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Image of Dolores Sibonga blowing out birthday candles at her campaign offices, Seattle, August 28, 1989
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Dolores Sibonga blowing out birthday candles at her campaign offices, Seattle, August 28, 1989

Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist…
ID Number:2000.107.197.23.04
Date:1989
Image of Dolores Sibonga campaigning for mayor, Seattle, July 12, 1989
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Dolores Sibonga campaigning for mayor, Seattle, July 12, 1989

Dolores Sibonga (1931-) was the first Filipina-American lawyer admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1973 and the first minority woman on the Seattle City Council, appointed to replace a retiring Phyllis Lamphere for three months in 1978. She was elected the following year and served on the council until 1992. Prior to law school, she worked as a journalist…
ID Number:2000.107.197.23.05
Date:1989
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
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