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Ruby Chow float in the Seafair Parade, August 5, 1952
Seattle’s 1952 Seafair celebrated the Centennial of the city’s founding. The many events included five parades in different parts of the city. The International Parade, on August 5, took place downtown, on Fourth Avenue and headed south into the Chinatown - International District. This photo, taken from the west side of Fourth Avenue, shows the Ruby Chow float in the…
ID Number:2014.49.11.01.109
Date:1952
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Chinese Dragon Dancers in the Seafair International Parade, August 5, 1952
Seattle’s 1952 Seafair celebrated the Centennial of the city’s founding. The many events included five parades in different parts of the city. The International Parade, on August 5, took place downtown, on Fourth Avenue and headed south into the Chinatown - International District.This photo shows the Loong, a 102-foot long dragon with its dancers, as they pass the Leavitt Brothers…
ID Number:2014.49.11.01.110
Date:1952
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Seafair’s International Court, Seattle, August 1952
Seattle’s 1952 Seafair, which celebrated the Centennial of the city’s founding, included an International Festival, sponsored by the International Improvement Association. Four queens, representing parts of the community, were named to the International Court.In this image, the four queens stand with their unidentified escorts. From left to right, Adelia Avery, Mardi Gras Queen; Sumi Mitsui, Japanese Queen; Foon Woo, Chinese…
ID Number:2014.49.11.03.14
Date:1952
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Boxer training on speed bag, Seattle, September 24, 1947
In addition to his jazz club images, Seattle-born photographer Al Smith took many photos of family, friends and other local people in their everyday lives. In this photo Smith captures a young boxer training on a speed bag at an unidentified gym in Seattle.
ID Number:2014.49.011.037.0097
Date:1947
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Basketball players jumping for ball, Seattle, December 1948
The San Francisco Saints and the Hawaii Nisei, shown here, were amateur basketball teams made up of Chinese and Japanese Americans, respectively. As a members of the Amateur Athletic Union, the teams competed against teams throughout California and the United States.This action shot was likely taken during the second annual "Oriental American Basketball Tournament," which was held at the Seattle…
ID Number:2014.49.014.006.0008
Date:1948
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San Francisco Saints basketball team posing for team photo, Seattle, December 1948
The San Francisco Saints was a Chinese-American amateur basketball team founded by Father Donald F. Forrester, pastor and director of St. Mary's Chinese Catholic Center/Holy Family Parish in San Francisco's Chinatown. As a member of the Amateur Athletic Union, the team competed against teams throughout California and the United States.This team photo was likely taken during the second annual "Oriental…
ID Number:2014.49.014.006.0149
Date:1948
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Kimura family posing in front of their store, Seattle, circa 1953
Grocery store owners Takauki "Taky" and Eiji Kimura pose with their mother and brother in front of their First Hill IGA Foodliner at 908 Eighth Avenue on First Hill. A good friend of Bruce Lee's during the martial artist's Seattle years, Taky gave free weekly classes on Lee's philosophy and technique for decades in the grocery store's basement.
ID Number:2014.49.014.012.0150
Date:Circa 1953
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Kimura family posing in front of their store, Seattle, circa 1953
Grocery store owners Takauki "Taky" and Eiji Kimura pose with their mother and brother in front of their First Hill IGA Foodliner at 908 Eighth Avenue on First Hill. A good friend of Bruce Lee's during the martial artist's Seattle years, Taky gave free weekly classes on Lee's philosophy and technique for decades in the grocery store's basement.
ID Number:2014.49.014.013.0016
Date:Circa 1953
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Models backstage at fashion show, Seattle, circa 1953
Two women wearing bathrobes sit on a couch backstage at a fashion show, while two women wearing Asian-style clothing stand next to the couch, and a little girl plays on the floor in front of them. Two of the women are identified as Vivian (Meade) Caver, daughter of Christine Meade, and Peggy Johnson. The other two women are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.014.018.0031
Date:Circa 1953
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Seafair Princess with mayor and others, Seattle, July 23, 1951
Lilyan Mar, Miss Chinatown 1951 and Seafair Princess, poses with, from left, Seafair's King Neptune II, William O. MacKay; band leader Tommy Dorsey, holding his trombone; and Seattle Mayor William Devin. Caption information source: Seattle Daily Times, July 23, 1951, and August 4, 1951.
ID Number:2014.49.014.024.0052
Date:1951