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Inmates working on WWII boat at McNeil Island Penitentiary, October 4, 1942
McNeil Island is a 6.6 square mile island located in south Puget Sound, lying 2.8 miles across the water from the nearest town. The site was utilized for 142 continuous years as an island-based penal institution, beginning in 1869 with a jail built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. In 1909 the facility became a federal prison, the McNeil…
ID Number:2000.107.123.18.07
Date:1942
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Vietnam veterans at Memorial Day parade, Seattle, May 29, 1984
Vietnam War veterans were asked to participate in Seattle’s Memorial Day parade for the first time in 1984. Dressed in fatigues, a contingent of about 50 Vietnam veterans marched at the front of the parade, a spot reserved for them by parade organizers, the Veterans Memorial Association. Leading over 50 other participating groups, they marched from Broad Street to University…
ID Number:2000.107.124.05.01
Date:1984
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Men at Nisei Veteran's Committee Memorial Day service, May 30, 1953
The Nisei War Memorial Monument at Lake View Cemetery in Seattle was erected in 1949, funded by many small donations raised in a massive door-to-door campaign in the Puget Sound region. The 21-foot-high column lists the names of 47 Japanese American soldiers from Seattle who were killed during World War II. Later, the names of nine Seattle-area service members of…
ID Number:2000.107.124.07.01
Date:1953
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Cesar Cardona and Margo Ramirez dancing during Cinco de Mayo celebration, Seattle, May 5, 1981
Cinco de Mayo marks a Mexican military victory over French forces in 1862. It is very popular among Mexican-Americans and is often celebrated with singing and dancing. In this image, Cesar Cardona and Margo Ramirez dance at the Cinco de Mayo celebration at South Seattle Community College in 1981. They are performing the jarabe tapatÃo, often referred to as the…
ID Number:2000.107.124.38.05
Date:1981
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Felipe Villaverde singing during Cinco de Mayo celebration at South Seattle Community College, May 5, 1981
Cinco de Mayo marks a Mexican military victory over French forces in 1862. It is very popular among Mexican Americans and is often celebrated with singing and dancing. In this image, Felipe Villaverde sings at the Cinco de Mayo celebration at South Seattle Community College in 1981.
ID Number:2000.107.124.40.13
Date:1981
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Filipino veterans Benjamin Escano, Jose Morales, and Fidel Rubias at their lawyer's office, October 30, 1990
During World War II, thousands of Filipinos fought for the US armed forces, including many who suffered years of poor treatment in prisoner of war camps or who continued fighting a guerrilla war after the US abandoned the Philippines. These veterans were promised US citizenship in return, but after the war many were told they were too late to become…
ID Number:2000.107.128.04.01
Date:1990
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Portrait of Garry Owens, September 1988
Garry Owens was born in Seattle’s Chinatown - International District and lived in a number of Seattle neighborhoods before graduating from Franklin High School. As a senior in high school, Owens was impressed by and participated in the Seattle chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). After high school, he was drafted into the Army and his experiences in…
ID Number:2000.107.136.40.01
Date:1988
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Bob Satiacum at protester's encampment outside Fort Lawton, Seattle, March 18, 1970
On March 8, 1970, about 100 members and sympathizers of United Indian People's Council (later United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, or UIATF) occupied Fort Lawton, a 1,100-acre army post in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood. They were inspired by the passage of a bill signed by President Richard Nixon, which granted non-federal entities the ability to obtain surplus federal lands for…
ID Number:2000.107.160.15.01
Date:1970
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Floyd Schmoe with photo of Hiroshima, November 20, 1983
Founder of Seattle's Peace Park, Floyd Wilfred Schmoe (1895-2001), was a peace activist, author, teacher, and the first park naturalist at Mount Rainier National Park. For Schmoe, a commitment to nonviolence was deeply linked to his love of nature. A Quaker, Schmoe served as a stretcher bearer in World War I, and during World War II, he gave up a…
ID Number:2000.107.161.29.01
Date:1983
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Seattle Dojo members posing at club, Seattle, November 21, 1952
Established sometime before 1907, Seattle Dojo is the oldest judo dojo in the continental United States. The club moved several times before the present (as of 2019) dojo at 1510 Washington Street in Seattle's Chinatown - International District was built in the 1930s by first generation Japanese Americans. Wartime curfews during World War II and the Japanese American incarceration caused…
ID Number:2000.107.170.25.05
Date:1952