1580 results for: City of Seattle
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Mud and scrap at the future Gas Works Park site, Seattle, August 25, 1972
The Seattle Gas Light Company opened a coal and oil gasification plant at the north end of Lake Union in 1906. It supplied gas to homes and industries in and near Seattle, until natural gas became more available in the mid-1950s. Over the years, the gas works and a nearby tar plant badly polluted the soil, air, and water in…
ID Number:2000.107.19720825.2.20
Date:1972
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Roberto Gallegos, Seattle, October 13, 1972
While 1970 census figures showed that Spanish-speaking residents made up 5% of Seattle's population – similar in numbers to Black residents - the fact that they were scattered in various parts of the city made them less visible as an ethnic group. Language issues and historically based fears of deportation were also a factor, particularly for those from Mexico. In…
ID Number:2000.107.19721013.1.08a
Date:1972
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People at preview of Black Arts/West production of "Black Girl," Seattle, March 22, 1973
Black Arts/West was Seattle's first Black theater and functioned as a three component program: theater, dance, and an art gallery displaying the work of local and national artists. Founded by Douglas Q. Barnett (1931-2019) in 1969, Black Arts/West evolved out of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. As a division of the Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP), an anti-poverty…
ID Number:2000.107.19730322.2.14A
Date:1973
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City Light superintendent Gordon Vickery charging an electric car at a parking meter, Seattle, May 3, 1973
Gordon Vickery (1920-1996) was a firefighter and Superintendent of Seattle City Light. He began his career in the Seattle Fire Department in 1946, rising to the rank of Chief in 1963. Vickery hired more women and racial minorities in the department, and helped found the Medic One program to provide improved onsite medical care for heart attack patients. In 1972,…
ID Number:2000.107.19730503.3.13
Date:1973
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Children playing at day camp at Sand Point, August 1, 1973
In 1973 a free week-long day camp, sponsored by the Seattle Mayor's Youth Division and run by UW students, provided summer recreation for hundreds of economically disadvantaged Seattle children. At the camp, headquartered at the deactivated Sand Point Naval Air Station, the children got lots of active outdoor play, attended classes in drama and art, and went on field trips.…
ID Number:2000.107.19730801.1.14
Date:1973
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Mayoral candidate Liem Tuai and his wife Winnie in an antique car, Seattle, November 3, 1973
After the death of City Council Member Paul Alexander, Seattle lawyer Liem Tuai was picked to finish out his term. Tuai was the second Chinese American to serve on the City Council. Son of a Port Townsend WA railroad worker and laundry man, Tuai dropped out of high school to become a machinist at Boeing. He served in Japan with…
ID Number:2000.107.19731103.1.21
Date:1973
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Customers on the first day of the new Inner City Farmer's Market, Seattle, August 2, 1975
In August 1975, the Inner City Farmers’ Market opened at 18th Avenue and Cherry Street in Seattle’s Squire Park neighborhood. During the harvest season, farmers from Yakima, Renton, and elsewhere drove in to provide fresh produce to Central Area residents. Here, Renton farmer Joe Torlai weighs zucchini for a customer as others look on. Caption information source: “A New Market…
ID Number:2000.107.19750802.2.17
Date:1975
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Customers on the first day of the new Inner City Farmer's Market, Seattle, August 2, 1975
In August 1975, the Inner City Farmers’ Market opened at 18th Avenue and Cherry Street in Seattle’s Squire Park neighborhood. During the harvest season, farmers from Yakima, Renton, and elsewhere drove in to provide fresh produce to Central Area residents. Here, Renton farmer Joe Torlai holds a head of romaine lettuce while he waits for payment. Caption information source: “A…
ID Number:2000.107.19750802.2.22
Date:1975
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Jeanette Woldseth, first female career firefighter in Washington State, February 1977
Twenty-three-year-old Jeanette Woldseth badly wanted to be a professional firefighter. Daughter and granddaughter of fire fighters, she volunteered with the Bellevue Fire Department while managing a drive-in theater. Two years of persistence finally paid off, and she graduated from the department’s training course in February 1977, becoming the first full-time female career fire fighter in a major Washington fire department.…
ID Number:2000.107.19770200.11.33
Date:1977
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Protester at public hearing for Weed and Seed proposal, December 3, 1992
Weed and Seed was a 1992 Bush administration initiative to provide federal grants to city governments to help “weed” drug-dealing and crime from troubled neighborhoods, and “seed” those areas with social programs. Mayor Norm Rice procured a $1.1 million grant for a Weed and Seed program for Seattle’s Central Area, but approval was delayed for several months over widespread opposition…
ID Number:2000.107.19921203.11.33
Date:1992