46 results for: Potts, Dave
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Tony Collins displaying Sportcaster, Inc. "ski-all", Seattle, 1966
In this image, Anton "Tony" Collins, head designer at Sportcaster, Inc., displays skiwear made by the company. The garment displayed by Collins is a "ski-all," a full length jumpsuit made of waterproof nylon; vests and jackets hang on a rack in the background. Sportcaster was founded in 1940 by Marvin Burke and Larry Mounger, and manufactured sports clothes, uniforms, and…
ID Number:1986.5.2958.5
Date:1966
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Worker with a disability operating a router at Occupational Rehabilitation, Inc., Seattle, November 1966
For many years, people living with emotional, mental, and physical disabilities found it nearly impossible to support themselves. In the early 1960s, a grant from Washington State funded the beginnings of Occupational Rehabilitation, Inc. (ORI), a pioneering program that trained people with disabilities for industry. By 1966, the Seattle non-profit employed over 100 people in its machine shop. They had…
ID Number:1986.5.6305.1
Date:1966
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Worker with a disability operating machinery at Occupational Rehabilitation, Inc., Seattle, November 1966
For many years, people living with emotional, mental, and physical disabilities found it nearly impossible to support themselves. In the early 1960s, a grant from Washington State funded the beginnings of Occupational Rehabilitation, Inc. (ORI), a pioneering program that trained people with disabilities for industry. By 1966, the Seattle non-profit employed over 100 people in its machine shop. They had…
ID Number:1986.5.6305.2
Date:1966
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George Tsutakawa with his fountain at Sixth and Seneca, Seattle, 1966
Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:1986.5.8982.6
Date:1966
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Franklin High School sit-in defendants leaving prison, Seattle, April 5, 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:1986.5.11580.6
Date:1968
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Aaron Dixon with his mother at courthouse, April 5, 1968
In March of 1968 two Black students, cousins Charles Oliver and Trolice Flavors, where suspended from Seattle's Franklin High School after an altercation with a white student, who was not reprimanded. Franklin's outraged Black students, with the help of UW Black Student Union (BSU) activists Carl Miller, Aaron Dixon and Larry Gossett, planned a peaceful demonstration at the school to…
ID Number:1986.5.11580.13
Date:1968
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Tunnel driller for Metro sewer project, Seattle, 1967
Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, SEWERS, Metro tunnel project.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 9, 1967.
ID Number:1986.5.11781.1
Date:1967
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Teenagers dancing at All-City Teeny-Boppers Dance, Seattle, 1966
Handwritten on sleeve: TEENAGERS, Seattle, Wash., All-City teeny boppers dance.Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): November 23, 1966.
ID Number:1986.5.14926.1
Date:1966
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J.D. 'Dorm' Braman, Edwin T. Pratt, Edwin C. Berry, Benjamin Weeks, 1967
Handwritten on sleeve: Edwin T.; Berry, Edwin C.; Weeks, Benjamin, Urban Leaguers. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 12, 1967.
ID Number:1986.5.19760.1
Date:1967
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Stokely Carmichael speaking at Garfield High School, Seattle, April 19, 1967
In a speech to an overflow crowd at Garfield High School, Black Power leader Stokely Carmichael proclaimed "it's a new day" for African Americans, who should assert themselves and no longer be ashamed of their color. About 20% of the listeners were white and many joined in cheering the speaker as he jabbed White America.Controversy preceded the event with the…
ID Number:1986.5.21041.1
Date:1967