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Silver commemorative coin honoring the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI, minted in 2018
This commemorative coin, part of set number 41 of 65 sets and from the New York Numismatic Club, features Lau Sing Kee as one of four World War I soldiers who marched in a parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1919. Kee was honored in the parade because of his heroism in World War I and that…
ID Number:2019.67.1
Date:2018
Bronze commemorative coin honoring the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI, minted in 2018
This commemorative coin, part of set number 41 of 65 sets and from the New York Numismatic Club, features Lau Sing Kee as one of four World War I soldiers who marched in a parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1919. Kee was honored in the parade because of his heroism in World War I and that…
ID Number:2019.67.2
Date:2018
Sign with Japanese characters from formerly named Safeco Field in Seattle listing prohibited items in the ballpark, 1999
T-Mobile Park in Seattle is a retractable roof baseball park formerly sponsored by Safeco Insurance Company. At that time, the park was named Safeco Field. It is the home stadium of the Seattle Mariners baseball team and has a seating capacity of 47,929. The first game played in this park was on July 15, 1999. The naming rights for the…
ID Number:2019.102.3
Date:1999
Chinese takeout-style purse, 1998-2010
This purse belonged to Louise McKinney (1930-2012), educator, community activist, arts patron, and wife of Reverend Samuel B. McKinney of Mount Zion Baptist Church.
ID Number:2019.105.12
Date:Circa 1998-2010
Green crate from Mountain View Berries, 2019
Mohinder “Moe” Sangha, owner of Mountain View Berries, is now one of dozens of Sikh berry farmers in Whatcom County. The community was much smaller when he first leased acres for raspberries back in 1981. Prior to living in the Pacific Northwest, Moe farmed in India’s Punjab region. Despite its struggles, he sees Mountain View Berries as an opportunity. As…
ID Number:2020.17.1
Date:2019
Employee badge for Ishaque Safi Mehdi, an engineer at Boeing from 1962-2010
Ishaque Safi Mehdi came to the US from India in 1960. Boeing recruited Mehdi directly out of the electrical engineering program at the University of Florida in 1962. He worked there for 48 years.
ID Number:2020.21.1
Date:Circa 1962-2010
Clock from Ding Ho Laundry and Cleaners, once located on James Street in Seattle, ca. 1960
This clock hung in the window of the Ding Ho Laundry and Cleaners which was started by Chinese immigrants York and Arlene Luke and located at 905 James Street in Seattle. York Luke was born in 1923 in the Kwangtung Province in China, and immigrated to Seattle at the age of twelve with his father in 1935. He was a…
ID Number:2020.39.1
Date:Circa 1960
Water sprayer used by York Luke, ca. 1950, at the Ding Ho Laundry and Cleaners, once located on James Street in Seattle
This water sprayer was used for ironing clothes at the Ding Ho Laundry and Cleaners, owned by York and Arlene Luke and located at 905 James Street in Seattle. York Luke was born in 1923 in the Kwangtung Province in China, and immigrated to Seattle at the age of twelve with his father in 1935. He was a WWII veteran,…
ID Number:2020.39.RefSprayer
Date:Circa 1950
Green aventurine and sterling silver bi-disc earrings from Boma Jewelry, ca. 1993
Boma is a jewelry company founded in Seattle in 1981 by Boon and Chieko Chaya. These earrings, from a collection in the early 1990s, reference the bi-disc shape which has been present in Chinese art for millennia. It is a symbol of longevity and the continuous circle of life. In earlier years of the company’s history, Boma’s marketing and designs…
ID Number:2022.5.1
Date:Circa 1993
Green agate, gold, and topaz bi-disc necklace from Boma Jewelry, 2021
Boma is a jewelry company founded in Seattle in 1981 by Boon and Chieko Chaya. In earlier years of the company’s history, Boma’s marketing and designs rarely highlighted the founders’ Asian heritage, as was common in the jewelry industry at the time. Since becoming CEO in 2016, second-generation owner Suzanne Vetillart has led the company in a new direction. Boma…
ID Number:2022.5.2
Date:2021