Northwest ORCA

WSF_1900s-0004

9.15--WSF_1900s-0004
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1900

Part of Washington State Fair Collection

Druggist Scott at first Fair baseball game

WSF_1900s-0003

9.15--WSF_1900s-0003
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1900

Part of Washington State Fair Collection

W.H. Paulhamus and others playing a game of baseball

WSF_1900s-0002

9.15--WSF_1900s-0002
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1900

Part of Washington State Fair Collection

Photo of cover of first Fair premium book

WSF_1900s-0001

9.15--WSF_1900s-0001
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1900

Part of Washington State Fair Collection

Founders photo outside original Fair gate, October 1900. Left to right: James P. Nevins, Secretary; Lewis Alden (Dad) Chamberlain, President; Henry Benthein, Director; William Hall (Paul) Paulhamus, Vice President; George D. Spurr, Treasurer

World's Fair Plan with "Tacoma Space Needle"

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Part of Mayor Mike Parker Papers

World's Fair Plan Overhead

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Part of Mayor Mike Parker Papers

World's Fair Advisory Committee Proposal

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c. 1979

Part of Mayor Mike Parker Papers

Proposal to civic leaders from Mayor Mike Parker for Tacoma to host an International Exposition in 1989.

"'World Peace' (in political sense) a Rush" (Book 1 Image 37)

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Part of Virna Haffer Collection

"'World Peace' (in political sense) a Rush" - photogram. Undated work with Japanese characters in bold print. (Virna Haffer Collection)

Workplace Diversity Program Initiative

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06/29/2001

Part of Wanda Thompson Papers

Workers - Lend your strength to the red triangle

Part of World War I Poster Collection

Wooded hillside scene

3.5.3-705
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Part of Thomas Handforth Collection

Watercolors

Wood, Kat

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05/07/2022

Part of Community Event Collection

Kat Wood holding a sign reading, "Fundamental human rights should NOT depend on your zip code!" with an LGBTQ pride flag sticker and a map of the United States with x-marks over states that restrict or outlaw abortion access.

Interviewer: What brings you here today?
"Oh, so much anger and so much sadness. Um, Roe has been around my entire life and I can’t believe we’re fighting the fights of our grandmothers again and again and again… and trans people and non-binary people are especially gonna be hurt by these laws. I mean, really, all people who need abortion care and need health care deserve to be able to have that equitably and safely and with dignity and I can’t believe we’re having to fight this again."

Wood plank sidewalk along Northern Pacific wharf near Commencement Bay

2.1.4-King-007
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c. 1885

Part of C. E. and Hattie King Photographs

In a view looking north, two individuals are seen walking on a wood plank sidewalk along the Northern Pacific wharf near Commencement Bay circa 1885. KING-007, TPL 400.

Women--WA-Equal Rights - 3

5.1.2--TNT0031W
10/30/1975

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Women--WA-Equal Rights - 2

5.1.2--TNT0030W
10/30/1975

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

More than 300 state employees rallied for women's equality in the State Capitol Rotunda in Olympia.

Women--WA-Equal Rights - 1

5.1.2--TNT0029W
08/27/1978

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Women--Employment - 9

5.1.2--TNT0026W
12/19/1977

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Back of Photo:
Diana Hilliard services sewing machines
Photo by Bruce Kellman

Women--Employment - 8

5.1.2--TNT0025W
12/19/1977

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Back of Photo:
Joanne Dennis' job, TV's
Photo by Bruce Kellman

Women--Employment - 7

5.1.2--TNT0024W
12/19/1977

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Back of Photo:
Judy Cantrell changes tires
Photo by Bruce Kellman

Women--Employment - 6

5.1.2--TNT0023W
08/21/1977

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Women--Employment - 5

5.1.2--TNT0022W
08/21/1977

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Women--Employment - 4

5.1.2--TNT0021W
04/02/1975

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Back of Photo:
Western Airline's Katherine Evans, first woman ramp agent in the Seattle area, unloading a cargo container at Sea-Tac International Airport.
05/07/1975

Women--Employment - 3

5.1.2--TNT0020W
01/03/1975

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Back of Photo:
Fired woman cops heat up Westport - 01/06/1975
Nancy Breitsprecher: "I'm going to fight this"
Photo by Bob Rudsit

Women--Employment - 2

5.1.2--TNT0019W
10/31/1974

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Back of Photo:
The joy of Towboating
Kay Sloan, cook first class, paused for some dockside cook-book reading before boarding the Tacoma-built Kirsten H. for another tow to Alaska. She's been working in the tug's galley for the past 10 months.
11/04/1974 - Tacoma Tradewinds, Page C-17
Photo by Russ Carmack

Women--Employment - 11

5.1.2--TNT0028W
03/25/1979

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Back of photo:
Story/ Women invading the shipyards
Greta Pittman is a shipfitter

Women--Employment - 10

5.1.2--TNT0027W
03/25/1979

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Back of Photo:
Story/ Women invading the shipyards
Linda Chavez heads a labor crew

Women--Employment - 1

5.1.2--TNT0018W
03/03/1973

Part of Tacoma News Tribune Photograph Files

Back of Photo:
Females on fireline
Linda Black, a UW student this fall, joined two of her firefighting friends in the chow line during a respite from forest blazes. They are part of about a dozen girls on the male-dominated fire crews in Eastern Washington.