587 results for: Asian American
Photograph
Miss Kimura opening gifts at wedding shower, Seattle, circa 1953
Bride-to-be Miss Kimura sits on the floor of a living room opening gifts, surrounded by unidentified wedding shower guests.
ID Number:2014.49.014.059.0143
Date:Circa 1953
Photograph
Contestants for Mardi Gras Queen, Seattle, July 30, 1950
Contestants for the 1950 Central Area Mardi Gras Queen pose on a staircase. From left to right are: unidentified, Theresa (Willa) Miller Frank, two unidentified, Gloria (Jenkins) Bowman, and Beverly (Washington) Kelly.
ID Number:2014.49.018.017.0036
Date:1950
Photograph
Grand opening of the First Hill Food Center, Seattle, circa 1950
Unidentified staff members at the First Hill Food Center, 908 8th Avenue, celebrate the store's grand opening with a group portrait in the produce section. The store was owned by brothers Takauki (Taky) and Eiji Kimura. Taky Kimura was Bruce's Lee's good friend during the martial artist's Seattle years, and for decades Kimura gave free weekly classes on Lee's philosophy…
ID Number:2014.49.018.023.0050
Date:Circa 1950
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Bob Santos entering police van at protest at the South African consulate, Seattle, December 9, 1984
Beginning in October 1984, demonstrations were held outside the home of the honorary South African consul in Seattle’s Madison Park neighborhood to protest the South African government's polices of racial segregation known as apartheid. In this image, Seattle civil-rights activist and community organizer Robert (Bob) Santos, wrists zip tied, steps into a police van. He and 22 others were arrested…
ID Number:2014.49.033.057.06
Date:1984
Photograph
Kohga Photographic Society at the Maneki Café, Seattle, circa 1949
Seattle photographer Al Smith began taking photographs as a hobby as a teenager and continued documenting his experiences, both abroad and at home, throughout his life. Best known for his photos of Seattle's Jackson Street area jazz clubs and musicians, Smith also photographed family, friends, and local people in their everyday lives.After World War II, Al Smith was invited to…
ID Number:2014.49.Box31Folder001004
Date:1949
Ephemera
Cheryl Chow for School Board campaign mailer, 2005
Cheryl Chow (1946-2013) was a Seattle educator, politician, and advocate for children. Chow was the daughter of Ruby Chow, a restaurant owner and King County Councilwoman, and Ping Chow, an opera singer, US Army veteran, and chef. Born in Seattle, Cheryl Chow attended Franklin High School and Western Washington University. Early in her career, she taught physical education at Hamilton…
ID Number:2014.58.16.1
Date:2005
Menu
Ruby Chow's menu, circa 1955
Ruby Chow and her husband Ping opened Ruby Chow's restaurant in an old mansion at Broadway and Jefferson Street in 1948, the first Chinese restaurant in Seattle located outside of Chinatown. Ruby Chow would spend a lifetime as a community leader, including service as the first Asian American on the King County Council, first elected in 1973 and serving for…
ID Number:2016.20.7
Date:Circa 1955
Ephemera
Nikkei Manor brochure, 1995
Nikkei Manor is an assisted living community in Seattle's Chinatown - International District which offers meals, activities, and social opportunities aimed at "Nikkei," a term that refers to Japanese emigrants and their descendants who permanently reside in a foreign country.The brochure pictured here was created in May 1995 to promote Nikkei Manor before it was constructed. The brochure contains a…
ID Number:2016.98.1
Date:1995
Correspondence
Wa Chong Company letter, April 20, 1909
On December 15, 1868, the man believed to be Seattle's first Chinese immigrant, Chun Ching Hock (1844-1927) opened the Wa Chong Company at the foot of Mill Street (now Yesler Way). The store sold imported Chinese goods, tea, rice, coffee, flour, and fireworks, but the company's most profitable business was labor contracting - recruiting and placing Chinese immigrants in domestic…
ID Number:2018.3.3.91
Date:1909
Poster
Philippine Independence Day Celebration, Seattle, June 13-14, 1981
Since the 1950s, the Philippines Council in Seattle has celebrated the anniversary of Philippine independence from Spain in June 1898 with a reception or festival. This poster advertises the 1981 Philippine Independence Day Celebration, sponsored by the Philippine Consulate General and the Filipino-American Intercommunity Council of the Pacific Northwest, with an abstracted sunset behind a silhouette of palm trees. The…
ID Number:2019.3.36
Date:1981