584 results for: Asian American
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Funeral cars processing down King Street, Seattle, November 28, 1941
Born in China, Chin Fook Hing (1875-1941) came to Seattle from California around 1900. In 1911 he established the Chong Hink Knitting Company at 504 Twelfth Avenue South, which he managed until his death. Through his work in the Seattle Chinese Patriotic League, Mr. Chin was credited with raising more than $50,000 for China war relief. Long active in his…
ID Number:1986.5.7833.1
Date:1941
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George Tsutakawa with his fountain at Sixth and Seneca, Seattle, 1966
Born in Seattle and raised there and in Japan, George Tsutakawa (1910-1997) was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde fountain designs. Over the course of his career, he created more than 70 fountains for public places around the world. Tsutakawa studied sculpture at the University of Washington, and served in the US Army during World…
ID Number:1986.5.8982.6
Date:1966
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Seattle Chinese Community Girls' Drill Team at Seafair Powwow during, Seattle, August 11, 1952
Seattle’s Chinese Community Girls’ Drill team had its roots in the early 1950s. A group of Chinese girls at Seattle’s Garfield High School were impressed with girls’ drill teams from San Francisco and Victoria, BC. They talked with local Chinese American leader Ruby Chow about the possibility of starting one in Seattle as a way to share Chinese culture in…
ID Number:1986.5.11299.1
Date:1952
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Bush Garden restaurant interior, Seattle, October 25, 1958
The Bush Garden Restaurant at 614 Maynard Avenue South is among Seattle's oldest Japanese restaurants and continues to operate at this location. Handwritten on image: Bush Garden 10-25-58. Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, RESTAURANTS, Bush Garden. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: October 25, 1958.
ID Number:1986.5.11344.1
Date:1958
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Servicemen and Japanese war brides, Seattle, 1951
During World War II, thousands of G.I.s married local women from countries where they were stationed. When their tour ended, they brought these "war brides" home to a new life in America. The War Bride Act of 1950 allowed spouses and children of military personnel to enter the U.S. This photo shows a large group of American servicemen posing on…
ID Number:1986.5.15492.1
Date:1951
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Washington Park Arboretum showing groundbreaking for Japanese teahouse, Seattle, 1959
Handwritten on negative: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, (U.W.) Arboretum, teahouse groundbreaking. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 19, 1959.
ID Number:1986.5.15744.1
Date:1959
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Washington Park Arboretum showing Japanese teahouse garden landscaping, Seattle, 1960
Handwritten on sleeve: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, (U.W.) Arboretum, Teahouse, landscaping. Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 26, 1960.
ID Number:1986.5.15756.1
Date:1960
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Fred Anderson, Paul Horiuchi, Alden Mason, and Ambrose Patterson, Seattle, October 14, 1955
In this image shows the winners of the four top prizes in Art on Pine Street, an annual Seattle sidewalk exhibition. From left: Fred Anderson won the Frederick & Nelson award for "Bon Bon;" Paul Horiuchi won the Seattle Post-Intelligencer award for "Antedeluvian;" Alden Mason received the Bon Marche award for "Grain Forest;" and Ambrose Patterson won the Norman Davis…
ID Number:1986.5.17489.1
Date:1955
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Don Chin in his car, Seattle, July 1965
Dun "Don" Hing Chin (d. 1987) was the owner of the Sun May import shop at 672 S. King Street, the oldest Chinese gift shop in Seattle's Chinatown International District neighborhood. The family business was started by this father, Shong Chin in 1911 under the name Bow Wah, and Don Chin took over the business in 1962, renaming it Sun…
ID Number:1986.5.21457.1
Date:1965
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Hen Sen Chin, Seattle, July 1965
Hen Sen Chin (1923-2006) was an internationlly known traditional Chinese herbalist who saw patients for 53 years at his office in the Chinatown International District, and later Beacon Hill. Arriving in Seattle at age 9 from Canton, China, he worked at restaurants and his uncle's laundry before following his passion to become a doctor. He graduated from Lingnan Herb School…
ID Number:1986.5.21460.1
Date:1965