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Image of People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 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.CD06.001
Date:2003
Image of People participating in a citizenship class at El Centro de la Raza, Seattle, January 21, 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
Image of Fans with sign at last Sonics home game before move to Oklahoma, April 13, 2008
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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
Image of Fans cheer on the Sonics with seconds left in their last home game, April 13, 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
Image of Sonics mascot Squatch at last home game before move to Oklahoma, April 13, 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
Image of Fan with sign at last Sonics home game before move to Oklahoma, April 13, 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
Image of C.W. Parker's Military pass during anti-Chinese riots, Seattle, 1886
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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
Image of Anti-Chinese riots, Seattle, 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
Image of Henry and Sarah Yesler, Seattle, 1883
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Henry and Sarah Yesler, Seattle, 1883

Henry Yesler arrived in Seattle in 1852 looking for a waterfront sawmill location. Other settlers moved the boundaries of their land claims to accommodate space for the mill, its pier, and a skid road, now Yesler Way. Yesler's sawmill, the first steam-powered mill on Puget Sound, started operation in the spring of 1853. In addition to his mill, Yesler owned…
ID Number:2002.3.488
Date:1883
Image of Plan of city during Battle of Seattle, 1856
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Plan of city during Battle of Seattle, 1856

During the early 1850s, hostility grew between the Native Peoples and the European American settlers in the Puget Sound region. The "Decatur" and several other government ships were moved to the area to protect the settlers. On January 26, 1856, following word of a planned attack on Seattle, troops on the "Decatur" fired howitzers into the forest beyond Third Avenue…
ID Number:2002.3.549
Date:1856
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