3221 results for: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The
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Khung Sokunthea with family at her wedding, Seattle, June 30, 1989
For some young Cambodian refugees and their families in the U.S., having a traditional Cambodian wedding helped keep them connected to the culture of the war-torn homeland they left behind in the mid-1970s and 1980s. For Khung Sokunthea of Seattle and her groom, Hin Chanrotha of Sterling, VA, this meant a marriage arranged by their families and a daylong wedding…
ID Number:2000.107.031.02.08
Date:1989
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Haircut ritual at Cambodian wedding, Seattle, June 30, 1989
For some young Cambodian refugees and their families in the U.S., having a traditional Cambodian wedding helped keep them connected to the culture of the war-torn homeland they left behind in the mid-1970s and 1980s. For Khung Sokunthea of Seattle and her groom, Hin Chanrotha of Sterling, VA, this meant a marriage arranged by their families and a daylong wedding…
ID Number:2000.107.031.02.09
Date:1989
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Bertha Pitts Campbell, Seattle, January 1981
Bertha Pitts Campbell (1889-1990) was a Seattle civil rights activist. She was born in Kansas and grew up in Colorado. During her studies at Howard University, Campbell founded the Delta Sigma Theta sorority with 21 other women. Delta Sigma Theta is a historically Black sorority and it advocates for civil rights, especially educational opportunities for Black people. Campbell moved to…
ID Number:2000.107.031.12.01
Date:1981
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Bertha Pitts Campbell sitting, Seattle, January 1981
Bertha Pitts Campbell (1889-1990) was a Seattle civil rights activist. She was born in Kansas and grew up in Colorado. During her studies at Howard University, Campbell founded the Delta Sigma Theta sorority with 21 other women. Delta Sigma Theta is a historically Black sorority and it advocates for civil rights, especially educational opportunities for Black people. Campbell moved to…
ID Number:2000.107.031.12.02
Date:1981
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Paula Hance straightening Frangos on assembly line, Seattle, January 26, 1990
Frango mints are a brand of chocolate truffles first created for the Frederick & Nelson department stores in 1918. Marshall Field's bought F&N in 1929 and a new Frango recipe was created for sale in the midwest. In the Northwest, Frango chocolates are sold by Macy's in various flavors using the original recipes, logo, and distinctive hexagonal boxes. In this…
ID Number:2000.107.031.31.01
Date:1990
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Bruce Carter in Zymogenetics lab, Seattle, May 11, 1993
ZymoGenetics was established in Seattle in 1981 by University of Washington professors Earl Davie and Benjamin Hall, along with University of British Columbia professor Michael Smith. The company was acquired by Novo Nordisk in 1988, but spun off again as a separate public company in 2000, and was acquired again by Bristol-Myers Squibb in 2010. In 1993, the company moved…
ID Number:2000.107.032.33.01
Date:1993
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Jimmy Carter speaking to media after viewing Mt. St. Helens eruption zone, Kelso, May 22, 1980
Jimmy Carter (1924-2024) was the Governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was both the longest-lived and the longest-retired President in US history. After leaving the White House, Carter worked on fighting communicable disease, helped build housing for low-income families, and promoted human rights, for which he…
ID Number:2000.107.032.36.05
Date:1980
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Vivian Caver, Seattle, September 9, 1975
Vivian Caver (1928-2021) was a civil rights activist from Seattle. She was born in Tennessee and grew up in Washington. While a student at the University of Washington, Caver worked for the Seattle Urban League as it fought to integrate department store workforces in Seattle. In the 1960s, she set up race relations councils in white neighborhoods to make housing…
ID Number:2000.107.033.27.01
Date:1975
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Vivian Caver at press conference, Seattle, February 1980
Vivian Caver (1928-2021) was a civil rights activist from Seattle. She was born in Tennessee and grew up in Washington. While a student at the University of Washington, Caver worked for the Seattle Urban League as it fought to integrate department store workforces in Seattle. In the 1960s, she set up race relations councils in white neighborhoods to make housing…
ID Number:2000.107.033.27.02
Date:1980
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Cell Therapeutics technician at work in lab, October 6, 1992
Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) incorporated in September 1991 as part of Seattle's biotech boom. Using the motto "Making Cancer More Treatable," James A. Bianco, Jack Singer, and George Todaro, who met working at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Institute, spearheaded the company's work to improve cancer treatment drugs. With headquarters next to the Olympic Sculpture Park on the Seattle waterfront, the company…
ID Number:2000.107.033.30.01
Date:1992