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Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team at Marysville Strawberry Festival, June 19, 1965
In 1952, Seattle restaurateur, Chinese community pioneer, and civic activist Ruby Chow helped a group of Chinese girls called the Chi-ettes form the Chinese Community Girls Drill Team. Ruby wanted to encourage girls from 11 to 21 to develop social skills and self-esteem and give the girls an opportunity for a supervised activity outside their homes. The drill team became…
ID Number:2000.107.036.10.03
Date:1965
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Group at ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Chinatown International District, Seattle, June 15, 1972
Seattle City Councilman Liem Eng Tuai (1925-2003) and Miss Seattle-Tacoma, Sue May Yee (b. 1949), center, hold the ribbon cut by Lt. Governor John A. Cherberg (1910-1992) during the opening of a parking lot in Seattle's Chinatown International District. They are surrounded by community members celebrating the parking lot, with a traditional Chinese lion in the background, and a man…
ID Number:2000.107.036.10.04
Date:1972
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Magno Rudio at the International Drop-In Center, Seattle, 1972
Magno Rudio (1908-1995) was born in the Philippines and moved to Seattle in 1929. Like many other Filipino immigrants Rudio worked in canneries in Alaska, where he became a labor organizer. Rudio participated in strikes for higher pay and shorter hours and over a long career he was part of an eventually successful movement to improve working conditions in Alaska…
ID Number:2000.107.036.10.05
Date:1972
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Tommy Quan with Chinese New Year dinner tickets, Seattle, January 1970
In 1970, the Year of the Dog was ushered in with a four-day celebration in Seattle's Chinatown neighborhood (now the Chinatown-International District). The festivities for the Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year, were planned by the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce and included tours of Chinatown and two gala 10-course Chinese dinners. Held at Gum Long's Prestaurant at 516 7th…
ID Number:2000.107.036.10.06
Date:1970
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Lion dancers lifting costume on S. King Street, Seattle, January 15, 1989
Chinese American communities often hold a Lion Dance at the time of the lunar new year, or when a new business opens. The noise of the accompanying drums, gongs, cymbals, and fireworks is believed to drive away evil spirits and bring good luck. This photo shows Sonny Kwan, left, and Kay Chinn lifting their lion costume during a lion dance…
ID Number:2000.107.036.11.01
Date:1989
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Taiwanese students from University of Washington protesting China policy, December 17, 1978
On December 17, 1978, about fifty University of Washington students demonstrated in downtown Seattle to protest President Carter's decision to recognize the People's Republic of China and sever diplomatic ties with Taiwan. The students decried what they saw as Carter's inconsistency in his human rights program, which had previously supported free people over those under Communist regimes. This photos shows…
ID Number:2000.107.036.11.02
Date:1978
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Hing Chinn with display of Chinese herbs at his store, Seattle, July 1981
At the time this photo was taken, Hing Chinn was a senior partner in Kue Hing Co., a store in Seattle's Chinatown International District specializing in Chinese herbs. In this photo, Chinn shows off his large selection of herbs in jars and drawers at the store. As of 2017, Kue Hing Co. Chinese Herbs & Specialists is still in business…
ID Number:2000.107.036.11.03
Date:1981
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Lucy Lee and Doo Chuen performing in Chinese opera, Seattle, November 26, 1984
The Luck Ngai Musical Society (also known as Luck Ngi Musical Club, Luck Ngai Operatic Society and other variations) is a local amateur Cantonese opera group established in Seattle in 1935 to promote Chinese opera, support the local Chinese School, and raise funds for community causes. In November 1984, the group performed the traditional opera "Wang Siu Gun," about a…
ID Number:2000.107.036.11.04
Date:1984
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Lucy Lee applying make up for Chinese opera role, Seattle, November 26, 1984
The Luck Ngai Musical Society (also known as Luck Ngi Musical Club, Luck Ngai Operatic Society and other variations) is a local amateur Cantonese opera group established in Seattle in 1935 to promote Chinese opera, support the local Chinese School, and raise funds for community causes. In November 1984, the group performed the traditional opera "Wang Siu Gun," about a…
ID Number:2000.107.036.11.05
Date:1984
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Tienanmen Square Massacre remembrance at Hing Hay Park, Seattle, June 3, 1990
On June 3, 1990, about 200 people gathered at Hing Hay Park to remember the victims of the Tienanmen Square massacre in Beijing one year earlier, when Chinese troops with tanks and assualt weapons killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of protestors seeking democratic reform. Most of the attendees wore a white tissue flower, a traditional Chinese remembrance of the dead. As…
ID Number:2000.107.036.11.06
Date:1990