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Exterior view of Sweden Pavilion, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The Sweden Pavilion at the Seattle World's Fair had a lounge with modern Swedish furniture; a shop selling Swedish glass, ceramics, flatware, textiles, books and records; and an exhibit recounting the salvage of the seventeenth century man-of-war, the Vasa. Caption information source: Becker, Paula, and Alan Stein. The future remembered: The Seattle World's Fair and its legacy. Seattle: Seattle Center…
ID Number:1965.3598.26.39
Date:1962
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Republic of Korea Pavilion, Seattle World's Fair, 1962
More than 800 agricultural, mineral, and industrial products were displayed in the exhibit sponsored by the Republic of Korea on the west side of the International Mall. Caption information source: Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair 1962: Century 21 Exposition; Seattle: Acme Publications. p. 84.
ID Number:1965.3598.27.8.11
Date:1962
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Boulevard West at night, Boulevards of the World shopping area of the Seattle World's Fair, 1962
The Boulevard of the Worlds area was the shopping center of the Seattle World's Fair, where stores, stands, and kiosks displayed the goods and gifts of a dozen nations. Caption information source: Official Guide Book, Seattle World's Fair 1962: Century 21 Exposition; Seattle: Acme Publications. p. 119.
ID Number:1965.3598.27.8.13
Date:1962
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Julean Arnold and China Club of Seattle aboard S.S. President Grant, Seattle, April 7, 1923
Julean Herbert Arnold was a U. S. Commercial Attache in China and Japan from 1914-1940, and a founder of the China Club in Seattle. Established in 1916, the China Club of Seattle still operates today and is committed to promoting closer trade and cultural relations with China. In 1923, Mr. Arnold spent four months touring the United States, including Seattle,…
ID Number:1967.4171.1
Date:1923
Postcard
Group of Igorot performers at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) was a world's fair held in Seattle in 1909, publicizing the development of the Pacific Northwest. The fairgrounds became the campus of the University of Washington. One of the most popular attractions at the AYPE was the "Igorrote Village", a simulated village of the Igorot (previously spelled Igorrote), a diverse group of Indigenous peoples living in…
ID Number:1972.5502.13
Date:1909
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Captain D. Fuchigami and another man on board ship, Seattle, circa 1925
This portrait of Captain D. Fuchigami was taken with an unnamed man in the mid 1920s. According to a 1916 issue of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Fuchigami was a captain on the Osaka Shosen Kaiska or OSK line from Japan, which regularly traveled from Japan to the West Coast.Born in 1863, Ella McBride began working in the photography field in 1909…
ID Number:1974.5923.7
Date:Circa 1925
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Admiral Tsai-Ting Kan, Seattle, February 3, 1922
Tsai Ting Kan (Tsai Ting-Kan or 蔡廷幹 Cai Tinggan) (1861-1935) was an Admiral of the Chinese Navy. At 13 he left China to study in the United States, and due to his English language skills and naval studies, served several posts in the Chinese government related to foreign affairs.This portrait of Tsai is part of a collection from McBride and…
ID Number:1974.5923.193
Date:1922
Ephemera
Admiral Line Ma-Chiong score card, circa 1925
The Admiral Line (also American Mail Line, and later Admiral Oriental Line) was a steamship company based in Seattle which operated five ocean liners sailing from Seattle to Japan and China. Pictured here is a stationery card provided to passengers aboard the S. S. President McKinley, which was built in 1921 and in 1922 became part of the Admiral Line…
ID Number:1978.6667.1
Date:Circa 1925
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Clock made by Joseph Mayer & Bros. for Crown Prince Hirohito, 1916
Joseph Mayer and Bros. jewelry business was founded in Seattle in 1897. The company also manufactured a number of street clocks during the first few decades of the 1900s. In 1916, Japanese residents of Washington, Montana, and Alaska commissioned a clock from Joseph Mayer & Bros. to present as a gift to Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan. The clock had…
ID Number:1980.6877.5.58
Date:1916
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Seattle waterfront near the Canadian Pacific dock, circa 1925
Starting in the late 19th century, trade with Asia grew to be an important part of Seattle's economy. By the 1920s the waterfront was crowded with piers, railroad tracks, and warehouses. A roadway had been built to keep the increasing car traffic away from the busy railroad tracks. This photo, taken in the 1920s near the Canadian Pacific dock, shows…
ID Number:1983.10.459
Date:Circa 1925