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Jeff Mart grocery store at 17th and Jefferson, Seattle, August, 26, 1992
This photo shows the Jeff Mart convenience/grocery store at 17th and Jefferson in the Central District when it was owned by Korean immigrants Raymond and Grace Chung. The Chungs bought the store in 1991 from Harry and Mary Shigaya, of Japanese heritage, continuing to sell staples to the Central Area community, which since the 1960s was chiefly African-American. The store…
ID Number:2000.107.107.32.01
Date:1992
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Grace Chung with customers at Jeff Mart grocery store, Seattle, September 30, 1992
This photo shows the interior of the Jeff Mart convenience/grocery store at 17th and Jefferson in the Central District when it was owned by Korean immigrants Raymond and Grace Chung. Here, Grace Chung works behind the counter, bagging up a purchase while chatting with two male customers. The Chungs bought the store in 1991 from Harry and Mary Shigaya, of…
ID Number:2000.107.107.32.02
Date:1992
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Young girl performing Crown Dance at Sand Point Community Church, Seattle, January 23, 1977
In late January 1977, Seattle's Sand Point Community Church celebrated Korea Day. Korean families entertained attendees with dances, a fashion show of traditional costumes, movies, and language lessons. Here, Young-Mi Song performs the Crown Dance. Sand Point Community Church, in northeast Seattle, was founded sometime around 1944. It is now known as Sand Point Community United Methodist Church. Caption information…
ID Number:2000.107.107.32.04
Date:1977
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Tour group at Bruce Lee's grave, 1992
Legendary martial artist Lee Jun Fan (1940-1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was born in San Francisco, raised in Hong Kong, and attended college at the University of Washington in Seattle, before moving to back to California. During his time in Seattle Lee began teaching martial arts, and later his Hong Kong and Hollywood-produced films elevated the traditional Hong Kong…
ID Number:2000.107.111.30.02
Date:1992
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Roberto Maestas and Estela Ortega being married at Beacon Hill School, December 1972
Roberto Felipe Maestas (1938-2010) was a Mexican American activist in Seattle. He became involved in civil rights and antiwar protests in the late 1960s and in 1972 he led the occupation of the old Beacon Hill School, leading to the founding of the Chicano community center El Centro de la Raza, which Maestas led until 2009. Estela Ortega (b. 1950)…
ID Number:2000.107.117.04.07
Date:1972
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Rosa Melendez at SPD East precinct, December 2, 1992
Rosa M. Melendez worked in law-enforcement for 25 years, including 17 years with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) (1976-1994), where she worked in the Patrol Division, Personnel Division, Internal Investigations Unit, Community Service Section and on the U.S. Department of Justice's Weed and Seed grant-funded program. She was the first woman of color on the Seattle Police Department to be…
ID Number:2000.107.124.03.01
Date:1992
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Rosa Melendez at SPD East precinct, December 2, 1992
Rosa M. Melendez worked in law-enforcement for 25 years, including 17 years with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) (1976-1994), where she worked in the Patrol Division, Personnel Division, Internal Investigations Unit, Community Service Section and on the U.S. Department of Justice's Weed and Seed grant-funded program. She was the first woman of color on the Seattle Police Department to be…
ID Number:2000.107.124.03.02
Date:1992
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Metro passengers waiting at temporary bus shelter, Seattle, March 6, 1982
In this image Metro passenger Angela Nieto and her daughter Sophia wait for a bus inside a plywood bus shelter built by volunteers at 39th Avenue South and South Othello Street, near the Holly Park housing development. Fed up with Metro Transit delays in building a bus shelter, neighborhood residents built their own shelter, which City officials then complained didn't…
ID Number:2000.107.124.32.01
Date:1982
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Central Area Cooperative supermarket at 23rd and Madison, Seattle, March 29, 1969
The first Central Area Cooperative supermarket opened in Seattle on Empire Way South (now Martin Luther King Jr. Way) near South Dearborn Street. Formerly a chain store, the market opened on September 7, 1968 as a cooperative. The private corporation sold stock to the public for $5 a share, with each member having one vote. A large percentage of the…
ID Number:2000.107.131.21.25
Date:1969
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House at center of debate in Open Housing Campaign, Seattle, May 2, 1959
Seattle's African American population increased dramatically between 1940 and 1960, making the community the city's largest minority group. Like other minorities, African Americans experienced discrimination in many ways, including in housing. The enforcement of restrictive covenants in specific developments or subdivisions, realtors agreeing not to show houses to people of color, and red-lining, where banks denied credit to minorities, largely…
ID Number:2000.107.136.07.02
Date:1959