113 results for: Brownell, Tom
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Three students doing math on blackboard at Meany Jr. High, Seattle, October 3, 1958
In this image taken in an accelerated math class at Edmund Meany Junior High School, seventh grade students Karen Suzuki, left, Michael Gardiner, and Jerry Jones point to three columns of figures which they have just added. All of the figures, except for the totals, are the same, and all the answers are correct. Caption information derived from captions written…
ID Number:2000.107.185.35.03
Date:1958
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Carroll's Fine Jewelry street clock on Fourth Avenue, Seattle, January 4, 1974
This street clock was commissioned by Thomas J. Carroll, the founder of Carroll's Fine Jewelry, established in 1895 in Seattle. The clock was made by Seattle clockmakers Joseph Mayer and Sons and stood for decades at the jewelry store’s entrance at Fourth Avenue and Pike Street. Carroll's Fine Jewelry closed in 2008, and that same year the clock was donated…
ID Number:2000.107.189.13.01
Date:1974
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Carroll's Fine Jewelry street clock on Fourth Avenue, Seattle, January 4, 1974
This street clock was commissioned by Thomas J. Carroll, the founder of Carroll's Fine Jewelry, established in 1895 in Seattle. The clock was made by Seattle clockmakers Joseph Mayer and Sons and stood for decades at the jewelry store’s entrance at Fourth Avenue and Pike Street. Carroll's Fine Jewelry closed in 2008, and that same year the clock was donated…
ID Number:2000.107.189.13.02
Date:1974
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Passengers boarding Blue Streak bus at Northgate, Seattle, September 9, 1970
In this image passengers board a Seattle Transit System (now Metro Transit) Blue Streak bus at the Northgate Station. The Blue Streaks were intended as fast or express service buses, added at peak travel times. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.190.10.01
Date:1970
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Elaine Youch and Elizabeth Holsten leaving Fun! Run Bus, Seattle, June 20, 1972
In this image passengers Elaine Youch, left, and Elizabeth Holsten leap from the summer run "Fun! Run Bus." The Seattle Transit System (now Metro Transit) operated this 10-cent ride between the waterfront and Seattle Center through the month of August 1972. Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.190.10.02
Date:1972
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Electrics soccer team playing in the mud at Woodland Park, Seattle, November 2, 1975
The Electrics were a Washington State Men's League soccer team playing during the 1975-1976 season. In this photo, a player on The Electrics splashes water as he tries to keep the ball in play on a muddy patch of field in Woodland Park. Caption information source: Photo caption, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 3, 1975, p. A15
ID Number:2000.107.201.36.03
Date:1975
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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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King County Sheriff officers watching CCA demonstrators at Sea-Tac airport, November 6, 1969
Founded in Seattle in 1969, the Central Contractors Association (CCA), sought equal compliance in contracts granted on Federal building projects. Leader Tyree Scott (1940–2003) was a civil rights activist deeply involved in many minority workers’ and equal opportunity organizations. At the time, because of union control over the local labor market, it was almost impossible for Black workers and Black contractors…
ID Number:2000.107.216.06.02
Date:1969
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CCA demonstrators sit-in at Sea-Tac Airport, November 6, 1969
Founded in Seattle in 1969, the Central Contractors Association (CCA), sought equal compliance in contracts granted on Federal building projects. Leader Tyree Scott (1940–2003) was a civil rights activist deeply involved in many minority workers’ and equal opportunity organizations. At the time, because of union control over the local labor market, it was almost impossible for black workers and black contractors…
ID Number:2000.107.216.06.06
Date:1969
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Tamura family posing at U.S. naturalization ceremony, Seattle, November 1, 1965
The Immigration Act of 1965, also called the Hart-Celler Reform Act, removed the national origins quota system of American immigration, effectively ending a system of quotas by racial ethnicity that had been in place since 1924.In this image, Mr. and Mrs. George Tamura are with their 20-month-old daughter Rica at her naturalization ceremony. Caption information source: "Asian American History," Japanese…
ID Number:2000.107.217.23.01
Date:1965