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Image of The Pleasure Elite performing at The Vogue nightclub, Seattle, June 1992
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The Pleasure Elite performing at The Vogue nightclub, Seattle, June 1992

The Vogue was a popular Seattle nightclub, operating from 1983 to 2007. First located in Belltown on the site of earlier gay bars, the Vogue was a significant part of the grunge scene - it hosted Nirvana's first large show in 1988, and Mudhoney's first show. It also saw shows by Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Mother Love Bone, among…
ID Number:2014.43.1.1.MUSIC267
Date:1992
Image of Supersuckers performing at Neumos, Seattle, June 6, 2006
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Supersuckers performing at Neumos, Seattle, June 6, 2006

Neumos (officially "Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room") is a music venue located at E. Pike St. and 10th Avenue in Seattle. Opened as Moe’s Mo’Roc’N Café in 1992, it reopened as Neumos ("New Moe's") in 2003, 6 years after Moe's closed. In 2017, Neumo's was renovated, with new state-of-the-art lighting and sound systems installed. As of 2024, Neumo's continues as…
ID Number:2014.43.1.1.MUSIC610
Date:2006
Image of Ichiban restaurant at 6th Ave. S. and S. Main St. , Seattle, 2008
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Ichiban restaurant at 6th Ave. S. and S. Main St. , Seattle, 2008

Koji and Mayumi Ogawa opened Ichiban restaurant at 601 Main Street, in the Panama Hotel building, around 1983. The small restaurant served homestyle Japanese food to its customers in the Nihonmachi or Japantown area in Seattle’s Chinatown - International District for 27 years. In early May 2010, the Ogawas posted a “Farewell letter to our loyal customers and friends” announcing…
ID Number:2014.43.2.2.MISC178
Date:2008
Image of Looking west on Jackson Street during Women's March on Seattle, January 21, 2017
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Looking west on Jackson Street during Women's March on Seattle, January 21, 2017

The Women's March was an international protest for women's rights, held on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. The marches protested the threat to women's rights represented by Trump's policies and inflammatory rhetoric. Over 470,000 people attended the main protest in Washington DC, as many as 5 million nationwide, and an estimated 7 million people…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.P151
Date:2017
Image of Crowd at 20th and Jackson during Women's March on Seattle, January 21, 2017
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Crowd at 20th and Jackson during Women's March on Seattle, January 21, 2017

The Women's March was an international protest for women's rights, held on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. The marches protested the threat to women's rights represented by Trump's policies and inflammatory rhetoric. Over 470,000 people attended the main protest in Washington DC, as many as 5 million nationwide, and an estimated 7 million people…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.P153
Date:2017
Image of Crowd on 4th Avenue, Women's  March on Seattle, January 21, 2017
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Crowd on 4th Avenue, Women's March on Seattle, January 21, 2017

The Women's March was an international protest for women's rights, held on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. The marches protested the threat to women's rights represented by Trump's policies and inflammatory rhetoric. Over 470,000 people attended the main protest in Washington DC, as many as 5 million nationwide, and an estimated 7 million people…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.P157
Date:2017
Image of Crowd on 4th Avenue during Women's March on Seattle, January 21, 2017
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Crowd on 4th Avenue during Women's March on Seattle, January 21, 2017

The Women's March was an international protest for women's rights, held on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. The marches protested the threat to women's rights represented by Trump's policies and inflammatory rhetoric. Over 470,000 people attended the main protest in Washington DC, as many as 5 million nationwide, and an estimated 7 million people…
ID Number:2014.43.2.4.P158
Date:2017
Image of Mt. Rainier above the fog from downtown Seattle, circa 1985
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Mt. Rainier above the fog from downtown Seattle, circa 1985

This photograph was possibly made from the 73rd-floor Sky View Observatory atop the Columbia Center. The view is to the south, across the Smith Tower, with Mt. Rainier in the distance.
ID Number:2014.49.Box22.Folder09.001
Date:Circa 1985
Image of Harry James and his orchestra, Seattle, September 20, 1947
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Harry James and his orchestra, Seattle, September 20, 1947

Jazz trumpeter Harry James (center) and his jazz orchestra played at Seattle's Civic Auditorium on September 20, 1947. Handwritten on negative sleeve: Harry James 9-20-47
ID Number:2014.49.002.002.0008
Date:1947
Image of Count Basie backstage, Seattle, 1947
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Count Basie backstage, Seattle, 1947

Count Basie (center) meets fans backstage. Handwritten on negative page: Count Basie 11/27/47
ID Number:2014.49.002.007.0022
Date:1947
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