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Image of Baptist missionary Hanh Nguyen with Giu Vo and her family in their apartment, Seattle, March 1982
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Baptist missionary Hanh Nguyen with Giu Vo and her family in their apartment, Seattle, March 1982

After the Vietnam War ended in April 1975 with the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese communist forces, many 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.This image shows a family of refugees in their apartment shortly after arriving in Seattle. Hanh…
ID Number:2000.107.132.14.01
Date:1982
Image of Mau Duc and Cuc Nguyen working at New Saigon Market, Seattle, December 1990
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Mau Duc and Cuc Nguyen working at New Saigon Market, Seattle, December 1990

Mau Duc Nguyen and his family were among thousands of people who escaped from Vietnam after the fall of the country to the communists. Having been a South Vietnam naval officer, Mau was sent to a prison camp but managed to escape. After months of planning, he and his wife Cuc and their three children, plus various family members and…
ID Number:2000.107.132.15.01
Date:1990
Image of Tho Nguyen meeting his family at Sea-Tac airport, Seattle, July 26, 1983
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Tho Nguyen meeting his family at Sea-Tac airport, Seattle, July 26, 1983

After the 1975 fall of Saigon, Tho Nguyen, a South Vietnamese army veteran, spent a year in a prison camp. Once released, he and his wife Lachanh tried to escape from Vietnam, taking their four children and her mother in an overcrowded boat. One by one, the children and Lachanh’s mother died. The boat was intercepted by a Russian ship…
ID Number:2000.107.132.16.06
Date:1983
Image of Chizuko Omori at home in front of incarceration camp photos, Seattle, August 10, 1988
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Chizuko Omori at home in front of incarceration camp photos, Seattle, August 10, 1988

Chizuko May Omori (b. 1930), a young Nisei girl, was living with her family in Oceanside, California when World War II broke out. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Omori and her family were incarcerated in Poston concentration camp (known officially as the Colorado River Relocation Center) in Yuma County, Arizona. After release from the camp, Omori lived for a…
ID Number:2000.107.136.07.01
Date:1988
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 Norm Rice and others campaigning against Initiative 35 in downtown Seattle, November 6, 1990
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Norm Rice and others campaigning against Initiative 35 in downtown Seattle, November 6, 1990

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, becoming Seattle's first African-American mayor. Rice has remained a civic leader…
ID Number:2000.107.152.12.05
Date:1990
Image of Norm Rice, Constance Williams Rice, and Mian Rice, after Mayoral swearing-in, Seattle, January 2, 1990
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Norm Rice, Constance Williams Rice, and Mian Rice, after Mayoral swearing-in, Seattle, January 2, 1990

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, becoming Seattle's first African-American mayor. Rice has remained a civic leader…
ID Number:2000.107.152.12.06
Date:1990
Image of Tom Robbins in his home office, LaConner, April 16, 1978
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Tom Robbins in his home office, LaConner, April 16, 1978

Author Tom Robbins (1932-2025) was known for his novels, articles, essays, and support for progressive causes. He and his family lived in LaConner, Washington. Here, Robbins stands in his home office. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.153.38.05
Date:1978
Image of Kiyo Sakahara, Seattle, March 27, 1974
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Kiyo Sakahara, Seattle, March 27, 1974

This image shows Kiyoshi (Kiyo) Sakahara (1920-2013), a leader in Seattle’s Japanese American community. She attended the University of Washington majoring in chemistry, but shortly before graduation her studies were interrupted by the forced removal of Japanese Americans. Sakahara was incarcerated in the Puyallup Assembly Center, then the Minidoka concentration camp. Sakahara and her family obtained early release and she…
ID Number:2000.107.159.13.01
Date:1974
Image of Baker at Gai's Seattle French Baking Company, May 1981
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Baker at Gai's Seattle French Baking Company, May 1981

Italian immigrant Giglio Gai opened New Home bakery at 20th Avenue South and South Jackson Street in 1931, selling French bread baked in a brick oven. The family business became Gai's Seattle French Baking in 1941, and was the top specialty-bread baker in the state. After brothers Phil and Henry Gai took charge in the 1970s and 80s, Gai's diversified…
ID Number:2000.107.165.07.02
Date:1981
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