218 results for: International District
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Elaine Ko and Shari Woo of the International District Housing Alliance at a meeting, July 18, 1977
In the late 1970s, the building of the Kingdome stadium put a great deal of development pressure on neighborhoods south of downtown Seattle that threatened to displace long-time residents. The International District Housing Alliance (now InterIm CDA) formed as a non-profit organization to organize residents to preserve affordable housing in their community.In this image, Alliance members Elaine Ko (left) and…
ID Number:2000.107.232.29.03
Date:1977
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Don Chin talking with city officials after Wah Mee Club massacre, Seattle, February 20, 1983
In this image Don Chin, a resident of Seattle's Chinatown - International District, asks Mayor Charles Royer and Seattle Police Chief Patrick Fitzsimons what is being done to protect his community in the wake of the murder of 13 patrons in the Wah Mee gambling club two days previously, on February 18, 1983. Caption information source: "Three robbers raid Wah…
ID Number:2000.107.265.07.01
Date:1983
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Family seeking information on victims of Wah Mee Club massacre, Seattle, February 20, 1983
In this image Cerisse Jatabutr, center, accompanied by her mother and brother, knock at the door of the King County Medical Examiner at Harborview Hospital in Seattle. The family members received confirmation that Cerisse's father, Hung Fat Gee, was among the 13 people killed the previous day at the Wah Mee gambling club in the Chinatown - International District. Caption…
ID Number:2000.107.265.07.02
Date:1983
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John Cherberg cutting ribbon to open new parking lot on King Street, Seattle, June 14, 1972
This image shows the opening of a parking lot on King Street at 8th Avenue S. in the Chinatown - International District. The lot is located beneath an elevated section of I-5 and was leased to the International District Improvement Association (InterIm). InterIm hoped the lot would generate profit to reinvest in the community. As of 2025, the lot is…
ID Number:2000.107.19720612.1.08
Date:1972
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View of King Street businesses, Seattle, December 1973
This image shows storefronts in the West Kong Yick Building, located on South King Street between 7th Avenue South and Canton Alley (seen at far left). The West and East Kong Yick Buildings were constructed in 1910 by the Kong Yick Investment Company, which was made up of 170 investors from Chinese community around Seattle and led by Goon Dip.…
ID Number:2000.107.19731204.1.13
Date:1973
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Peggy Maze, director of Neighbors in Need, announcing run for State Senate, Seattle, June 27, 1974
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Boeing Bust and national economic problems caused severe unemployment and poverty in Seattle and elsewhere. Peggy Maze of Seattle volunteered with an emergency assistance group, Neighbors in Need, and later became its director. NIN grew into a network of 80 food banks in 20 Washington counties. The project was so successful that…
ID Number:2000.107.19740628.1.22A
Date:1974
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Woman shopping at Viet-Wah supermarket, Seattle, January 14, 1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.1.10
Date:1993
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Theresa Vu preparing bowls of pho at Phở Bắc restaurant, Seattle, January 14, 1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.2.04
Date:1993
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Display of durian at Viet-Wah supermarket, Seattle, February 14, 1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.2.17
Date:1993
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Counterman with banh mi sandwich at Vietnamese deli, Seattle, January 14,1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.3.23
Date:1993