46 results for: Werner, Jennifer
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Man walking past Tsutakawa sculpture in Chinatown - International District, Seattle June 29, 1988
In this image, an elderly Filipino resident of Seattle's Chinatown - International District neighborhood walks down Maynard Avenue, passing George Tsutakawa's 1979 sculpture, "Heaven, Man and Earth," on South Jackson Street. Mr. Tsutakawa's work demonstrated a “style that blends modernism with philosophical and formal elements of traditional Asian art, a combination that became emblematic of the Northwest school.” Caption information…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.02
Date:1988
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Man practicing tai chi in International Children's Park, Seattle, July 6, 1986
The Donnie Chin International Children's Park on Seventh Avenue South and South Lane Street in Seattle's Chinatown - International District opened in 1981. Architect Joey Ing designed the park to incorporate sculpture, including an umbrella with glowing LED lights to shade park goers and a dragon by Gerry Tsutakawa, son of sculptor George Tsutakawa. Affectionately nicknamed “Dragon Park,” the space…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.16
Date:1986
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Chinatown - International District restaurant worker taking a break, Seattle, July 8, 1988
In this image, Nariano Chachero, a Filipino dishwasher at the Tai Tung restaurant in Seattle's vibrant and multi-cultural Chinatown - International District, takes a rest from his work for a breath of fresh air. In the distance behind Mr. Chachero the King Street Station clock tower is visible. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to…
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.17
Date:1988
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Elderly Chinese woman carrying bags of groceries, Seattle, June 29, 1988
In this image, an elderly Chinese woman carries two bags of groceries she just received from a food bank that serves the needy of Seattle's vibrant and multi-cultural Chinatown - International District neighborhood. Caption information derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.18
Date:1988
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Man eating Chinese BBQ, Seattle, June 29, 1988
In this image Tsang Leung, a foreign student from Hong Kong, eats lunch outside the China Poultry Company on South Jackson Street in Seattle's Chinatown - International District neighborhood.
ID Number:2000.107.176.19.19
Date:1988
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Samuel Spivey at the Bread of Life Mission, Seattle, February 6, 1983
Since 1939, the Bread of Life Mission, located in Seattle's Pioneer Square, has served those needing food and shelter. Here, Samuel Spivey, 55, who regularly eats his meals at the mission, tells his story to a P-I reporter. Caption information source: Breadoflifemission.org.Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the back of the photograph.
ID Number:2000.107.177.02.01
Date:1983
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Teacher and class on steps of closed SOIC building, August 1986
The Seattle Opportunities Industrialization Center, or SOIC (pronounced "So I see"), was established in 1966, largely through a grant from the Office of Economic Opportunity, the federal agency funding "war on poverty" programs. Modeled after the original OIC started by a Philadelphia minister two years earlier, the community-based program recruited, trained and placed unemployed people in the labor market. The…
ID Number:2000.107.177.26.06
Date:1986
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Wheedle sitting with diners at the Space Needle, Seattle, July 19, 1982
In 1974, the children's book "Wheedle on the Needle" debuted, offering a fanciful explanation of the blinking red light atop Seattle's Space Needle. Seattleites warmed to the gentle character of Wheedle, eventually adopting it as an icon of their city. From 1978-1985, the Seattle Supersonics made a redesigned Wheedle their mascot, and for most of the 1990s the Wheedle was…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.08
Date:1982
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T.J. Vassar discussing school board retirement, Seattle, March 8, 1989
One of the first three black students to enroll at Seattle's elite Lakeside School, Thomas "T.J." Vassar, Jr. (1950-2013), went on to Harvard, then returned to Seattle, became director of LEEP (Lakeside Educational Enrichment Program) and a member of Lakeside’s faculty, and later served on the Seattle School Board. Mr. Vassar was a highly-regarded local advocate for diversity and social…
ID Number:2000.107.219.27.02
Date:1989
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Kuuseng Sateurn and Lai Sio receiving goods from Ruth Velozo at Northwest Harvest, Seattle, December 27, 1990
Northwest Harvest, a Seattle-based non-profit organization, was founded in 1967 by The Ecumenical Metropolitan Ministry (EMM), an interfaith organization committed to identifying and addressing the primary problems of the poor and disadvantaged. The organization created Neighbors in Need and opened 34 food banks in what was initially conceived of as a short-term solution to an employment crisis in Seattle. As…
ID Number:2000.107.219.31.06
Date:1990