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About UW Libraries Digital Collections Our collections feature materials from the University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington Faculty and Departments, and organizations that have participated in partner projects with the UW. Collections are primarily pictorial, although some have accompanying essays and text. Other media are presented, such as newspapers, reports, pamphlets, posters and maps. The emphasis of these collections is on rare and unique materials. More UW Libraries Images We invite you to browse the 90+ collections at content.lib.washington.edu . You have the option to search within one or a combination of collections, creating customized queries by keywords or phrases and by preferences such as title, subject, description, or a variety of other fields.

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Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Portland, Oregon, c. 1907.

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  • Pixel Wrangler said:
    Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890–1964) was a labor leader, activist, and feminist who played a leading role in the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). Flynn was a founding member of the American Civil Liberties Union and a visible proponent of women's rights, birth control, and women's suffrage. She joined the American Communist Party in 1936 and late in life, in 1961, became its chairwoman. She died during a visit to the Soviet Union, where she was accorded a state funeral. — Wikipedia
  • ninigreen1 said:
    #womenborn1890 #wobblie #leftist #feminist #laborleader
  • ninigreen1 said:
    #diedInUSSR #womenactivists #CommunistPartyLeader #AmericanCommunist
  • ninigreen1 said:
    #brunette #longhair #portrait #herstory #suffragist #reproductiverights #birthcontrolactivist #americanlaborleader

Staged toboggan accident involving three women in bathing suits, Mount Rainier National Park

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  • 15 older comments, and then…
  • Janus said:
    :))
  • Beausmiley said:
    burr! lol

    What an awesome collection!
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    Seen on your photo stream. ( ?² )
  • BigBean said:
    this has got to be the funniest and most surreal photo I've seen in the Commons so far. A staged tobogganing accident on top of a mountain involving three girls sprawled on the snow in bathing suits. : )
  • Hanne Dale said:
    Haha, I second BigBean's thoughts there...lovely.
  • ReporterErin said:
    That's awesome. I wish we knew who these women were and how the whole thing came to be.

Tlingit woman named Kaw-Claa wearing her potlatch dancing costume, Alaska

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  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    She is featured on a travel case I recently made:
  • University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections said:
    Wow Penny! That is a beautiful travel case.
  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Well its first real trip will be a quick visit to Seattle! In mid-April, for the Association of American Geographers meeting. Wonderful image, perfect for this project, thank you for sharing.
  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    Two Kaw-Claa postcards:
  • pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:
    One of the above postcards turned up in the Durham Herald-Sun this week, part of an exhibit of mail art at Durham's Scrap Exchange: www.heraldsun.com/lifestyles/entertainment/x2042204632/At...

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