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View of King Street businesses, Seattle, December 1973
This image shows storefronts in the West Kong Yick Building, located on South King Street between 7th Avenue South and Canton Alley (seen at far left). The West and East Kong Yick Buildings were constructed in 1910 by the Kong Yick Investment Company, which was made up of 170 investors from Chinese community around Seattle and led by Goon Dip.…
ID Number:2000.107.19731204.1.13
Date:1973
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Dancers rehearsing for the opening of the Kingdome, Seattle, March 21, 1976
Seattle’s covered Kingdome stadium opened March 27, 1976, with a grand celebration featuring some 7,000 participants. Twenty-one of the region’s ethnic organizations participated in the event, including the Seattle Chinese Girls’ Drill Team, and the Seattle Chinese Community Dragon. In this image, costumed members of the Girls’ Drill Team stand in lines as they watch the Community Dragon dancers rehearse.…
ID Number:2000.107.19760321.1.11
Date:1976
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Japanese group Tokiwa-Kai practicing for the opening of the Kingdome, Seattle, March 21, 1976
Seattle’s covered Kingdome stadium opened March 27, 1976, with a grand celebration featuring some 7,000 participants. Twenty-one of the region’s ethnic organizations participated in the event, including the Tokiwa-kai Japanese classical and folk dance group of Seattle. Here, with their parasols and whirling fabric, members of Tokiwa-kai rehearse for their big performance at the Kingdome. Caption information source: “Kingdome Spotlights…
ID Number:2000.107.19760321.1.22
Date:1976
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Urbano Quijance speaking about Filipino soldiers in WWII, January 17, 1985
Filipino soldiers began serving with the U.S. Army Forces of the Far East in 1941 when President Franklin Roosevelt offered full veterans’ benefits to Filipinos who enlisted. The Philippines at that time was a U.S. commonwealth, and Filipinos were U.S. nationals. 260,000 Filipinos fought alongside American forces during the war and more than 57,000 Filipino troops died. But once the…
ID Number:2000.107.19850117.1.28A
Date:1985
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Woman shopping at Viet-Wah supermarket, Seattle, January 14, 1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.1.10
Date:1993
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Theresa Vu preparing bowls of pho at Phở Bắc restaurant, Seattle, January 14, 1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.2.04
Date:1993
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Display of durian at Viet-Wah supermarket, Seattle, February 14, 1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.2.17
Date:1993
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Counterman with banh mi sandwich at Vietnamese deli, Seattle, January 14,1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.3.23
Date:1993
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Four people eating at a restaurant in Little Saigon, Seattle, January 14, 1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.3.34
Date:1993
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Man eating pho at Pho Bac restaurant, Seattle, January 14, 1993
The Little Saigon neighborhood of Seattle is centered around 12th Avenue South and South Jackson Street at the eastern edge of the Chinatown - International District. The area has grown from a few businesses opened by Vietnamese immigrants in the late 1970s to become the social and economic hub of the Vietnamese-American community in the Puget Sound region.In 1993, the…
ID Number:2000.107.19930114.3.44
Date:1993