18 results for: Central American Immigrants
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Tomas Villanueva with Co-op members at the United Farm Workers Cooperative, Toppenish, Washington, July 1967
In July 1967, Mexican-American farm workers in the Yakima Valley started the United Farm Workers Cooperative in Toppenish. At the time, the Co-op was not affiliated with the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement led by Cesar Chavez. The Co-op sold shares for $5 and by August 1967, 150 families had purchased shares. Co-op prices averaged 7% less than grocery stores…
ID Number:1986.5.2894.1
Date:1967
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Tomas Villanueva at the United Farm Workers Cooperative, Toppenish, Washington, July 1967
In July 1967, Mexican-American farm workers in the Yakima Valley started the United Farm Workers Cooperative in Toppenish. At the time, the Co-op was not affiliated with the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement led by Cesar Chavez. The Co-op sold shares for $5 and by August 1967, 150 families had purchased shares. Co-op prices averaged 7% less than grocery stores…
ID Number:1986.5.2894.2
Date:1967
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Members shopping at the United Farm Workers Cooperative, Toppenish, Washington, July 1967
In July 1967, Mexican-American farm workers in the Yakima Valley started the United Farm Workers Cooperative in Toppenish. At the time, the Co-op was not affiliated with the United Farm Workers (UFW) movement led by Cesar Chavez. The Co-op sold shares for $5 and by August 1967, 150 families had purchased shares. Co-op prices averaged 7% less than grocery stores…
ID Number:1986.5.2894.3
Date:1967
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Group sorting donations for migrant farm workers, Seattle, August 21, 1967
In August 1967, more than 8,000 migrant workers arrived in the Yakima Valley before crops were ready to harvest. Poor harvests in neighboring states had pushed them to the Yakima Valley early to look for work. Unfortunately, no work was available when they arrived and thousands of migrants were forced to wait for the apple harvest in September. Most could…
ID Number:1986.5.2901.11
Date:1967
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Men delivering boxes of goods for shipment to migrant farm workers, Seattle, August 21, 1967
In August 1967, more than 8,000 migrant workers arrived in the Yakima Valley before crops were ready to harvest. Poor harvests in neighboring states had pushed them to the Yakima Valley to look for work. Unfortunately, no work was available when they arrived and thousands of migrants were forced to wait for the apple harvest in September. Most could not…
ID Number:1986.5.2902.5
Date:1967
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Mexican farm workers operating pea sheller, Skagit Valley, August 1943
The entrance of the United States into World War II created a shortage of farm laborers, as American men left to serve in the war. In the Yakima Valley and western Washington, the labor shortage was exacerbated by the incarceration of Japanese-Americans, many of whom worked on farms. The Braceros program, a series of laws and diplomatic agreements between the…
ID Number:1986.5.2907.6
Date:1943
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Elaine Ko and Cindy Domingo speaking at press conference, Seattle, January 25, 1983
Cindy Domingo (b. 1953) is a longtime community activist in Seattle. She was active in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), the Washington State Rainbow Coalition, the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes, the Center for Social Justice, and organized Seattle International Women’s Day events. Domingo also created the U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration after attending the 1995 World…
ID Number:2000.107.050.32.01
Date:1983
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Cindy Domingo and Terri Mast at press conference, September 6, 1990
Cindy Domingo (b. 1953) is a longtime community activist in Seattle. She was active in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), the Washington State Rainbow Coalition, the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes (CJDV), the Center for Social Justice, and organized Seattle International Women’s Day events. Domingo also created the U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration after attending the 1995…
ID Number:2000.107.050.32.02
Date:1990
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Cindy Domingo and supporter after verdict in Marcos trial, Seattle, December 15, 1989
Cindy Domingo (b. 1953) is a longtime community activist in Seattle. She was active in the Union of Democratic Filipinos (KDP), the Washington State Rainbow Coalition, the Committee for Justice for Domingo and Viernes (CJDV), the Center for Social Justice, and organized Seattle International Women’s Day events. Domingo also created the U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration after attending the 1995…
ID Number:2000.107.050.32.03
Date:1989
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Jeff Mart grocery store at 17th and Jefferson, Seattle, August, 26, 1992
This photo shows the Jeff Mart convenience/grocery store at 17th and Jefferson in the Central District when it was owned by Korean immigrants Raymond and Grace Chung. The Chungs bought the store in 1991 from Harry and Mary Shigaya, of Japanese heritage, continuing to sell staples to the Central Area community, which since the 1960s was chiefly African-American. The store…
ID Number:2000.107.107.32.01
Date:1992