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Image of Total Experience Gospel Choir praying together at Sea-Tac airport, January 23, 1986
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Total Experience Gospel Choir praying together at Sea-Tac airport, January 23, 1986

The Total Experience Gospel Choir (1973-2018) was founded and led by Pastor Patrinell Wright and, though based in Seattle, the choir performed and toured extensively around the world. Wright formed a choir at Franklin High School as an alternative activity for African-American students in 1970, but when a school-funding levy failed in 1973, her position was cut and she began…
ID Number:2000.107.213.12.02
Date:1986
Image of Kimlien and Duong Tran, Bellevue, June 1985
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Kimlien and Duong Tran, Bellevue, June 1985

Duong Tran moved to the United States as a refugee when she was 13 years old after Saigon fell in 1975 during the Vietnam War. Her family settled in Pennsylvania, and Duong and her husband Kimlien Tran moved to Seattle when he started working at Boeing. Duong Tran went to the University of Washington to study engineering and served as…
ID Number:2000.107.213.34.01
Date:1985
Image of George Tsutakawa with his sculpture
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George Tsutakawa with his sculpture "Family Group," Seattle, 1954

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.01
Date:1954
Image of Ayame Tsutakawa at UW luncheon, Seattle, May 12, 1968
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Ayame Tsutakawa at UW luncheon, Seattle, May 12, 1968

Artist George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was born in Seattle and met his wife, Ayame Iwasa Tsutakawa (1924-2017) during World War II, when he was on furlough from serving in the U.S. Army and visiting his sister at the Tule Lake concentration camp in California. Tule Lake was one of ten large camps operated by the War Relocation Authority in which Japanese…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.02
Date:1968
Image of George Tsutakawa painting in his studio, Seattle, November 28, 1978
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George Tsutakawa painting in his studio, Seattle, November 28, 1978

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.03
Date:1978
Image of George Tsutakawa with fountain models, Seattle, August 16, 1968
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George Tsutakawa with fountain models, Seattle, August 16, 1968

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.04
Date:1968
Image of George Tsutakawa near fountain at Post-Intelligencer building, Seattle, October 23, 1971
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George Tsutakawa near fountain at Post-Intelligencer building, Seattle, October 23, 1971

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.05
Date:1971
Image of George Tsutakawa polishing gates, Seattle, November 11, 1975
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George Tsutakawa polishing gates, Seattle, November 11, 1975

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.06
Date:1975
Image of Edwin Lee, Susan Mochizuki, and George Tsutakawa, Seattle, May 28, 1971
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Edwin Lee, Susan Mochizuki, and George Tsutakawa, Seattle, May 28, 1971

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized artist best known for his avant-garde bronze fountain designs. He made an art form of water, creating more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Their shapes, like his own life, marry Japanese and American sensibilities. Tsutakawa taught at the University of…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.07
Date:1971
Image of George Tsutakawa with art works at his home, Seattle, January 4, 1994
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George Tsutakawa with art works at his home, Seattle, January 4, 1994

Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:2000.107.214.28.08
Date:1994
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