201 results for: Chinatown International District
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Fortune cookies at Tsue Chong Co., Seattle, July 16, 1993
Tsue Chong Company was founded in 1917 by Gar Hip Louie on South Jackson Street in Seattle’s Chinatown neighborhood. Gar Hip founded the company as a noodle factory to supply the numerous local Chinese restaurants. In 1924, Gar Hip’s son Fat Yuen Louie took over the business, moving it to 8th and King Street. In the 1950s, Fat Yuen’s wife,…
ID Number:2000.107.19930716.3.35
Date:1993
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Recent emigres posing with Norm Rice, July 16, 1993
In this photo, Gary Tang snaps a souvenir photo of Hao Li and Yan Wang, both recent emigres from China, with Seattle mayor Norm Rice. Tang worked at the Chinese Information and Service Center in Seattle's Chinatown - International District, and later at the Asian Counseling and Referral Service. Caption information derived from caption written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached…
ID Number:2000.107.19930716.13.04
Date:1993
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Shoppers in the International District, Seattle, April 5, 1997
Seattle's Chinatown - International District (CID) has been home to Asian American communities since the late 1800s. The original Chinatown was located directly south of Pioneer Square, but was pushed east to the CID's current location by construction on 2nd Avenue in the 1920s. At this time, the CID was home to flourishing communities of Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino immigrants…
ID Number:2000.107.19970405.2.28
Date:1997
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Madeleine Sosin and Jonah Cohen protest new INS policies at Hing Hay Park, Seattle, January 13, 2003
In January 2003, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft implemented a new policy requiring male visitors - including tourists, workers, and students on short-term visas - from 18 mainly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, interviewed, and photographed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS) or risk deportation. On January 13, 2003, several hundred people gathered in Seattle's Chinatown - International…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD04.001
Date:2003
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INS detainee responding to people protesting new INS policies, Seattle, January 13, 2003
In January 2003, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft implemented a new policy requiring male visitors - including tourists, workers, and students on short-term visas - from 18 mainly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, interviewed, and photographed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS) or risk deportation. On January 13, 2003, several hundred people gathered in Seattle's Chinatown - International…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD04.002
Date:2003
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Demonstrators protesting new INS policies at INS detention center, Seattle, January 13, 2003
In January 2003, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft implemented a new policy requiring male visitors - including tourists, workers, and students on short-term visas - from 18 mainly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, interviewed, and photographed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS) or risk deportation. On January 13, 2003, several hundred people gathered in Seattle's Chinatown - International…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD04.003
Date:2003
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Demonstrators protesting new INS policies, Seattle, January 13, 2003
In January 2003, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft implemented a new policy requiring male visitors - including tourists, workers, and students on short-term visas - from 18 mainly Muslim countries to be fingerprinted, interviewed, and photographed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (now USCIS) or risk deportation. On January 13, 2003, several hundred people gathered in Seattle's Chinatown - International…
ID Number:2000.107.20030113.CD04.004
Date:2003
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Kung-Fu Exhibition program, May 5, 1984
Established in 1963, the Seattle Kung Fu Club offers traditional martial arts classes for adults and children in Seattle's Chinatown - International District neighborhood. The program pictured here is from a Kung-Fu exhibition presented by the club on May 5, 1984, at the Seattle Center Arena (now Climate Pledge Arena). Caption information source: https://www.seattlekungfuclub.com.
ID Number:2001.72.6
Date:1984
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May Day family picnic flier, Seattle, May 4, 1975
On May 4, 1975, Seattle area Asian and Pacific Island workers were invited to a potluck picnic at Seward Park that included a pig roast, recreation, cultural presentations and speakers. May Day, also known as International Workers Day, aims to build international working class unity.The flier for the event is printed in Tagalog (Filipino), Chinese and English. Sponsors included groups…
ID Number:2002.23.1.32.2
Date:1975
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We will take only...Sew Much! newsletter, February 1975
The newsletter shown here was produced by The Sew Much, a national organization of garment workers that fought for higher pay and more favorable union contracts. The newsletter calls for a 10% pay raise and a commitment to regular cost-of-living increases, an end to layoffs, a union hiring hall to help unemployed members find a new job in the union,…
ID Number:2002.23.3.47.1
Date:1975