1514 results for: City of Seattle
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Emma Moreno in front of the Seattle LGBT Community Center, October 3, 2002
The Seattle LGBT Community Center, a program of Queen City Community Development, opened in May 2002 at 1115 E. Pike Street in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The Center housed various programs, projects and services for the LGBTQ and allied communities, and reached many more through its events, activities, and advocacy. In October 2002, the Center hosted the Northwest’s first Latino…
ID Number:2000.107.20021003.CD02.001
Date:2002
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Troy Stockwell riding on a Segway, Seattle, October 7, 2002
In August 2002, the city of Seattle bought 10 Segways, planning to spend 2 years testing the devices in a variety of situations, such as with paramedics at big events, workers in parks to clean up litter, and for zookeepers so they can zip between the animals.In this image, Troy Stockwell, a meter reader for the city of Seattle, tries…
ID Number:2000.107.20021007.CD03.03.001
Date:2002
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People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 2003
Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 3-month…
ID Number:2000.107.20030123.CD06.001
Date:2003
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People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 2003
Seattle had a growing Latino population in the late 1960s, and activists had been pressing the city for a building in which to establish a Chicano community center. Tired of having their requests ignored, in October 1972 they took over the abandoned Beacon Hill School on 16th Avenue South and renamed it El Centro de la Raza. After a 3-month…
ID Number:2000.107.20030123.CD06.002
Date:2003
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Fans with sign at last Sonics home game before move to Oklahoma, April 13, 2008
The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly known as the Sonics) were a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Seattle, that played from 1967 until 2008. The Sonics competed in the league's Western Conference Pacific and Northwest divisions and won the NBA Championship in 1979. In 2008, the team's new ownership relocated to Oklahoma City, where they play as the Oklahoma City…
ID Number:2000.107.20080412.CD01.02.02.001
Date:2008
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Fans cheer on the Sonics with seconds left in their last home game, April 13, 2008
The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly known as the Sonics) were a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Seattle, that played from 1967 until 2008. The Sonics competed in the league's Western Conference Pacific and Northwest divisions and won the NBA Championship in 1979. In 2008, the team's new ownership relocated to Oklahoma City, where they play as the Oklahoma City…
ID Number:2000.107.20080412.CD01.02.02.002
Date:2008
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Sonics mascot Squatch at last home game before move to Oklahoma, April 13, 2008
The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly known as the Sonics) were a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Seattle, that played from 1967 until 2008. The Sonics competed in the league's Western Conference Pacific and Northwest divisions and won the NBA Championship in 1979. In 2008, the team's new ownership relocated to Oklahoma City, where they play as the Oklahoma City…
ID Number:2000.107.20080412.CD01.02.02.003
Date:2008
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Fan with sign at last Sonics home game before move to Oklahoma, April 13, 2008
The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly known as the Sonics) were a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Seattle, that played from 1967 until 2008. The Sonics competed in the league's Western Conference Pacific and Northwest divisions and won the NBA Championship in 1979. In 2008, the team's new ownership relocated to Oklahoma City, where they play as the Oklahoma City…
ID Number:2000.107.20080412.CD01.02.02.004
Date:2008
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C.W. Parker's Military pass during anti-Chinese riots, Seattle, 1886
During the mid-1880s, a nationwide economic depression led to widespread unemployment. Many white workers accused immigrants of taking their jobs. On the west coast, Chinese laborers were the targets of anger and mob violence.In the fall of 1885, anti-Chinese feelings in Seattle led to four months of riots aimed at driving the Chinese out of the city. Some Seattle citizens…
ID Number:2002.3.156
Date:1886
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Anti-Chinese riots, Seattle, 1886
During the mid-1880s, a nationwide economic depression led to widespread unemployment. Many white workers accused immigrants of taking their jobs. On the west coast, Chinese laborers were the targets of anger and mob violence.In the fall of 1885, anti-Chinese feelings in Seattle led to four months of riots aimed at driving the Chinese out of the city. Some Seattle citizens…
ID Number:2002.3.410
Date:1886