1950
In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:2000.107.216.24.01
Date:1950
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Sgt. Melvin Boykin cleaning ashes from stove, Fort Lawton, July 1952
In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:2000.107.216.24.03
Date:1952
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Servicemen at Fort Lawton preparing to leave for Korea, November 29, 1950
In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:2000.107.216.24.04
Date:1950
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Aerial view of Fort Lawton and Magnolia, Seattle, April 24, 1964
In 1897, the city of Seattle donated land on Magnolia Bluff to the US government to build a new Army post as part of a defense system for Puget Sound; this was designated as Fort Lawton in 1900. During most of its active service, the fort served as an embarkation station where troops gathered before being sent to duty in…
ID Number:2000.107.216.25.01
Date:1964