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St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox church during construction, Seattle, 1937
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is located at 1714 13th Avenue East in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. It features the onion domes common to Russian church architecture. One of the oldest Russian Orthodox parishes in the U.S., it was founded in 1932 by Russian immigrants. The church building shown here was consecrated in December 1937 and dedicated to the 4th…
ID Number:1986.5.8213.1
Date:1937
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St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Seattle, 1938
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church was located at 1714 13th Avenue (between Olive and Howell Streets). Reverend Danilchik was the head of the church at this time. Handwritten on image: St Nicholas Russian Church. Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, CHURCHES, St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by…
ID Number:1986.5.8214.1
Date:1938
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St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox church, Seattle, 1938
St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church is located at 1714 13th Avenue East in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. It features the onion domes common to Russian church architecture. One of the oldest Russian Orthodox parishes in the U.S., it was founded in 1932 by Russian immigrants. The church building shown here was consecrated in December 1937 and dedicated to the 4th…
ID Number:1986.5.8214.2
Date:1938
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Early members of church posing on 75th anniversary, Seattle, November 3, 1965
Founded in 1890, Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle is home to the oldest and largest African American congregation in the state of Washington. In this image five pioneer members of the church gather around the building's cornerstone to commemorate the church's 75th anniversary. The individuals are identified from left as, Mrs. Lucille Hood, Mrs. Isabel Henry Dean, W. W.…
ID Number:1986.5.8314.1
Date:1965
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Rev. Ralph Mero and students at Mount Zion Freedom School, Seattle, March 31, 1966
The Seattle school boycott of 1966 was a protest against racial segregation in Seattle Public Schools. After years of frustration with city officials, a coalition of organizations led by the Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) organized a boycott, requesting that all Seattle…
ID Number:1986.5.11603.8
Date:1966
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Rev. Samuel B. McKinney delivering eulogy for Martin Luther King, Jr., Seattle, April 4, 1968
The assassination of minister and civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) on April 4 led to a nationwide wave of grief, demonstrations, and riots. Memorials were held across the country, and President Lyndon B. Johnson declared April 7 a national day of mourning.In this image Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney (1926-) gives a eulogy for Dr.…
ID Number:1986.5.31474.1
Date:1968
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Rev. Dr. Samuel McKinney, probably in Seattle, 1958
Handwritten on negative: Rev. Samuel McKinney.Handwritten on sleeve: McKinney, Samuel B., Rev.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): January 31, 1958.
ID Number:1986.5.35335.1
Date:1958
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Hindu wedding of Naresh Vasishth and Usha Puri, Seattle, June 29, 1959
The backyard wedding of Naresh Vasishth and Usha Puri was believed to be the first Hindu wedding in Seattle, on June 29, 1959. Vasishth was completing his master's degree in civil engineering at the University of Washington when his fiancee, who would start her master's degree that fall, joined him in Seattle from the state of Punjab, India. The couple…
ID Number:1986.5.43973.1
Date:1959
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Hindu wedding of Naresh Vasishth and Usha Puri, Seattle, June 29, 1959
The backyard wedding of Naresh Vasishth and Usha Puri was believed to be the first Hindu wedding in Seattle, on June 29, 1959. Vasishth was completing his master's degree in civil engineering at the University of Washington when his fiancee, who would start her master's degree that fall, joined him in Seattle from the state of Punjab, India. The couple…
ID Number:1986.5.43973.2
Date:1959
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Pastors leading memorial service for Martin Luther King, Jr., Seattle, April 4, 1968
The assassination of minister and civil rights activist Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) on April 4 led to a nationwide wave of grief, demonstrations, and riots. Memorials were held across the country, and President Lyndon B. Johnson declared April 7 a national day of mourning .In this image Rev. Dr. Samuel Berry McKinney (1926-) sits with other church…
ID Number:1986.5.50986.1
Date:1968