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Ron Chew at Wing Luke Museum, April 27, 1993
Ronald A. "Ron" Chew (b. 1953) was born in Settle, the son of Chinese immigrants who worked in the restaurant and garment industries in Seattle’s Chinatown International District (CID). Chew attended Franklin High School and University of Washington (UW), leaving UW in 1975 to pursue community-based journalism. Chew was a reporter for, then editor of, the CID newspaper International Examiner,…
ID Number:2000.107.035.07.02
Date:1993
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Dale Chihuly with his neon and ice installation at the Tacoma Dome, September 1, 1993
In this image, Tacoma-born glass artist Dale Chihuly (1941-) sits in the midst of his sculpture "100,000 Pounds of Ice and Neon." On view at the Tacoma Dome for two days, the piece consisted of thousands of feet of neon encased in 100,000 pounds of ice, which slowly melted away over the duration of the exhibit. Caption information derived from…
ID Number:2000.107.035.16.01
Date:1993
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Dale Chihuly adjusting glass sculpture, 1993
In this image Tacoma-born artist Dale Chihuly (1941-) adjusts one of several bright orange, rippled forms. Chihuly uses blown glass as the primary medium for his large-scale sculpture installations and environmental artwork.
ID Number:2000.107.035.16.02
Date:1993
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Dale Chihuly sitting with neon "tumbleweeds," September 1, 1993
In this image Tacoma-born artist Dale Chihuly (1941-) sits among his neon "tumbleweeds," each 3 to 6 feet in diameter and made from 200 feet of neon. The "tumbleweeds" were part of a neon and ice installation, "100,000 Pounds of Ice and Neon," exhibited at the Tacoma Dome on September 2 and 3, 1993. Caption information derived from captions written…
ID Number:2000.107.035.16.03
Date:1993
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Chinese Seafair queen drinks tea with Chinese Consul General, Seattle, August 5, 1955
Seafair Royalty have been a part of Seattle's annual ten-day-long celebration since the festival's beginnings in 1950. Young women are chosen for the court to represent their neighborhood and/or ethnic community and are awarded academic scholarships. Throughout the summer, Seafair Royalty participate in festival events and perform knighting ceremonies recognizing outstanding citizens in the Seattle area.In this image, Mrs. Lu…
ID Number:2000.107.036.08.02
Date:1955
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Delegates attending the Eng Family Convention pose together, Seattle, September 25, 1962
Here, a group of Chinese American men pose together in a building at 420 Eighth Avenue South in Seattle's Chinatown International District. The men were in town to attend the fourth annual convention of the Eng Family Association, hosted by Lock Tin Eng, president of the Seattle chapter. The convention drew 37 Eng family members from all over the country…
ID Number:2000.107.036.09.02
Date:1962
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Group setting up decorations at Chong Wa Benevolent Society Hall, Seattle, April 11, 1964
Huge Chinese fans, like the one shown here, were used as decorations for a Chinese opera program held at Chong Wa Benevolent Society Hall to benefit the local Chinese School. Held on April 29, 1964, the program was presented by the Luck Ngi Musical and Opera Society of Seattle (also known as the Chinese Musical Club), and featured one hour…
ID Number:2000.107.036.09.03
Date:1964
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Charles Jung and Ben Woo, Seattle, January 1965
In 1965 the Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, began on February 2, bringing in the Year of the Serpent. The Chinese Community Service Organization organized festivities in the Chinatown neghborhood (now the Chinatown-International District), which included a Lion Dance, with a reception afterwards at the Chong Wa Benevolent Assocation Hall, and a display of fireworks to end the…
ID Number:2000.107.036.09.04
Date:1965
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Chinese New Year guests at Ruby Chow's, Seattle, January 1966
The 1966 Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, began on January 21. To celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Horse, the Chinese Community Service Organization sponsored a ten-course banquet at Ruby Chow's restaurant in Chinatown, attended by more than 200 guests, including Governor Dan Evans and his wife, Nancy. Here, some of the banquet guests gather around…
ID Number:2000.107.036.09.05
Date:1966
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Three Chinese women receiving citizenship papers, February 10, 1979
On February 10, 1979, three long-time Seattle residents received their naturalization papers from Federal Court clerk Joe T. Ramame to become American citizens. The women were all born in China, and had lived in Seattle for 28-47 years. Here, Ramame hands Sau Chee Chin her naturalization papers, while Lee Shee Eng and Lim Tan-ying Eng wait behind her. Tan-ying Eng's…
ID Number:2000.107.036.09.06
Date:1979