44 results for: Chinatown International District
Uwajimaya paper bags from the Seattle World's Fair, 1962
These paper bags are from the Moriguchi family who founded Uwajimaya, a family-owned supermarket chain headquartered in Seattle's Chinatown International District with other locations in the Pacific Northwest. Fujimatsu Moriguchi began his enterprise in 1928, selling fishcakes and other goods from his truck in Tacoma, Washington. In the mid 1940s, after Moriguchi and his family were released from the incarceration…
ID Number:2016.Uwajimaya.3
Date:1962
Metal printing template for Uwajimaya advertisement, ca. 1970
This printing plate is from the Moriguchi family who founded Uwajimaya, a family-owned supermarket chain headquartered in Seattle's Chinatown International District with other locations in the Pacific Northwest. It was used to create newspaper advertisements for the store. Fujimatsu Moriguchi began his enterprise in 1928, selling fishcakes and other goods from his truck in Tacoma, Washington. In the mid 1940s,…
ID Number:2016.Uwajimaya.4
Date:Circa 1970
Chef Shiro Kashiba's kimono cooking jacket, short chef's hat, and apron, ca. 2000s-2010s
Chef Shiro Kashiba opened Seattle’s first sushi bar in 1970 at the back of the restaurant Maneki. He arrived in Seattle in 1966 after years of rigorous apprenticeships in Tokyo, including under legendary sushi maestro, Jiro Ono. During his more than 50-year career in Seattle, he has run multiple restaurants including Nikko in the Chinatown International District, Shiro’s in Belltown,…
ID Number:2017.45.24.ONLINE
Date:Circa 2000-2010
Scroll featuring a hand-written Seattle SuperSonics poem and artwork by Sharon Chow, ca. 1981
The author and artist of this poem, Sharon Chow, submitted this work as part of a contest to nominate a Sonics fan. Sharon chose to nominate her father, Jan Wong, and created this scroll featuring not only the poem but detailed painted images of several members of the Sonics team including Lenny Wilkins (coach), Downtown Freddy Brown, Jack Sikma, Lonnie…
ID Number:2023.40.1
Date:Circa 1980-1981