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Audio recording
Oral history interview with Bulent Ertur, January 22, 2002
This interview with Bulent Ertur, the owner/operator of Cafe Antalya in Capitol Hill a Turkish German immigrant, was conducted by Kate Czajkowski for the play Verbatim: In the Words of Seattle's Workforce on January 22, 2002. Note: As of 2024, MOHAI's transcripts are created in line with best practices for oral histories, including respecting and preserving the narrator's dialects and…
ID Number:2019.35.5.12
Date:2002
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Barry Bettinger, April 9, 2004
This is April 2004 interview with Barry Bettinger, owner of Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream, was conducted by Julie Kerssen for the Agriculture Oral History Project. Bettinger describes his responsibilities at the ice cream business, from management and bookkeeping to the hands-on work of making ice cream, as well as working on the business’s upcoming move to a larger space in…
ID Number:2019.35.8.2
Date:2004
Ephemera
Punjab Sweets takeout menu, Kent, WA, 2019
Punjab Sweets is a vegetarian Indian bakery and restaurant in Kent, Washington. Opened just months before 9/11, it became a staple for the Sikh community during a time when they faced discrimination and hostility. The restaurant is run by the Dha family, who immigrated to Kent from India. Iqbal Dha is the founder and owner, and runs the restaurant with…
ID Number:2019.39.1
Date:2019
Photograph
Bob's Java Jive, Tacoma, 1985
Bob’s Java Jive was built 1927 at the Port of Tacoma by veterinarian Otis G. Button and was then transported to 2120 South Tacoma Way (Pacific Highway/US 99). Opening as a coffee shop, it was but one of many eye-catching structures being built along the nation’s growing highway system. During Prohibition, the Java Jive purportedly served as a speakeasy and…
ID Number:2020.42.1.20.01.05
Date:1985
Photograph
Twin Teepees restaurant, Seattle, 1985
In 1937, Seattle’s Twin T-Ps opened on Aurora Avenue North (then the Pacific Highway) at North 72nd Street. Designed by Delland Harris, it was but one of many eye-catching roadside attractions built along the nation’s growing highway systems at the time. Walter Clark, who built a regional restaurant chain, purchased the Twin T-Ps in 1942. Later called Powers Pancake House,…
ID Number:2020.42.1.20.02.05
Date:1985
Photograph
Woody Jackson frying turkeys outside Catfish Corner, Seattle, November 20, 2001
In 1985, Woodrow “Woody” Jackson and his wife Rosemary opened Catfish Corner at the corner of East Cherry Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard in Seattle’s Central District. Although focusing on seafood, Jackson later began experimenting with deep-frying turkeys at Thanksgiving. Using a five-gallon doughnut fryer and a Cajun recipe, he tried various injected marinades until settling on a garlic-butter…
ID Number:2020.42.5.09.01.15
Date:2001
Photograph
Henry Williams carrying deep-fried turkeys outside Catfish Corner, Seattle, November 20, 2001
In 1985, Woodrow “Woody” Jackson and his wife Rosemary opened Catfish Corner at the corner of East Cherry Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard in Seattle’s Central District. Although focusing on seafood, Jackson later began experimenting with deep-frying turkeys at Thanksgiving. Using a five-gallon doughnut fryer and a Cajun recipe, he tried various injected marinades until settling on a garlic-butter…
ID Number:2020.42.5.09.01.21
Date:2001
Photograph
Woody Jackson and Henry Williams frying turkeys outside Catfish Corner, Seattle, November 20, 2001
In 1985, Woodrow “Woody” Jackson and his wife Rosemary opened Catfish Corner at the corner of East Cherry Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard in Seattle’s Central District. Although focusing on seafood, Jackson later began experimenting with deep-frying turkeys at Thanksgiving. Using a five-gallon doughnut fryer and a Cajun recipe, he tried various injected marinades until settling on a garlic-butter…
ID Number:2020.42.5.09.02.18
Date:2001
Poster
Seattle Commons Draft Plan poster, 1992
In 1991 Seattle architect Fred Bassetti and Seattle Times columnist John Hinterberger first proposed the idea for a 61-acre park stretching from downtown Seattle to Lake Union, envisioning a vast civic lawn framed by high-tech laboratories, condos, restaurants, and urban amenities. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen donated $20 million to buy property for the Seattle Commons, but the plan eventually failed…
ID Number:2020.51.2.1
Date:1992
Menu
Chung Sun Cafe menu, circa 1943
The Chung Sun Cafe in Ballard was owned and operated by Hoisan Chinese immigrants Thomas Tan Chinn and Fong Ten Ng Chinn. Located at 5133 Ballard Avenue, the restaurant operated from the early 1940s until Thomas Chinn's sudden death in 1974. Mr. Chinn, a resident of Ballard, was also a member of the Chong Wa Benevolent Association and the Gee…
ID Number:2021.15.2
Date:Circa 1943