1514 results for: City of Seattle
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Staff at work at Fort Lawton, Seattle, January 21, 1960
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:2000.107.216.25.03
Date:1960
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Sand Point Naval Air Station entrance, Seattle, circa 1940
Under a variety of official designations, Sand Point, a peninsula in north Seattle that juts into Lake Washington, served for almost 50 years as an air base, aviation training center, and aircraft repair depot for the U.S. Navy. The development of the combat-ready naval air station on Whidbey Island made Sand Point superfluous as an air base, and in 1970…
ID Number:2000.107.217.35.01
Date:Circa 1940
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Consolidated PBY Catalina aircraft at Sand Point Naval Air Station, Seattle, February 14, 1951
Under a variety of official designations, Sand Point, a peninsula in north Seattle that juts into Lake Washington, served for almost 50 years as an air base, aviation training center, and aircraft repair depot for the U.S. Navy. The development of the combat-ready naval air station on Whidbey Island made Sand Point superfluous as an air base, and in 1970…
ID Number:2000.107.218.01.01
Date:1951
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Bettylou Valentine and Rebecca Salinas-Burton with student in Central Youth and Family Services office, Seattle, January 2, 1990
Bettylou (Burleigh) Valentine (1937-2014) came to Seattle in 1959 to attend graduate school at the University of Washington (UW). She was an early leader of Seattle CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), serving as secretary in 1964. She helped organize the campus Civil Rights Action Group (CRAG) after the UW administration refused to allow an NAACP chapter on campus. She left…
ID Number:2000.107.218.33.01
Date:1990
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Bettylou Valentine at site for new Central Youth and Family Services building, Seattle, June 16, 1992
Bettylou (Burleigh) Valentine (1937-2014) came to Seattle in 1959 to attend graduate school at the University of Washington. She was an early leader of Seattle CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), serving as secretary in 1964. She helped organize the campus Civil Rights Action Group (CRAG) after the university administration refused to allow an NAACP chapter on campus. She left Seattle…
ID Number:2000.107.218.33.03
Date:1992
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T. J. Vassar discussing teacher's strike, Seattle, September 5, 1985
One of the first three black students to enroll at Seattle's elite Lakeside School, Thomas "T.J." Vassar, Jr. (1950-2013) went on to Harvard, then returned to Seattle, became director of LEEP (Lakeside Educational Enrichment Program) and a member of Lakeside’s faculty, and later served on the Seattle School Board. Mr. Vassar was a highly-regarded local advocate for diversity and social…
ID Number:2000.107.219.27.01
Date:1985
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Vietnamese child eating at Camp Murray, Washington, May 21, 1975
The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces. In the immediate aftermath, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. Vietnamese refugees arriving to the West Coast in May 1975 were…
ID Number:2000.107.220.20.02
Date:1975
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Vietnamese woman at Camp Murray, Washington, May 20 1975
The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces. In the immediate aftermath, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. Vietnamese refugees arriving to the West Coast in May 1975 were…
ID Number:2000.107.220.20.03
Date:1975
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Vietnamese woman after arrival at Camp Murray, Washington, May 20, 1975
The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces. In the immediate aftermath, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. Vietnamese refugees arriving to the West Coast in May 1975 were…
ID Number:2000.107.220.20.04
Date:1975
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Governor Dan Evans greeting Tony Le and son at Camp Murray, Washington, May 20, 1975
The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces. In the immediate aftermath, many thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. Vietnamese refugees arriving to the West Coast in May 1975 were…
ID Number:2000.107.220.20.05
Date:1975