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Variety Club Telethon stars visiting hospital patient, Seattle, February 10, 1973
The Variety Club (also Variety, the Children's Charity) is an organization founded as a social club for Pittsburgh entertainers in 1927. As the club grew and formed local chapters across the world, the club began raising funds for disadvantaged children, often through local telethons. KIRO-TV in Seattle held an annual Variety Club Telethon from 1969-1989 to benefit Children's Orthopedic Hospital…
ID Number:2000.107.171.09.02
Date:1973
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Students reading Variety Club's "World's Longest Letter," Seattle, March 15, 1985
In this image, students visiting Seattle's Seafirst Building look over the thousands of letters that make up the "World's Longest Letter." The completed 1,858 foot letter was part of Operation Peace Letter sponsored by the Variety Club of the Pacific Northwest, and was to be presented to the state congressional delegation in Washington, D. C. and then sent to the…
ID Number:2000.107.171.09.04
Date:1985
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Students contributing to "World's Longest Letter," Seattle, March 5, 1985
In this image 12-year-old Autumn Holmes signs her letter, the first to be entered into the computer by Steve Fleichmann as part of the thousands of letters that made up the "World's Longest Letter." The completed 1,858 foot letter was part of Operation Peace Letter sponsored by the Variety Club of the Pacific Northwest, and was to be presented to…
ID Number:2000.107.171.09.05
Date:1985
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Kids handing donation to J. P. Patches, Seattle, February 6, 1977
Julius Pierpont "J. P." Patches was a clown portrayed by entertainer Chris John Wedes (1928-2012) on the immensely popular " J.P. Patches Show" on Seattle's KIRO-TV from 1958 to 1981. In addition to the long-running TV show, J. P. Patches made frequent fundraising appearances for local charities. In this image Craig Annable, 14, Eric Otani, 2, Kristine Otani, 5, and…
ID Number:2000.107.171.09.06
Date:1977
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City councilman and boy in cab of bulldozer, Seattle, December 2, 1950
In this photo, Seattle City Councilman Clarence F. Massart and eleven-year-old Jerry Abrams sit in the cab of a bulldozer during the ground-breaking ceremonies for Wallingford's new Boys' Club building at 1310 North 45th Street. The organization still occupies the same site. The Boys Clubs, now Boys & Girls Clubs of King County, was founded in 1943 and continues to…
ID Number:2000.107.171.09.07
Date:1950
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Student reading contribution to "World's Longest Letter," Seattle, March 5, 1985
In this image 12-year-old Autumn Holmes reads her letter to Secretary of State George Shultz and Ambassador Andrei Gromyko at Seattle's Seafirst building. Autumn's letter was the first of thousands of letters that made up the "World's Longest Letter." The completed 1,858 foot letter was part of Operation Peace Letter sponsored by the Variety Club of the Pacific Northwest, and…
ID Number:2000.107.171.09.10
Date:1985
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Robert Davis, Jr. leading protest outside SCC, Seattle, May 22, 1969
In 1969, Seattle Community College (SCC) faced boycotts, demonstrations, and rioting in protest of disparities in funding and academic focus between the College's central campus, located near the city's black residential area, and the north and south campuses, located in predominantly white neighborhoods. Out of $33 million in capital funds for the three campuses, the central campus, located on Capitol…
ID Number:2000.107.171.17.01
Date:1969
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Mike Tagawa leading OSU demonstration, Seattle, February 9, 1969
The Oriental Student Union (OSU) at Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) was founded in 1970. It modeled itself after the campus Black Student Union (BSU), which during the 1968-1969 school year had used direct action protests to demand Black studies and the hiring of Black administrators and faculty. In this image, OSU co-chairman Mike Tagawa, a veteran and sophomore in…
ID Number:2000.107.171.18.01
Date:1969
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Allan Sugiyama leading OSU demonstration, Seattle, February 9, 1971
The Oriental Student Union (OSU) at Seattle Central Community College (SCCC) was founded in 1970. It modeled itself after the campus Black Student Union (BSU), which during the 1968-1969 school year had used direct action protests to demand Black studies and the hiring of Black administrators and faculty. In this image OSU chairman Allan Sugiyama, holding megaphone, leads a demonstration…
ID Number:2000.107.171.18.02
Date:1971
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Employees leaving Cudahy Food Company, Seattle, August 28, 1981
In this image Mike Powers waves farewell as he and his co-workers, Patty Powers (also his wife) and Ellen Wilson, leave after their last shift at the Cudahy Packing Company plant on Airport Way South. The Cudahy packing business employees were being replaced with non-union workers at lower rates of pay after the company was sold to management and renamed…
ID Number:2000.107.171.28.01
Date:1981