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Image of Fortune cookies at Tsue Chong Co., Seattle, July 16, 1993
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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
Image of Recent emigres posing with Norm Rice, July 16, 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
Image of Shoppers in the International District, Seattle, April 5, 1997
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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
Image of Madeleine Sosin and Jonah Cohen protest new INS policies at Hing Hay Park, Seattle, January 13, 2003
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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
Image of INS detainee responding to people protesting new INS policies, Seattle, January 13, 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
Image of Demonstrators protesting new INS policies at INS detention center, Seattle, January 13, 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
Image of Demonstrators protesting new INS policies, Seattle, January 13, 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
Image of Kung-Fu Exhibition program, May 5, 1984
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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
Image of May Day family picnic flier, Seattle, May 4, 1975
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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
Image of We will take only...Sew Much! newsletter, February 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
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