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Image of Birds-eye view of Yesler Way looking west, Seattle, 1909
Photograph

Birds-eye view of Yesler Way looking west, Seattle, 1909

Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912. He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush from 1891 to 1908, the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909, an other subjects in California, Utah, Texas, and Colorado. Caption on image: Yesler Way…
ID Number:1995.38.37.275
Date:1909
Image of Redwood tree at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, 1909
Photograph

Redwood tree at the 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.Otto D. Goetze (b. 1871) was an American photographer who owned the Alaska Photo Studio in Seattle from 1909 to 1912. He also photographed the Alaska Gold Rush from 1891 to…
ID Number:1995.38.37.309
Date:1909
Image of Letterhead from Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., 1915
Correspondence

Letterhead from Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Co., 1915

Founded in 1889, the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company was also called Puget Sound Bridge and Drydock, Associated Shipbuilders, and Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company. The company participated in most major construction sites in the Pacific Northwest, including the construction of Harbor Island at the mouth of the Duwamish River in Seattle. Lockheed Shipbuilding continued to build ships ranging…
ID Number:1999.31.3
Date:1915
Image of Magno Rudio at the International Drop-In Center, Seattle, 1972
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Magno Rudio at the International Drop-In Center, Seattle, 1972

Magno Rudio (1908-1995) was born in the Philippines and moved to Seattle in 1929. Like many other Filipino immigrants Rudio worked in canneries in Alaska, where he became a labor organizer. Rudio participated in strikes for higher pay and shorter hours and over a long career he was part of an eventually successful movement to improve working conditions in Alaska…
ID Number:2000.107.036.10.05
Date:1972
Image of Oscar Eason, Jr. speaking at NAACP chapter meeting, Seattle, August 25, 1986
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Oscar Eason, Jr. speaking at NAACP chapter meeting, Seattle, August 25, 1986

Oscar Eason, Jr. (1930-2017) was a longtime civil-rights leader and community activist in Seattle, who broke down workplace barriers and fought for social justice. Eason moved to Seattle in 1958 from San Antonio, Texas, to work as a mechanical engineer at the Boeing Company, then in 1962 took a job working for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. Eason served…
ID Number:2000.107.053.26.01
Date:1986
Image of Arrivals from Alaska, Seattle, December 25, 1952
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Arrivals from Alaska, Seattle, December 25, 1952

The 1952 McCarran Act combined various disparate United States immigration laws into a single statute. One effect of the law required that residents of the Territory of Alaska arriving in the continental U.S. had to prove their identity. Seattle's first test of the new law was the arrival of the S.S. Baranof from Seward, Alaska.Here, District Immigration Director John P.…
ID Number:2000.107.095.22.01
Date:1952
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 Bob Santos visiting apartment in need of renovation, Seattle, December 15, 1980
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Bob Santos visiting apartment in need of renovation, Seattle, December 15, 1980

Robert Nicholas "Bob" Santos (1934-2016), was a Filipino American born and raised in Seattle's Chinatown - International District. He spent most of his life as an activist in his old neighborhood -- saving it, nurturing it, defending it against outside threats, whether environmental, cultural, or political. Mr. Santos developed a close relationship with other activists for racial justice, in particular…
ID Number:2000.107.160.07.01
Date:1980
Image of Bob Santos speaking at microphone, Seattle, August 1983
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Bob Santos speaking at microphone, Seattle, August 1983

Robert Nicholas "Bob" Santos (1934-2016), was a Filipino American born and raised in Seattle's Chinatown - International District. He spent most of his life as an activist in his old neighborhood -- saving it, nurturing it, defending it against outside threats, whether environmental, cultural, or political. Mr. Santos developed a close relationship with other activists for racial justice, in particular…
ID Number:2000.107.160.07.02
Date:1983
Image of Bob Santos in office, Seattle, August 29, 1985
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Bob Santos in office, Seattle, August 29, 1985

Robert Nicholas "Bob" Santos (1934-2016), was a Filipino American born and raised in Seattle's Chinatown - International District. He spent most of his life as an activist in his old neighborhood -- saving it, nurturing it, defending it against outside threats, whether environmental, cultural, or political. Mr. Santos developed a close relationship with other activists for racial justice, in particular…
ID Number:2000.107.160.07.03
Date:1985
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