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Image of Chef Thierry Rautureau holding a dish of prepared food, Seattle, January 13, 1994
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Chef Thierry Rautureau holding a dish of prepared food, Seattle, January 13, 1994

Thierry Rautureau (1959-2023) was born in France, where he apprenticed as a chef before moving to the United States at age 20. In Seattle, he became the chef and owner of Rover’s Restaurant in 1987 and later became the owner and chef of restaurants Luc and Loulay Kitchen & Bar. He won many awards including a James Beard Award and…
ID Number:2000.107.149.33.01
Date:1994
Image of Chef Thierry Rautureau preparing food, Seattle, January 13, 1994
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Chef Thierry Rautureau preparing food, Seattle, January 13, 1994

Thierry Rautureau (1959-2023) was born in France, where he apprenticed as a chef before moving to the United States at age 20. In Seattle, he became the chef and owner of Rover’s Restaurant in 1987 and later became the owner and chef of restaurants Luc and Loulay Kitchen & Bar. He won many awards including a James Beard Award and…
ID Number:2000.107.149.33.02
Date:1994
Image of Michael Ramos and Rafael at the Salvadoran-Guatemalan Refugee Program, Seattle, February 28, 1985
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Michael Ramos and Rafael at the Salvadoran-Guatemalan Refugee Program, Seattle, February 28, 1985

This photo was taken at the Salvadoran-Guatemalan Refugee Program office in Seattle. The program supported refugees from El Salvador and Guatemala with legal aid, assistance with getting political asylum, and paying bail bonds for refugees who were arrested. If bail was not posted within a specified time period, refugees were sent to camps in California or Arizona. On the occasion…
ID Number:2000.107.151.03.01
Date:1985
Image of Thongdy family members clearing land for family farm, April 12, 1982
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Thongdy family members clearing land for family farm, April 12, 1982

This image shows five members of the Thongdy family on an 85 acre plot of land they plan to turn into a farm. The Thongdys were from Cambodia, but the brutal Khmer Rouge regime forced them to flee. The family hid in the jungles for several months before escaping to Thailand. They spent several years in a refugee camp in…
ID Number:2000.107.151.05.01
Date:1982
Image of Footong Tsoy Saelee and Choi Saechao selling produce at Pike Place Market, Seattle, July 21, 1982
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Footong Tsoy Saelee and Choi Saechao selling produce at Pike Place Market, Seattle, July 21, 1982

The Indochinese Farm Project began in 1982 with 18 acres of land along the Sammamish River. Funded in part by King County and the Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority (Market PDA), the Indochinese Farm project was a joint project of the Washington State Commission on Asian American Affairs and Bethany Presbyterian church. Through the project, refugees from Laos,…
ID Number:2000.107.151.05.02
Date:1982
Image of Buntha Nhep counseling Taing family at the Asian Resettlement Center, Bellevue, June 14, 1982
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Buntha Nhep counseling Taing family at the Asian Resettlement Center, Bellevue, June 14, 1982

In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, thousands of people from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fled violence and persecution in their home countries and sought refuge in the United States and elsewhere. By 1982, there were 30,000 refugees from Southeast Asia living in Washington. Many spoke little or no English, had very little money, and were unemployed. When they left…
ID Number:2000.107.151.05.03
Date:1982
Image of Zaid Tesfaion in a class at the Refugee Women's Alliance, Seattle, January 22, 1991
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Zaid Tesfaion in a class at the Refugee Women's Alliance, Seattle, January 22, 1991

In the early 1990s, refugees arriving in Washington were coming from more and more diverse places. In the 1980s, most arrived from Southeast Asia, fleeing the ongoing effects of the Vietnam War. By contrast, in 1991 the state estimated that fewer than half of incoming refugees came from Southeast Asia. About 42 percent were Jews or Pentecostalists arriving from the…
ID Number:2000.107.151.05.04
Date:1991
Image of Mekong Rainier Supermarket in Rainier Valley, Seattle, July 12, 1983
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Mekong Rainier Supermarket in Rainier Valley, Seattle, July 12, 1983

In the early 1980s, the demographics of Rainier Valley were changing quickly. The area had been mostly white through the 1960s. However, the Boeing bust in the early 1970s, combined with freeway building projects, began pushing Black residents of the Central Area further south into Rainier Valley where housing was more available and rents were cheaper. New construction and condominiums…
ID Number:2000.107.151.05.05
Date:1983
Image of Lawney Reyes with cedar bald eagle sculpture, Seattle, September 26, 1977
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Lawney Reyes with cedar bald eagle sculpture, Seattle, September 26, 1977

Lawney L. Reyes (1931-2022), Sin-Aikst (Colville Confederated Tribe) artist, architect, and author, overcame a childhood of poverty and discrimination to become an award-winning sculptor and a historian of local Indigenous activism and culture. In this image Lawney Reyes stands next to one of his sculptures, a cedar bald eagle, in front of the Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Seattle's…
ID Number:2000.107.151.33.01
Date:1977
Image of Norm Rice handing out campaign literature near Westlake Mall, Seattle, September 17, 1985
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Norm Rice handing out campaign literature near Westlake Mall, Seattle, September 17, 1985

Seattle politician Norman Blann Rice (1943-) was first elected to the Seattle City Council in 1978. Rice served eleven years, participating as chairs of the Energy, Finance, and Budget committees, and was Council President for one term. From 1989 to 1997 Rice served two terms as the 49th mayor of Seattle. Rice has remained a civic leader as CEO and…
ID Number:2000.107.152.11.02
Date:1985
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